Global Markets Rally on Iran Peace Hopes

Andrew here. Breaking: Fox has agreed to purchase Roku in a cash-and-stock deal that values the streaming company at about $22 billion, including debt.

We’re also trying to make sense of the U.S. government’s decision to force Anthropic to bar foreign nationals from using its most powerful models on national security grounds. It feels like a Rubicon has been crossed — with profound implications for the future of artificial intelligence and an industry that is powering the economy.

Separately, while SpaceX’s I.P.O. signals the arrival of the trillionaire era, Americans are debating what responsibilities the superwealthy now have. New polling by Just Capital, the nonprofit group founded by the investor Paul Tudor Jones focused on responsible corporate leadership, suggests that the public is focused on how those riches are used, not how they were created.

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