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Venezuela demands its gold back from the UK

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Leading US AI labs are releasing cheaper models to compete with cut-price alternatives from Chinese rivals.

Venezuela’s government and opposition unite to demand $4bn in gold reserves back from the Bank of England.

A flood of foreign currency bond issuance by Big Tech groups is shaking up the world’s smaller credit markets.

Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema is running for a second term amid growing discontent that citizens aren’t seeing the results of the country’s economic rebound.  Mentioned in this podcast: OpenAI and Anthropic in price war as Chinese AI rivals gain ground Venezuela and its opposition want gold back from Bank of England Hyperscaler AI borrowing binge shakes up foreign credit markets Zambia’s election becomes battle over copper windfall Want to get in touch?

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