Ben Bernanke Joins Anthropic’s Governance Trust as White House Nears AI Standards Deal

Former Fed Chair Ben Bernanke has joined Anthropic’s Long-Term Benefit Trust to advise on AI governance, as the White House nears a voluntary frontier model standards deal with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google. Meanwhile the combined IPO trio of Anthropic, OpenAI, and SpaceX could dwarf two decades of US venture exits. Here’s what these developments mean for AI governance and investors.

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A Butterfly That Barely Ages Could Help Unlock Human Longevity Secrets

Scientists discovered that Heliconius butterflies have evolved an exceptionally long lifespan with little sign of typical age-related decline, offering genuine longevity insights. Meanwhile researchers identified rare genetic variants in long-lived families and a specific brain mechanism behind age-related balance loss. Here’s this week’s longevity research roundup.

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Fed Stress Test Finds US Banks Can Withstand $708 Billion in Losses

The Federal Reserve’s latest stress test finds US banks can withstand $708 billion in losses, a reassuring signal amid ongoing economic uncertainty. Meanwhile regulators issued new guidance on handling sensitive information during bank examinations, and Treasury Secretary Bessent offered his own economic commentary. Here’s what this means for the banking sector right now.

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