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The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday, September 18, 2026.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent publicly pressured Tokyo to tighten its monetary policy.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent suggested at an event in Texas that he had inside knowledge of the Bank of Japan's plans to raise rates.

Japan's central bank raised its policy rate from 1% to 1.25%, marking a 31-year high.

The Bank of Japan's rate hike followed recent rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank.

Jack Clark, who later co-founded Anthropic, wrote that OpenAI's work would lead to systems that substitute for the labor of 'culture' creators.

An OpenAI software engineer wrote in February 2023 that users do not click on links shown in AI products.

In 2020, OpenAI's policy director Jack Clark wrote a memo to CEO Sam Altman and president Greg Brockman.

Microsoft spokesman Alex Haurek stated that internal memos by Brent Hecht did not represent the company's views.

Court documents show OpenAI president Greg Brockman responded 'ah nice' to a staffer's message about a 'hack to get around nytimes paywall'.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said in a deposition that anything paywalled should be licensed for use.

Judge Sidney H. Stein is considering summary judgment motions in the lawsuit between publishers and OpenAI/Microsoft.

Microsoft stated in a court filing that Dr. Brent Hecht is a research academic who also works at Northwestern University.

OpenAI's Nick Turley wrote in February 2024 that AI products will become more substitutive as they improve.

The New York Times filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft in late 2023.

ChatGPT development team lead Nick Turley wrote in a June 2023 memo that AI posed an 'existential threat' to publishers.

Eleven other publishers have joined The New York Times' lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft.

A 2023 internal Microsoft document stated that people would soon see AI models using their work as an 'astonishing theft'.

Unsealed court documents showed concern within Microsoft and OpenAI about using millions of news articles for AI development.

Dr. Rudin said the study is a 'nice example' of how AI can accelerate drug development.