On Sept. 8 French Foreign Minister Barrou said France will halt trade in goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory. France and 11 other countries — the UK, Canada, Denmark, Spain, Finland, Ireland, Iceland, Norway, Poland, Portugal and Sweden — issued a joint statement committing to restrict trade in settlement-origin goods, saying the West Bank situation is rapidly deteriorating with unprecedented settler violence and settlement expansion. France, the UK and Canada wi

People familiar with the matter said Anthropic has decided to abandon plans to acquire AI startup Decart after conducting due diligence, though the firms may still pursue other cooperation. Media reports in August said Anthropic had discussed a roughly $6 billion deal, but talks were not final and could collapse. Decart develops software that improves chip efficiency, reducing AI training and operating costs. Anthropic rarely pursues large acquisitions but has been deploying compute for product development and customer services ahead of an anticipated IPO; sources said it has sought to raise as much or more than SpaceX.

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