The Brutalist Report

Fortune

• The Strait of Hormuz is a critical choke point for global energy markets, but there are ways to get around it [41d]
• Interest on the $38.8 trillion national debt has tripled since 2020, and it already costs taxpayers more than defense and Medicaid [41d]
• Trump’s strikes on Iran could cost American economy as much as $210 billion, top budget expert says [41d]
• ‘Could it kill someone?’ A Seoul woman allegedly used ChatGPT to carry out two murders in South Korean motels [41d]
• Energy markets offer ‘relatively small reaction’ to Iran war, but prices would spike if oil and gas aren’t flowing by the end of the week [41d]
• Oil markets are bracing for $100 barrels and a redux of a 1970s-era crisis but ‘three times the scale,’ analyst warns [41d]
• CEO of America’s largest Social Security advisory firm: Trump’s big tax cut ‘did not help’ [41d]
• OpenAI’s Pentagon deal raises new questions about AI and mass surveillance [41d]
• ‘That resume goes right into the garbage’: Kevin O’Leary says it’s a ‘horrific signal’ for Gen Z to bring their parents to job interviews [41d]
• Iran has the intent—and increasingly the tools—for AI-powered cyberattacks [41d]
• Anthropic’s Claude overtakes ChatGPT in App Store as users boycott over OpenAI’s $200 million Pentagon contract [41d]
• Tech giants see a cure for cancer in AI. But Eli Lilly’s CEO finds it ‘not particularly good’ at solving biology or chemistry problems [41d]
• The war in Iran could lead to a ‘guaranteed global recession’ because of one chokepoint that is crucial to the world economy, analyst says [41d]
• A brief collapse in Bitcoin price echoes earlier geopolitical conflicts—but a rapid bounceback shows the long term impact of Iran strikes are unclear [41d]
• Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard controls a sprawling business empire that dominates the economy [41d]
• Social media companies are fighting the ‘age verification trap’ as collecting biometrics on kids violates privacy rights [41d]
• OpenAI CEO Sam Altman defends decision to strike Pentagon deal after Anthropic blacklisting, admits ‘optics don’t look good’ [41d]
• Blackstone CEO took home $1.2 billion last year, after admitting he went ‘max everything’ in his career—to the point of burning off his nerve endings [41d]
• Warren Buffett once admitted that selling McDonald’s shares was ‘a very big mistake.’ Today, they’d be worth over $10 billion [41d]
• How the Oct. 7 attacks led to a multiyear destruction of Iran’s proxy militias [41d]
• 2 years after $3 million deal with bankrupt chatbot firm, LA’s schools superintendent is under investigation [41d]
• Meet a burned out 28-year-old who pays $168 a month in China’s faux Venice to retire early from her Shanghai finance gig [41d]
• ’90s nostalgia seizes the Fed and White House as Warsh and Trump see AI as an internet-style productivity boom [41d]
• High-stakes Texas primary comes down to wire with both Republican and Democratic candidates on edge [41d]
• ‘Scream 7’ rides millennial slasher nostalgia to $64.1 million opening at box office [41d]
• Berkshire’s Greg Abel admits ‘Warren is obviously a very hard act to follow’ in first letter to shareholders [41d]
• ‘This is Dubai’s ultimate nightmare’: Missile strikes rock safe-haven status of the Las Vegas of the East [41d]
• War widens in Middle East with over 500 dead, according to Iranian Red Crescent Society [41d]
• Skills-based hiring was an HR mantra. Execution never followed [41d]
• Tariffs meet oil shock: Corporate margins face a new squeeze [41d]
• Washington roasted for using AI feature with heavily accented English instead of actual Spanish on state helpline [41d]
• Oil prices spike above $70 per barrel as Iran’s Straight of Hormuz grows tangled [41d]
• Is the media anti-tech—or just anti-crypto? [41d]
• Why Europe can lead in trusted, industrialized AI [41d]
• From brand builder to business operator: The unconventional career blueprint behind one executive’s C-suite rise [41d]