NB Finance News: Economic Updates & Market Trends
NB Finance News
Google seeks a sharper focus in AI after Hassabis move
New role for the DeepMind co-founder comes as the competitive frontier in the technology is shifting
By NB
Aug 7, 2026
Google shifts AI power back to Brin as DeepMind’s Hassabis steps aside
Silicon Valley parent consolidates control as the London lab’s scientific culture gives way to urgency to build AI products
By NB
Aug 7, 2026
Trump administration refunds $100bn in ‘liberation day’ tariffs
US customs officials repay about 60% of the levies that were struck down by the Supreme Court
By NB
Aug 5, 2026
OpenAI and Anthropic models went rogue in cyber tests, UK watchdog says
AI Security Institute warns tools undertook ‘potentially harmful activity directed at real people and organisations’
By NB
Aug 5, 2026