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Anthropic plans to modify the data retention policy it announced in June, Bloomberg reported Thursday (Aug. 20), citing an unnamed source. The AI startup will still require enterprise customers that use its most advanced artificial intelligence models to retain data for 30 days, but it will allow them to do so on their own cloud…

“These aren’t dumb people,” he said. “But there’s definitely a difference versus how you would assess risk in a typical conventional loan. Inherently, they haven’t dealt with concentration risk and some of those things that we have since the beginning of residential investor lending becoming institutionalized.” He said the underwriting considerations that come with investor…

Live cattle futures are showing $2 to $2.10 gains in the nearbys at midday. The Wednesday morning Fed Cattle Exchange online auction saw sales on 463 of the 926 head , with sales of $124 live and $126 using their BidTheGrid™ method. Feeder cattle futures are trading with contracts up $1.75 to $2 at midday….

Hotels and restaurants cannot levy a service charge on your bill without informing you, nor can they treat it as a mandatory payment. “The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has initiated suo motu action against 41 restaurants across the country for violation of consumer rights and adoption of unfair trade practices by levying a service…

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani, along with Lisa Kersavage, Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) Chair, has unveiled a new set of tools designed to assist New Yorkers in increasing housing availability within historic districts. “The tools released today as part of Mayor Mamdani’s Block by Block Housing Plan demonstrate that we can preserve our historic districts and landmarks while…