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OpenAI backs deepfake cybersecurity startup Adaptive Security newsthirst.

Artificial intelligence cybersecurity company Adaptive Security announced Wednesday that it closed a $43 million funding round in March, co-led by OpenAI and Andreessen Horowitz. The investment marks OpenAI’s first outside backing of a cybersecurity firm. Adaptive Security simulates AI-powered attacks against companies, specializing in training for deepfake attacks and other phishing threats. “The technology is…

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Cliff Asness’s AQR multi-strategy hedge fund returns 9% in the first quarter during tough conditions newsthirst.

Cliff Asness. Chris Goodney | Bloomberg | Getty Images AQR Capital Management’s multistrategy hedge fund beat the market with a 9% rally in the first quarter as Wall Street grappled with extreme volatility amid President Donald Trump’s uncertain tariff policy. The Apex strategy from Cliff Asness’ firm, which combines stocks, macro and arbitrage trades and has…

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Trump tariffs’ effect on consumer prices debated by economists newsthirst.

The U.S. government is set to increase tariff rates on several categories of imported products. Some economists tracking these trade proposals say the higher tariff rates could lead to higher consumer prices. One model constructed by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston suggests that in an “extreme” scenario, heightened taxes on U.S. imports could result…

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