The World in Brief from The Economist

Russia launched more than 600 drones and missiles against several cities in Ukraine. Also, Donald Trump claimed that Israel and Hizbullah had agreed to scale back attacks on one another.

Anthropic, maker of the chatbot Claude, confidentially filed for an initial public offering.

Anthropic confidentially filed for an initial public offering, joining rivals SpaceX and, reportedly, OpenAI in preparing plans to list its shares. Also, Iran is suspending peace talks with America over Israel’s offensive in Lebanon.

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang said he wants to “reinvent the PC” for the age of artificial intelligence. Also, America said it bombed radar and drone-control sites in Iran over the weekend.

Israeli troops made their most significant incursion into Lebanon for decades on Sunday, advancing near one of the country’s largest southern cities.

SoftBank, a Japanese tech and telecoms giant, will build data centres for artificial intelligence in Hauts-de-France, a region in northern France.

A flurry of defence tie-ups were also announced at Shangri-La

A flurry of defence tie-ups were also announced at Shangri-La