Main by morning: U.S. explores UAE aid, external ushers hit by Anthropic's new model

US President Donald Trump has extended the ceasefire with Iran, although the negotiations have actually broken down, and the blockade and tensions around the Strait of Hormuz remain. Against this background, the White House is considering the possibility of providing financial support to the UAE, whose economy is suffering a serious blow from the war. These and other topics are covered in our review of key events by the morning of April 22.

Donald Trump has extended a previously two-week truce with Iran, saying the decision was due to a rift within the Iranian leadership and the lack of a unified position for peace talks, CNBC writes. The truce will remain in effect until Tehran presents an agreed proposal to end the conflict with the US and Israel. At the same time, Washington maintains a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and keeps its military forces on full alert.

The talks have actually reached an impasse: Iran has refused to participate in the new meetings, calling them useless. Tehran considers the extension of the ceasefire by the United States as an attempt to buy time for a possible surprise strike, Reuters wrote. The key contentious issue remains the Strait of Hormuz, where ship traffic remains restricted after the U.S.-imposed blockade and Iran's attempts to control traffic.

A small group of users gained unauthorized access to Anthropic's new AI model - Mythos - a system capable of finding and exploiting vulnerabilities in operating systems and browsers, Bloomberg writes. According to the agency's source, we are talking about users of a certain "closed online forum". They gained access on the day Mythos limited testing was announced through a contractor and OSINT methods, including searching open repositories. The company is verifying the incident and says it sees no evidence of its systems being compromised outside of a third-party environment.

According to Bloomberg's source, the group that gained access to Mythos uses the model regularly, but not for cyberattacks or cybersecurity-related tasks, but for simple activities like creating websites to avoid attracting Anthropic's attention. The case underscores the difficulty of controlling the proliferation of powerful AI tools and heightens the concerns of banks, tech companies and government agencies seeking access to Mythos to protect their systems, Bloomberg points out.

SpaceX has struck a deal with AI startup Cursor, gaining the right to buy the company later this year for $60 billion or pay $10 billion for joint development, CNBC writes. The deal comes amid SpaceX's integration with xAI and the aerospace company's preparations for a potential record-breaking IPO.

Cursor, which develops tools for programmers, is also in talks to raise $2 billion at a valuation of more than $50 billion with large investors, the channel notes.

The White House is discussing the possibility of providing the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with dollar liquidity, including a potential currency swap line, amid economic losses due to the war with Iran and the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz, CNBC writes, citing an unnamed U.S. official.

The initiative is controversial in the US, with Republicans generally supporting aid for the UAE, while Democrats fear it could serve Trump's interests and look like a bailout for the oil-rich country at a time when American consumers are facing rising prices inside the States, the channel points out.

- Japan's broad Topix index fell 0.6 percent on April 22, while the Nikkei 225 rose 0.4 percent.

- Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index fell 1.3 percent, while mainland China's CSI 300 Index rose 0.3 percent.

- In South Korea, the Kospi index was down 0.2% and the Kosdaq was down 0.8%.

- Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was down 1 percent.

- Futures on S&P 500 rose by 0.5%, futures on Nasdaq Composite - by 0.6%. Exchange contracts on Dow Jones Industrial Average - by 0.4%.

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