After direct talks between the US and Iran concluded with no agreement, Donald Trump has raised the stakes by ordering a blockade of ships that visit Iranian ports.

The move has stymied global energy flow and caused oil prices to jump. Again.

Meanwhile finance firms are on notice that the latest model from Artificial Intelligence giant Anthropic, Claude Mythos Preview, could threaten their systems. Will global banking wake up to the AI threat before it's too late?

Carrington Clarke and ABC News Business Editor Michael Janda break it all down on ABC Business Daily.

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