Category "AI Effect" - List of latest news (100 results)

22/04 ChatGPT adds Washington Post content to growing list of OpenAI media deals

The Washington Post on Tuesday inked a deal with OpenAI, allowing the startup's viral chatbot, ChatGPT, to display, summarize and quote the newspaper's content.

17/04 OpenAI looked at buying Cursor creator before turning to AI coding rival Windsurf

Cursor gained popularity last year after embedding Anthropic's Claude Sonnet artificial intelligence model in its tool to automate programming.

16/04 OpenAI says newest AI model can 'think with images,' understanding diagrams and sketches

OpenAI released its newest AI model and said it can understand uploaded images like whiteboards, sketches and diagrams, even if they're low quality.

16/04 Scale AI working with Qatar to develop AI agents for education, health care and transportation

Scale AI's partnership with Qatar's government includes developing AI tools for education, health care and transportation, according to a list viewed by CNBC.

15/04 OpenAI considering its own social network to compete with Elon Musk's X

OpenAI is considering building a social network to compete with Elon Musk's X and Meta's Instagram, a source familiar with the plans confirmed to CNBC.

15/04 ChatGPT for taxes? OpenAI and H&R Block have a plan for tax pros

OpenAI and H&R Block said on Tuesday that they're working together to to develop a new generative AI tool to help tax professionals.

14/04 Nvidia to mass produce AI supercomputers in Texas as part of $500 billion U.S. push

Its Blackwell AI chips have started production in Phoenix, Arizona, at Taiwan Semiconductor plants.

12/04 Ex-OpenAI staffers support Musk's case against startup's effort to transform into for-profit company

A group of former OpenAI employees is backing Elon Musk's argument that the artificial intelligence startup should not become a for-profit company.

11/04 Elon Musk's xAI is polluting air in Memphis, using more gas turbines than permitted, advocacy group says

Elon Musk's AI startup xAI has installed 35 gas turbines to run its Memphis data center, though it only applied for permits to run 15, an advocacy group says.

10/04 OpenAI says Musk has run 'unlawful campaign of harassment' against company in lawsuit

OpenAI said in a lawsuit that Elon Musk made a "sham" attempt to buy the company, and asked a federal district court to stop him from further attacks.

09/04 Anthropic steps up competition with OpenAI, rolls out $200 per month subscription

Anthropic on Wednesday introduced Claude's Max plan, a new subscription tier for its viral chatbot and ChatGPT competitor.

09/04 Inside Isomorphic Labs, the secretive AI life sciences startup spun off from Google DeepMind

Isomorphic Labs is the secretive AI life sciences startup spun out of Google DeepMind with the goal of solving all disease with AI-powered drug discovery.

09/04 Google will let companies run its Gemini AI models in their own data centers

While developers of AI models have generally refrained from opening up access beyond their data centers, Google's announcement suggests that may be changing.

07/04 Microsoft fires engineers who protested during company's 50th anniversary celebration

At the company's official 50th anniversary celebration on Friday, Aboussad interrupted Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman's speech.

07/04 Shopify CEO says staffers need to prove jobs can't be done by AI before asking for more headcount

Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke told employees in a memo that artificial intelligence is making its way across the company, including when it comes to hiring.

05/04 Meta debuts new Llama 4 models, but most powerful AI model is still to come

Meta has not yet released the biggest and most powerful Llama 4 model, which outperforms other AI models in its class.

04/04 Microsoft birthday celebration interrupted by employees protesting use of AI by Israeli military

Microsoft's 50th birthday celebration was interrupted by multiple protesters on Friday due the use of the company's AI by the Israeli military.

03/04 OpenAI, Anthropic target college students with latest education AI announcements

Anthropic and OpenAI both rolled out education services for college students ahead of their final exams.

02/04 OpenAI backs deepfake cybersecurity startup Adaptive Security in new funding round

Artificial intelligence cybersecurity company Adaptive Security announced a $43 million funding round co-led by OpenAI.

01/04 Anthropic will begin sweeping offices for hidden devices as it ramps up security

Anthropic will establish an executive risk council, build an in-house security team and begin sweeping for hidden surveillance devices.

01/04 Anthropic announces updates on security safeguards for its AI models

Anthropic on Monday announced updates to the "responsible scaling" policy for its AI.

01/04 OpenAI closes $40 billion funding round, largest private tech deal on record

OpenAI on Monday announced the close of its $40 billion financing, the most money raised in a single round by a private tech company.

31/03 Chef Robotics raises $20.6 million to continue building AI robot arms

Chef Robotics has raised $20.6 million in a Series A funding round led by Avataar Ventures, the company told CNBC.

31/03 OpenAI funding round could be cut by $10 billion if for-profit conversion doesn't occur by year-end

If OpenAI doesn't restructure into an independent for-profit company by Dec. 31, its mega-financing round could be slashed by $10 billion.

30/03 Nvidia turned CoreWeave into a major player in AI years before helping to save its IPO

CoreWeave has found a big market in selling Nvidia's popular AI processors, but the company has a challenging story to sell to public investors.

27/03 ChatGPT's viral image-generation AI is 'melting' OpenAI's GPUs

While it's "super fun seeing people love images" in ChatGPT, "our GPUs are melting," OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted on X Thursday.

27/03 CoreWeave's debut is landmark moment in AI boom and could kick off 'IPO parade'

Just over two years into the generative AI boom, CoreWeave is the first startup in the space to test the IPO market.

25/03 Crusoe Energy sells bitcoin mining unit to focus on 'huge opportunity' in AI

Crusoe Energy is selling its entire bitcoin mining business to NYDIG and will put all its internal efforts into building out AI infrastructure.

24/03 OpenAI expands COO Brad Lightcap's job to include oversight of business

OpenAI said in a blog post on Monday that COO Brad Lightcap will now oversee "business and day-to-day operations."

18/03 Nvidia announces Blackwell Ultra and Rubin AI chips

Nvidia’s sales are up more than sixfold since its business was transformed by the release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in late 2022.

13/03 Google allows users to personalize their Gemini conversations with new features

Google is launching new features to let users personalize their AI assistants.

13/03 OpenAI urges Trump administration to focus 'AI Action Plan' on speed, light regulation

OpenAI on Thursday submitted its proposal for the U.S. government's coming "AI Action Plan," to be submitted to President Trump by July 2025.

12/03 Google's DeepMind says it will use AI models to power physical robots

Google is taking its DeepMind artificial intelligence technology models into the physical world to power robots.

10/03 OpenAI to pay CoreWeave $11.9 billion over five years for AI data centers, services

Ahead of CoreWeave's upcoming IPO, the provider of data centers for AI has signed a five-year deal with OpenAI worth almost $12 billion.

05/03 Amazon's cloud unit forms agentic AI group

Swami Sivasubramanian, who has run Amazon Web Services' database business, will lead a new group focused on agentic AI.

05/03 Meta product chief says Llama 4 will power AI agents

Meta chief product officer Chris Cox said Wednesday that the social networking giant's upcoming Llama 4 AI software will help power AI agents.

05/03 Scale AI announces multimillion-dollar defense deal, a major step in U.S. military automation

Spearheaded by the Defense Innovation Unit, the Thunderforge program will work with Anduril, Microsoft and others to develop and deploy AI agents.

05/03 Judge denies Musk's attempt to block OpenAI from becoming for-profit entity

A Judge in California on Tuesday said Elon Musk can't move forward in his legal efforts to stop OpenAI from converting to a for-profit entity.

03/03 Nvidia's unofficial exports to China face scrutiny after arrest of silicon smugglers in Singapore

Authorities in Singapore detained three people on charges of deliberately misrepresenting the final destination of U.S.-manufactured servers.

03/03 Amazon-backed AI firm Anthropic valued at $61.5 billion after latest round

Anthropic on Monday closed its latest funding round at a $61.5 billion post-money valuation, the company confirmed to CNBC.

28/02 Amazon's most powerful new Alexa features being powered by Anthropic's AI, sources say

Anthropic's Claude large language model is powering the majority of complex tasks for Amazon's new Alexa+, sources tell CNBC. 

27/02 Nvidia CEO Huang says AI has to do '100 times more' computation now than when ChatGPT was released

Nvidia reported a 78% increase in sales from a year earlier and a 93% jump in data center revenue.

24/02 Anthropic closes in on $3.5 billion funding round as investor interest soars

AI startup Anthropic is in talks to raise a new round of capital that would roughly triple its valuation to $61.5 billion valuation, CNBC has confirmed.

24/02 Microsoft reiterates plan to invest $80 billion in AI, but may 'adjust our infrastructure in some areas'

Microsoft hasn't backed off its plan for the current fiscal year but acknowledged that it may makes some infrastructure adjustments.

24/02 Apple to open AI server factory in Texas as part of $500 billion U.S. investment

Apple said it will work with partners to open a 250,000-square-foot AI server manufacturing facility in Houston.

21/02 Musubi, AI content moderation startup, raises $5 million in seed funding

Musubi, a startup that uses AI to moderate online content, raised $5 million in a seed round.

20/02 OpenAI CFO talks possibility of going public, says Musk bid isn't a distraction

The interview with Friar comes during a pivotal time, with the startup reportedly in talks to close a $40 billion investment from SoftBank.

20/02 AI hiring startup Mercor now valued at $2 billion after strong recent growth

The new round of capital will allow Mercor to further develop the company's AI technologies that vet candidates and improve predictions.

17/02 Innovaccer launches AI agents for doctors and hospitals to address burnout

Innovaccer on Monday announced a suite of AI agents that can automate repetitive tasks for clinicians.

14/02 OpenAI rejects Musk's takeover offer, says it was 'not a bid at all'

OpenAI sent a short letter to Elon Musk's lawyer on Friday, rejecting the billionaire's acquisition offer.

14/02 Google AI chief tells employees company has 'all the ingredients' to hold AI lead over China's DeepSeek

The question is, “what lessons and implications” Google can glean from DeepSeek’s success as the company trains future models.

14/02 Google AI chief tells employees company has 'all the ingredients' to hold AI lead over China's DeepSeek

At an all-hands meeting in Paris this week, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis said the search company has better AI technology than China's DeepSeek.

13/02 SAP and Databricks partner to make AI work across business applications

Software vendors SAP and Databricks are joining forces to help companies analyze their most critical data.

11/02 Sam Altman tells OpenAI staff that board hasn't 'seen anything official from Elon'

In a memo to OpenAI employees on Tuesday, CEO Sam Altman said the board hasn't received an official offer from Elon Musk regarding a potential purchase.

11/02 Intel shares rise after VP Vance promises to safeguard American AI and chips

Intel shares rallied on Tuesday after Vice President JD Vance said the U.S. will protect American artificial intelligence technologies.

11/02 U.S. and Britain snub international AI accord in Paris

A communique entitled "Statement on Inclusive and Sustainable Artificial Intelligence" showed both the U.S. and U.K. were absent from a list of signatories.

11/02 Super Micro's roller coaster continues into earnings with 59% stock pop in past week

Super Micro has a lot on the line heading into its earnings report on Tuesday after a tumultuous 2024.

08/02 Tech megacaps plan to spend more than $300 billion in 2025 as AI race intensifies

Meta, Amazon, Alphabet and Microsoft intend to invest as much as $320 billion this year into AI advancement technologies.

06/02 OpenAI considering 16 states for data center campuses as part of Trump's Stargate project

OpenAI executives updated reporters on Thursday about the level of interest the company is seeing from states interested in building large data centers.

05/02 Amazon announces hardware event for Feb. 26 as it races to release new Alexa

A company spokesperson confirmed the event will include updates from its Alexa team.

05/02 Google opens its most powerful AI models to everyone, the next stage in its virtual agent push

The suite of agentic Gemini 2.0 models includes 2.0 Flash, 2.0 Pro Experimental and 2.0 Flash-Lite.

04/02 Alphabet expects to invest about $75 billion in capex in 2025

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said the company plans to invest about $75 billion in capital expenditures in 2025 as it continues to innovate.

03/02 SoftBank commits to joint venture with OpenAI, will spend $3 billion per year on OpenAI's tech

SoftBank has committed to spending $3 billion per year to use OpenAI's tech, according to a joint release released on Monday.

02/02 Reid Hoffman enters 'wondrous and terrifying' world of health care with latest AI startup

LinkedIn founder and venture capitalist Reid Hoffman has just launched drug discovery startup Manas AI, alongside Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee, an oncologist.

01/02 DeepSeek shocked the AI world this week. Here's how tech CEOs responded

DeepSeek's sudden emergence onto the U.S. tech scene this week roiled markets and provided plenty of fodder for earnings calls.

31/01 DeepSeek's hardware spend could be as high as $500 million, new report estimates

A new report from SemiAnalysis said that DeepSeek's hardware spend is "well higher than $500M," significantly above prior estimates.

31/01 Palantir CEO says China's DeepSeek shows that U.S. needs 'all-country effort' in AI

Palantir CEO Alex Karp said the rise of competing AI models such as China's DeepSeek signals the need for the U.S. to speed development.

31/01 NASA becomes latest federal agency to block China's DeepSeek on 'security and privacy concerns'

NASA is the latest federal agency to ban use of China's DeepSeek AI technology by employees and block access to the platform, CNBC has learned.

31/01 Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to meet with Trump at White House

Nvidia CEO is set to have his first meeting with President Trump since the beginning of his second administration.

30/01 Tech and consumer groups urge Trump White House to keep 'key rules' in place for AI

A joint letter from the Consumer Federation of America and Mozilla implored the White House to keep "key rules" in place for AI testing and transparency.

30/01 SoftBank in talks to invest up to $25 billion in OpenAI

SoftBank is in talks to invest up to $25 billion in OpenAI, which would make it the company's biggest backer, CNBC has confirmed.

29/01 Anthropic CEO doesn't see DeepSeek as 'adversaries,' but says export controls are critical

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said in a blog post on Wednesday that while China's DeepSeek aren't "adversaries," the U.S. must implement control exports.

28/01 DeepSeek sets stage for frenetic tech earnings season

The sudden emergence of China's DeepSeek roiled the tech market just ahead of earnings season, when industry giants will update investors on their AI spending.

27/01 Nvidia sheds almost $600 billion in market cap, biggest one-day loss in U.S. history

Nvidia shares plunged 17% on Monday, resulting in a market cap loss of close to $600 billion, the biggest drop ever for a U.S. company.

22/01 Early Facebook investor Jim Breyer says Zuckerberg has been 'revitalized' by Meta's AI push

Venture capitalist and early Facebook investor Jim Breyer said Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been energized by his company's recent push into AI.

22/01 Trump had phone call with OpenAI's Sam Altman last week about AI infrastructure

President Donald Trump spoke with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman by phone on Friday, ahead of the AI infrastructure announcement, CNBC has learned.

16/01 Microsoft raises price of consumer version of Microsoft 365 for first time in 12 years

In a blog post on Thursday, Microsoft said it's increasing the price of its Microsoft 365 bundle for consumers by $3 a month.

13/01 Microsoft CEO Nadella forms new AI group to build and run apps for customers

In a memo to employees on Monday, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said former Lacework CEO Jay Parikh will lead a new a group focused on AI tools.

07/01 Anthropic in talks to raise funding at $60 billion valuation

AI startup Anthropic is in late-stage talks to raise as much as $2 billion at a $60 billion valuation, according to a person familiar with the deal.

23/12 Israeli tech CEO who was severely wounded in Gaza sells startup for about $100 million

Less than a year after being wounded in Gaza, Itamar Ben Hemo sold software startup Rivery last week to Pennsylvania-based Boomi.

20/12 OpenAI is done with Shipmas and staring down daunting challenges for 2025

OpenAI on Friday wrapped up "12 Days of Shipmas," closing out a marketing blitz for new features, products and demos, including Sora.

18/12 OpenAI makes ChatGPT available for phone calls and texts

OpenAI on Wednesday rolled out a new way to talk to its viral chatbot: 1-800-CHATGPT.

18/12 AMD invests in GPU cloud provider Vultr at $3.5 billion valuation

AMD's investment in Vultr comes after Nvidia backed GPU startups CoreWeave and Lambda.

17/12 Salesforce will hire 2,000 people to sell AI products, CEO Marc Benioff says

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said his company is bringing on more salespeople specializing in artificial intelligence.

16/12 Broadcom jumps 9%, extending record run as Goldman expresses 'higher conviction'

After topping $1 trillion in market cap last week, Broadcom rallied further on Monday, driven by increased price targets from Wall Street.

06/12 AI startups are snatching up San Francisco offices, using Zoom fatigue to recruit talent

With the Covid pandemic approaching its five-year anniversary, a growing number of startups in San Francisco are ditching remote work.

03/12 OpenAI hires first marketing chief from Coinbase

OpenAI said on Tuesday that it's hired Kate Rouch from Coinbase as its first chief marketing officer.

29/11 Major Canadian news media companies launch legal action against OpenAI

Five Canadian news media companies filed a legal action against ChatGPT owner OpenAI, accusing it of regularly breaching copyright and online terms of use.

13/11 AI startup CoreWeave closes $650 million secondary share sale, with Cisco joining as investor

Cisco and Pure Storage have backed CoreWeave, which is taking on Amazon in supplying cloud-based Nvidia graphics cards to companies for artificial intelligence.

12/11 OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman returns after three months of leave

OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman has returned to the company after taking a sabbatical that began in August.

01/11 AI chatbots aren't reliable for voting information, government officials warn

U.S. government officials are cautioning voters against relying on artificial intelligence chatbots for election-related questions.

31/10 OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says new AI model taking a while because 'we can't ship' as quickly as hoped

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that GPT-5, the company's next probable large AI model, likely won't come this year.

29/10 Goldman Institute calls for ‘data center diplomacy’ as U.S. competes in global AI race

Goldman Sachs Institute's Jared Cohen says the U.S. will need to outsource its data center capacity, and choose its global partners wisely.

29/10 Microsoft's GitHub expands beyond OpenAI, lets developers use AI models from Anthropic, Google

GitHub is giving software developers more choices for its popular coding assistant, meaning they won't be limited to models from OpenAI.

28/10 Bret Taylor’s AI startup Sierra raises funding at $4.5 billion valuation

Sierra, the startup founded by ex-Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor, has raised a fresh round of capital that values the company at $4.5 billion. 

25/10 LinkedIn says it has verified 55 million users in effort to combat AI's spread of scams, misinformation

LinkedIn is trying to thwart the spread of misinformation fueled by the rise of artificial intelligence by verifying users — more than 55 million so far.

21/10 Honeywell signs deal with Google to bring Gemini generative AI to industrial sector

Honeywell has signed a deal with Google to bring its Gemini generative AI together with the industrial giant's massive data set.

21/10 Perplexity AI seeks valuation of about $9 billion in new funding round

Perplexity started the year with a roughly $500 million valuation and has continued attracting significant investor interest alongside the generative AI boom.

14/10 Nvidia heads for record close as AI chipmaker's market cap tops $3.4 trillion

Nvidia shares headed for an all-time high on Monday as the chipmaker continues to ride a massive wave of demand for its AI chips.

14/10 Why Honeywell CEO Vimal Kapur doesn't think the AI payoff will come from productivity

Honeywell's CEO Vimal Kapur says the biggest issue that AI can solve in an industrial setting is a generational shortage of skilled labor.