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19:26 Google declined OpenAI bid for partnership, exec testifies at trial

Alphabet's Google shot down a bid by OpenAI to use its search technology within ChatGPT, an OpenAI executive testified on Tuesday at Google's antitrust trial in Washington.

21/04 Exclusive: Huawei readies new AI chip for mass shipment as China seeks Nvidia alternatives, sources say

Huawei Technologies (HWT.UL) plans to begin mass shipments of its advanced 910C artificial intelligence chip to Chinese customers as early as next month, two people familiar with the matter said.

21/04 Singapore's Keppel gets $1.5 billion in capital commitments for its funds

Keppel , a Singapore-based manager and operator of assets such as data centres, said on Monday that it has secured close to S$2.0 billion ($1.53 billion) of capital commitments from global institutional investors for its flagship funds.

19/04 China pits humanoid robots against humans in half-marathon

Twenty-one humanoid robots joined thousands of runners at the Yizhuang half-marathon in Beijing on Saturday, the first time these machines have raced alongside humans over a 21-km (13-mile) course.

17/04 Explainer: What does ruling on Google's illegal ad tech monopoly mean?

A U.S. judge's ruling that Google has illegal monopolies in ad technology sets up the possibility of U.S. prosecutors seeking a breakup. Here's what the case involves and what Google owner Alphabet faces from here.

17/04 US judge finds Google holds illegal online ad tech monopolies

Alphabet's Google illegally dominated two markets for online advertising technology, a federal judge said on Thursday, dealing another blow to the tech titan in an antitrust case brought by the U.S.

17/04 TSMC quarterly profit jumps, upbeat on outlook despite tariff uncertainty

Taiwan's TSMC , the world's largest contract chipmaker, logged a forecast-beating 60% leap in quarterly profit and said it still expects robust growth this year despite U.S. President Donald Trump's unpredictable trade policies.

17/04 Nearly 50 House Democrats say no to unauthorized AI in Trump administration

Members of Congress have called on the Trump administration to cease applying any unauthorized artificial intelligence system toward its effort to slash government spending, according to a letter they sent on Wednesday.

16/04 Exclusive: Nvidia kept some China customers in the dark about new US chip clampdown, sources say

Nvidia did not warn at least some major customers in advance about new U.S. export rules.

16/04 California attorney general declines to join Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI

The California attorney general's office declined to join a lawsuit by Elon Musk against OpenAI, the agency wrote in a letter made public on Tuesday, saying that the office did not see how Musk's action serves the public interest of the state.

15/04 Meta to use public posts, AI interactions to train models in EU

Meta Platforms said on Monday it would use interactions that users have with its AI, as well as public posts and comments shared by adults across its platforms, to train its artificial intelligence models in the European Union.

12/04 Group of ex-OpenAI employees back Musk's lawsuit to halt OpenAI restructure

A dozen former OpenAI employees filed a legal brief on Friday backing co-founder Elon Musk's lawsuit aimed at keeping the non-profit status of OpenAI, marking the latest development in the dispute over the future of the artificial intelligence firm.

12/04 Exclusive: Alphabet, Nvidia invest in OpenAI co-founder Sutskever's SSI, source says

Alphabet and Nvidia have joined prominent venture capital investors to back Safe Superintelligence (SSI), a startup co-founded by OpenAI's former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever that has quickly risen to become one of the most valuable artificial intelligence startups months after its launch, a source familiar with the matter said.

10/04 World's first humanoid robot half marathon postponed due to windy weather

Beijing has postponed a half marathon originally scheduled for Sunday in which humanoid robots will race alongside human runners, a milestone designed to showcase China's advances in a frontier industry the country is intent on dominating.

10/04 Fired US Federal Trade Commissioners concerned about DOGE data access

Elon Musk's government cost-cutting campaign at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission raises concern about exposure of confidential corporate data, say two Democratic commissioners at the agency who were fired last month by President Donald Trump.

10/04 OpenAI countersues Elon Musk, claims harassment

OpenAI countersued Elon Musk on Wednesday, citing a pattern of harassment by Musk and asking a federal judge to stop Musk from any "further unlawful and unfair action" against OpenAI in a court case over the future structure of the firm that helped launch the AI revolution.

09/04 Alphabet CEO reaffirms planned $75 billion capital spending in 2025

Alphabet reiterated on Wednesday it would spend about $75 billion this year to build out data center capacity, doubling down on its generative AI bet even as the payoff remains unclear and a global trade war threatens to raise costs.

09/04 Breakingviews - Chipmaking giants face triple tariff hit

Chipmakers will feel the heat of Donald Trump's tariff rampage. The exemption of semiconductors from the U.S. president's announced levies may not last. What's more, the blow to demand for phones and other consumer electronics will be painful for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing , Samsung Electronics and peers. Surging costs also will disrupt their bold plans to set up factories in the U.S.

09/04 Democratic US senators question Google and Microsoft's AI deals

Two Democratic U.S. senators demanded information from Microsoft and Google about their cloud computing partnerships with artificial intelligence companies, expressing concern the arrangements could stifle competition in the cutting-edge industry.

08/04 Exclusive: Andreessen Horowitz seeks to raise $20 billion megafund amid global interest in US AI startups

Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz is seeking to raise about $20 billion in what will be the largest fund in its history, to capitalize on global investors' interest in backing U.S. artificial intelligence companies, sources told Reuters.

08/04 Exclusive: Musk's DOGE using AI to snoop on U.S. federal workers, sources say

Trump administration officials have told some U.S. government employees that Elon Musk's DOGE team of technologists is using artificial intelligence to surveil at least one federal agency’s communications for hostility to President Donald Trump and his agenda, said two people with knowledge of the matter.

08/04 Samsung sees Q1 profit beating estimates as looming tariffs spur chip, phone sales

Samsung Electronics on Tuesday flagged a much smaller-than-feared 0.2% fall in first-quarter operating profit, boosted by solid memory chip sales and strong smartphone demand, partly driven by customers concerned about U.S. tariffs.

07/04 Broadcom announces new $10 billion share buyback plan

Broadcom said on Monday it was launching a new share buyback program of up to $10 billion, set to run through the end of the year.

07/04 US utilities grapple with Big Tech's massive power demands for data centers

U.S. electric utilities are fielding massive requests for new power capacity as Big Tech scours the country for viable locations for new data centers to keep up with the compute demands of AI.

07/04 Samsung Q1 profit to drop 21% on weak AI chip sales, foundry losses

Samsung Electronics is expected to forecast a 21% drop in the first quarter profit on Tuesday, hurt by sluggish sales of artificial intelligence chips and continued losses in its contract chip manufacturing business.

05/04 Meta releases new AI model Llama 4

Meta Platforms on Saturday released the latest version of its large language model (LLM) Llama, called the Llama 4 Scout and Llama 4 Maverick.

05/04 Robots, fraught consumers star in China AI videos mocking tariffs

China's state-run media has taken to the internet with AI-generated videos, featuring dancing robots and fraught consumers, to chide U.S. President Donald Trump and tariffs they say threaten high inflation and economic distress for Americans.

05/04 Foxconn reports record Q1 revenue, says it must closely watch global politics

Taiwan's Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker, posted its highest first-quarter revenue ever on strong demand for artificial intelligence products but said it would need to closely watch global politics.

05/04 Microsoft AI CEO's remarks interrupted by pro-Palestinian protester

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman's remarks were interrupted by a pro-Palestinian protesting employee during the technology company's 50th anniversary celebration on Friday over the firm's ties with Israel.

05/04 How Microsoft's AI chief measures consumer inroads for Copilot

As Microsoft CEOs past and present gathered here to celebrate the company's 50th birthday, one leader said he is targeting a particular metric's improvement to guide his strategy on artificial intelligence.

05/04 Microsoft, turning 50, dials up Copilot actions to stay in AI game

Thousands of people swooned in a dark conference hall that felt more like a rock concert when a Microsoft product manager demonstrated the company's latest feature: how to sum numbers in Excel, with the click of a button.

04/04 Fuming Spurs boss Postecoglou sees future with AI referees after VAR intervention

Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou bemoaned the time-consuming VAR process that saw Pape Sarr's goal chopped off in their 1-0 defeat at Chelsea on Thursday and said football was heading towards being refereed by artificial intelligence.

03/04 UK pins hopes on US trade talks after Trump tariff blitz

Britain said it believed a trade deal with the United States was close as it sought to soften the impact of U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs which threaten an escalating global trade war that would hurt its open economy.

02/04 Google Gemini executive Sissie Hsiao to step down

Alphabet's Google is replacing Sissie Hsiao, who led the development of the artificial intelligence chatbot Bard, now known as Gemini, the company told staff in its AI division on Wednesday.

02/04 Breakingviews - China's love of open-source AI may shut down fast

Following DeepSeek's release of its cutting-edge and free large language model early this year, Meta's chief artificial intelligence scientist Yann LeCun corrected those who surmised China is surpassing the United States in the technology. A correct reading, he said, is "open source models are surpassing proprietary ones". What's less clear, though, is how long China will flood the world with its

01/04 Ghibli effect: ChatGPT usage hits record after rollout of viral feature

The frenzy to create Ghibli-style AI art using ChatGPT's image-generation tool led to a record surge in users for OpenAI's chatbot last week, straining its servers and temporarily limiting the feature's usage.

01/04 Exclusive: Arm recently sought to acquire Alphawave for AI chip tech, sources say

SoftBank-owned chip tech provider Arm Holdings recently sought to acquire UK-based Alphawave to secure a crucial technology for building its own artificial-intelligence processors, according to three sources familiar with the matter.

01/04 Lightmatter releases new photonics technology for AI chips 

Lightmatter, a startup valued at $4.4 billion, on Monday released two pieces of technology aimed at speeding up the connections between artificial intelligence chips.

01/04 Intel's new CEO tells customers 'be brutally honest with us' 

In his first remarks as Intel's new CEO, Lip-Bu Tan on Monday outlined a leaner version of the iconic American chipmaker in which he would work directly with engineers to develop new products based on feedback from the company's customers.

01/04 OpenAI to raise $40 billion to boost AI efforts

OpenAI said on Monday it would raise $40 billion in a new funding round led by SoftBank Group at a $300 billion valuation to advance AI research, expand computational infrastructure and enhance its tools.

31/03 Google-backed AI drug discovery startup raises $600 million

Isomorphic Labs, which uses artificial intelligence technologies for drug discovery, has raised $600 million in its first ever external funding round led by Thrive Capital, the startup said on Monday.

31/03 China's Zhipu AI launches free AI agent, intensifying domestic tech race

Chinese artificial intelligence startup Zhipu AI unveiled a free AI agent on Monday, joining a wave of similar launches in China's increasingly competitive AI market.

28/03 OpenAI must complete for-profit transition by year-end to raise full $40 billion

OpenAI must transition to a for-profit company by the end of the year to secure the full $40 billion funding led by SoftBank it is in the final stages of raising, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday.

28/03 CoreWeave valued at $22.7 billion as shares dip in muted Nasdaq debut

CoreWeave's shares opened nearly 3% below their offer price in its Nasdaq debut on Friday, giving the Nvidia-backed AI infrastructure firm a valuation of $22.7 billion on a fully diluted basis.

27/03 Nvidia-backed CoreWeave plans to downsize US IPO, source says

CoreWeave plans to reduce the size of its U.S. initial public offering and price the shares below range, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday.

27/03 Exclusive: Trump administration directs spy satellite agencies to surveil US-Mexico border

The Trump administration has directed two intelligence agencies to train their satellite surveillance capabilities on the U.S.-Mexico border region as part of a sweeping crackdown on illegal immigration and drug cartels.

27/03 North Korea leader Kim Jong Un touts AI suicide drones, early-warning aircraft

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test of suicide drones with artificial intelligence (AI) technology and said unmanned control and AI capability must be the top priorities in modern arms development, state media reported on Thursday.

27/03 SK Hynix says some customers brought forward orders ahead of US tariffs

South Korea's SK Hynix , the world's second-largest memory chipmaker, said on Thursday that some customers have brought forward orders in preparation for new U.S. tariffs.

25/03 Alibaba says to begin re-hiring, sees signs of start of AI bubble in the US

Alibaba Group Chairman Joe Tsai said on Tuesday the tech giant would recommence hiring, emboldened with more confidence following President Xi Jinping's February meeting with business entrepreneurs.

22/03 Tencent launches T1 reasoning model amid growing AI competition in China

Chinese tech giant Tencent on Friday night launched the official version of its T1 reasoning model, stepping up competition in China's increasingly crowded artificial intelligence sector.

20/03 In the Market: How Trump is driving Asia to diversify away from US

President Donald Trump's tariffs and other policies have some financiers and officials in Asia predicting the remaking of the post-World War II economic order, leading to an urgent quest to diversify away from America. But it's not proving to be easy.

19/03 Music revenues rise again in 2024, boosted by streaming subscriptions, report shows

Subscription streaming boosted global recorded music revenues for a tenth straight year in 2024, by 4.8% to $29.6 billion, an industry group said on Wednesday, while urging policymakers to protect artists from copyright threats by artificial intelligence developers.

10/03 Exclusive: CoreWeave strikes $12 billion contract with OpenAI ahead of IPO, sources say

CoreWeave, an artificial intelligence startup backed by Nvidia , has signed a five-year contract worth $11.9 billion with OpenAI to provide cloud computing services ahead of its hotly anticipated stock market launch, people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday.

08/03 China’s AI catch-up begins to look inevitable: podcast

Beijing’s leap in developing silicon smarts, embodied in DeepSeek’s shockingly cheap model, will challenge US attempts to restrict cutting-edge technology. In this week’s Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists debate whether it will destabilize the AI market.

08/03 Apple says some AI improvements to Siri delayed to 2026

Some artificial intelligence improvements to Apple's voice assistant Siri will be delayed until 2026, the company said on Friday.

07/03 US mulling a ban on Chinese app DeepSeek from government devices, source says

The Trump administration is weighing a ban on Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek from U.S. government devices over national-security concerns, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday.

07/03 Rights advocates concerned by reported US plan to use AI to revoke student visas

Free speech advocates said AI should not be relied upon for assessments related to the decades-old and nuance-filled Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

07/03 Hewlett Packard Enterprise to cut 5% of workforce in cost-saving push

Hewlett Packard Enterprise said on Thursday it would lay off 5% of its workforce, or over 2,500 employees globally, as part of a cost-saving program and forecast its second-quarter revenue below Wall Street estimates, triggering a 16.5% drop in shares during aftermarket trading.

07/03 Broadcom shares surge as solid forecast eases demand worries for AI chips

Broadcom CEO on Thursday assuaged investor worries about AI chip demand with a strong second-quarter forecast and hinted about new potential customers that could boost revenue in a highly competitive market.

07/03 As US chip darlings struggle, some bet on software as next big AI play

U.S. chip stocks were the biggest beneficiaries of last year's artificial intelligence investment craze, but they have stumbled so far this year, with investors moving their focus to software companies in search of the next best thing in the AI play.

05/03 NATO armies unprepared for drone wars, Ukraine commander warns

Kyiv is striving to stay ahead of the enemy, employing artificial intelligence, deploying more ground drones and testing lasers to bring down Russian unmanned aerial vehicles.

04/03 Amazon's AWS forms new group focused on agentic AI

Amazon.com has formed a new group focused on agentic artificial intelligence to help users and customers automate more of their lives, according to an internal email viewed by Reuters on Tuesday.

04/03 Musk rallies the far right in Europe. Tesla is paying the price.

For the past two months, tech billionaire Elon Musk has promoted Germany’s far-right party in at least two dozen posts on his X platform, interviewed its leader, and told his 219 million followers it was the country’s “only hope.”

03/03 China's Zhipu AI raises $137 million as state funds bet on AI race

Chinese artificial intelligence startup Zhipu AI has raised more than 1 billion yuan ($137.22 million) in fresh funding, months after securing a 3 billion yuan investment.

24/01 Meta to spend up to $65 billion this year to power AI goals, Zuckerberg says

Meta Platforms plans to spend as much as $65 billion this year to expand its AI infrastructure, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Friday, aiming to bolster the company's position against rivals OpenAI and Google in the race to dominate the technology.

24/01 Saudi economy minister says $600 bln package with US includes investments, procurement

Saudi Economy Minister Faisal Alibrahim said on Friday that the $600 billion of expanded investment and trade with the United States mentioned by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman includes investments as well as procurement from the public and private sectors.

24/01 Breakingviews - How China can keep pace in the global AI race

In 2023, smartphones-to-silicon conglomerate Huawei quietly released its flagship Mate 60 Pro handset. The launch, while muted, was worth celebrating in the People’s Republic: the device featured a made-in-China chip that had previously seemed out of reach amid crippling U.S. sanctions. Late last month, Hangzhou-based startup DeepSeek added the latest technological surprise by claiming to have tra

23/01 Focus: Behind $500 billion AI data center plan, US startups jockey with tech giants 

This week's announcement by President Donald Trump of a massive private-sector investment to build more AI data centers casts a spotlight on a relatively small and nimble class of cloud computing firms positioned to play a bigger role in the tech sector.

23/01 Exclusive: ByteDance plans $20 billion capex in 2025, mostly on AI, sources say

ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, has earmarked over 150 billion yuan ($20.64 billion) in capital expenditure for this year, much of which will be centred on artificial intelligence, two people briefed on the matter said.

23/01 A tech-savvy Maha Kumbh: India aims for a safer religious festival

Inspired by stories of families separated among the millions celebrating the weeks-long Maha Kumbh Mela, old Bollywood films often featured plots in which siblings got lost at the Hindu festival and were only reunited decades later.

23/01 SK Hynix profit surpasses Samsung, but shares dip on lower memory chip demand

South Korea's SK Hynix forecast sales of its high-end semiconductors used in generative artificial intelligence chipsets would double this year after reporting a record quarterly profit that surpassed its bigger rival Samsung.

23/01 Samsung unveils AI smartphones with Qualcomm chips, teases slimmer Galaxy phones

Samsung Electronics on Wednesday unveiled its newest Galaxy S25 smartphones, powered by Qualcomm's chips and Google's artificial-intelligence model, hoping its upgraded AI features can reinvigorate sales and fend off Apple and Chinese rivals.

22/01 Exclusive: OpenAI tells India court ChatGPT data removal will breach US legal obligations

OpenAI has told an Indian court that any order to remove training data powering its ChatGPT service would be inconsistent with its legal obligations in the United States, according to a recent filing seen by Reuters.

22/01 Microsoft's LinkedIn sued for disclosing customer information to train AI models

Microsoft's LinkedIn has been sued by Premium customers who said the business-focused social media platform disclosed their private messages to third parties without permission to train generative artificial intelligence models.

22/01 TikTok owner ByteDance, DeepSeek lead Chinese push in AI reasoning

TikTok owner ByteDance on Wednesday released an update to its flagship AI model aimed at challenging Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s latest reasoning model products, as a global race intensified to create AI models capable of tackling complex problems.

22/01 Japan Inc will struggle to follow SoftBank's lead and go big with Trump

SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son's plan to invest billions in AI in the United States shows one way to handle the new Trump administration: go big and deal with the details later.

21/01 China does not pursue a trade surplus, willing to balance trade, vice premier says

China does not pursue a trade surplus and is willing to import more competitive and high-quality products and services to balance trade, Ding Xuexiang, the country's vice premier, said on Tuesday.

20/01 CEOs optimistic about global growth but risks remain, survey shows

The global survey showed advancements in generative AI had not led to a reduction in employment opportunities.

19/01 Economic grievances fuel support for hostile actions, Edelman global survey shows

Economic fears have escalated into grievances among 60% of people, with many believing hostile actions such as violence can be necessary to bring about change, according to a global poll by communications firm Edelman.

16/01 TSMC Q4 profit leaps to record on strong demand for AI chips

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co reported a 57% leap in fourth-quarter profit on Thursday as demand surges for advanced chips used in artificial intelligence processing.

16/01 US blacklists Chinese companies over TSMC chips in Huawei processor

The Biden administration added more than two dozen Chinese entities to a U.S. restricted trade list on Wednesday, including Zhipu AI, a developer of large language models, and Sophgo, a company whose TSMC-made chip was illegally incorporated into a Huawei artificial intelligence processor.

16/01 Breakingviews - Cracks in India’s consumption story run deep

If India wants to prop up its stalling economic growth, it will have to sacrifice some of the financial stability underpinning the country’s moment on the global stage.

15/01 Biden's late moves on China, Russia, AI may mostly boost Trump

With just days to go in his presidency, U.S. President Joe Biden is releasing a flurry of new measures that challenge China's chip-making and shipbuilding and limit Russian oil, while a ceasefire in Gaza is said to be in reach after months of failed talks.

14/01 Biden signs executive order to ensure power for AI data centers

President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Tuesday to provide federal support to address massive energy needs for fast-growing advanced artificial intelligence data centers, the White House said.

14/01 Breakingviews - Spotify’s share surge arrives at AI crossroads

Daniel Ek is cranking up the volume at Spotify Technology . Two years ago, the U.S.-listed music streamer faced heat from activist investor ValueAct Capital Management and was mired in job cuts and losses. Since then, Spotify’s market value has quadrupled to $92 billion, and generative artificial intelligence could give it a further leg up. Yet AI also explains why the group is at a crossroads.

13/01 How the new AI chip rule from the US will work

The rule regulates the flow of American AI chips and technology needed for the most sophisticated AI applications.

13/01 US tightens its grip on AI chip flows across the globe

The U.S. government said on Monday it would further restrict artificial intelligence chip and technology exports, divvying up the world to keep advanced computing power in the U.S. and among its allies while finding more ways to block China's access.

13/01 Nvidia says new rule will weaken US leadership in AI

Nvidia on Monday criticized a new effort by the Biden administration to tighten Washington's grip on artificial intelligence chip flows around the world, saying the regulation would jeopardize current U.S. leadership in AI.

13/01 UK PM Starmer to outline plan to make Britain world leader in AI

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will say on Monday he wants the UK to become the world leader for artificial intelligence, promising to create special zones for data centres and encouraging more graduates to study technology-focused courses.

13/01 TSMC fourth-quarter profit seen jumping 58% on strong AI chip demand

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co , the main global producer of advanced chips used in artificial intelligence applications, is expected to report a 58% leap in fourth-quarter profit on Thursday because of surging demand.

11/01 Nvidia criticizes reported Biden plan for AI chip export curbs

Nvidia said Biden should not "preempt incoming President Trump" by enacting a last-minute policy.

10/01 Bankers hope for IPO revival in 2025 as high-profile listings stack up

Investment bankers are gearing up for a pickup in dealmaking activity in global equity capital markets this year, buoyed by a promising pipeline of anticipated initial public offerings of several high-profile companies.

10/01 Musk asks state AGs to auction off OpenAI stake in nonprofit restructuring, sources say

A lawyer for billionaire Elon Musk has asked attorney generals in the states of California and Delaware to push OpenAI to auction a major stake in its business to decide fair value of its charitable asset during its corporate restructuring, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday.

09/01 Meta knew it used pirated books to train AI, authors say

Meta Platforms used pirated versions of copyrighted books to train its artificial intelligence systems with approval from its CEO Mark Zuckerberg, a group of authors alleged in newly disclosed court papers.

09/01 Breakingviews - Altered states will rule in 2025: podcast

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08/01 OpenAI boss denies sexually assaulting his sister after she files lawsuit

OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman has denied sexually abusing his sister when she was a child, after she filed a lawsuit in the United States accusing him of regularly sexually abusing her between 1997 and 2006.

08/01 Las Vegas Cybertruck suspect used ChatGPT to plan blast, police say

The suspected driver of the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on New Year's Day used popular chatbot ChatGPT to plan the blast, officials told reporters on Tuesday.

08/01 AI startup Anthropic to raise $2 billion at $60 billion valuation, sources say

AI startup Anthropic is near a deal to raise an additional $2 billion at a price that values the company at $60 billion, sources said, months after its $4 billion funding from Amazon .

08/01 Samsung Q4 profit outlook misses estimates by large margin as chip issues drag

Samsung Electronics released on Wednesday a fourth-quarter operating profit estimate that missed analyst estimates by a large margin, as it lagged behind rival SK Hynix in supplying high-end chips to Nvidia .

07/01 Getty Images, Shutterstock gear up for AI challenge with $3.7 billion merger

Getty Images said on Tuesday it would merge with rival Shutterstock to create a $3.7 billion stock-image powerhouse geared for the artificial intelligence era, in a deal likely to draw antitrust scrutiny.

07/01 Tech group urges US to halt rule that would limit global access to AI chips

A technology industry group on Tuesday urged President Joe Biden's administration to refrain from issuing a last-minute rule that would control global access to AI chips, warning the restrictions would jeopardize U.S. leadership in artificial intelligence.

07/01 Microsoft to invest $3 billion to expand AI, cloud capacity in India

Microsoft will invest about $3 billion to expand capacity for artificial intelligence and its Azure cloud-computing services in India, CEO Satya Nadella said on Tuesday.

07/01 CES Nvidia CEO set to take stage at CES just after shares hit record high

Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang is set to deliver the opening keynote speech at CES later on Monday and will likely unveil new videogame chips and detail efforts to parlay the company's success in artificial intelligence into other markets outside of the data center.

04/01 India will discuss Chinese dams with US national-security adviser in New Delhi visit

Washington and its Western allies have long viewed India as a counter to China's rising influence in Asia and beyond.

03/01 Microsoft plans to spend $80 bln on AI-enabled data centers in fiscal 2025

Microsoft is planning to spend about $80 billion in fiscal 2025 to build data centers to train artificial intelligence (AI) models and deploy AI and cloud-based applications, the company said in a blog post on Friday.

02/01 Indonesia court says vote threshold for presidential candidates not legally binding

Indonesia's Constitutional Court on Thursday said a law setting a minimum vote level before political parties could nominate a presidential candidate was not legally binding, which could potentially lead to a wider slate of nominees running in 2029.

02/01 Nvidia's market value gets $2 trillion boost in 2024 on AI rally

Nvidia emerged as the biggest global gainer in market capitalization for 2024, driven by surging interest in artificial intelligence and the robust demand for its AI-centric chips across various industries.

02/01 Breakingviews - AI will become a Madison Avenue sensation in 2025

The next big thing in technology will be powered by advertising money, too. Google, Facebook and Instagram ballooned in prominence and profitability by leveraging brand-building budgets from Tide laundry detergent to local plumbers. Even companies such as Netflix and Amazon , which until recently relied mainly on subscriptions, are getting in on the action. Artificial intelligence business models

31/12 Breakingviews - Warnings and worries haunt best-read views of 2024

The past year was a buoyant one for markets. Yet even as share prices rose, our readers sought out columns exploring the risks of imploding stocks, regulatory shocks and Washington’s new status quo. Our best-read views of 2024 feature familiar faces and old obsessions, too.

30/12 Breakingviews - Smart glasses give tech giants dangerous FOMO

Smart glasses will come into focus in 2025. Meta’s collaboration with EssilorLuxottica has become a bestseller in most Ray-Ban stores across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, with total sales topping 1 million units, according to Counterpoint Research. Early success has emboldened rivals to develop their own specs.

27/12 OpenAI outlines new for-profit structure in bid to stay ahead in costly AI race

OpenAI on Friday outlined plans to revamp its structure, saying it would create a public benefit corporation to make it easier to "raise more capital than we'd imagined," and remove the restrictions imposed on the startup by its current nonprofit parent.

23/12 Exclusive: Microsoft works to add non-OpenAI models into 365 Copilot products, sources say

Microsoft has been working on adding internal and third-party artificial intelligence models to power its flagship AI product Microsoft 365 Copilot, in a bid to diversify from the current underlying technology from OpenAI and reduce costs, sources familiar with the effort told Reuters.

23/12 Breakingviews - Trump and Tesla will turbocharge self-driving race

In 2025, a competition to master assisted and autonomous driving will begin in earnest. Carmakers like Tesla are chasing a market that McKinsey reckons could be worth $400 billion by 2035. But the benefits may prove elusive.

23/12 Inflation, elections and war dominated 2024

Inflation dropped in most economies around the world in 2024, but voters didn’t care.

20/12 OpenAI unveils 'o3' reasoning AI models in test phase

OpenAI said on Friday it was testing new reasoning AI models, o3 and o3 mini, in a sign of growing competition with rivals such as Google to create smarter models capable of tackling complex problems.

20/12 Italy fines OpenAI over ChatGPT privacy rules breach

Italy's data protection agency said on Friday it fined ChatGPT maker OpenAI 15 million euros ($15.58 million) after closing an investigation into use of personal data by the generative artificial intelligence application.

20/12 SDM madam had reached Anganwadi center for inspection, then got her son's admission done, do you know the reason?

SDM Son Enroll In Anganwadi: Ramnagar SDM Aarti Singh of Maihar district of Madhya Pradesh has taken a unique initiative. SDM Aarti Singh has admitted her son Jaithvik Singh in the Anganwadi center of Itma Kala. Along with this, everyone is praising him because of the reason given for getting admission there.

20/12 Breakingviews - Microsoft’s AI setback: an imaginary letter

Breakingviews imagines the letter that Microsoft Chief Executive Satya Nadella might write to shareholders after the artificial intelligence bubble deflates.

20/12 Ukraine collects vast war data trove to train AI models

As the future of warfare pivots towards artificial intelligence, Ukraine is sitting on a valuable resource: millions of hours of footage from drones which can be used to train AI models to make decisions on the battlefield.

19/12 AI's energy hunger fuels geothermal startups but natgas rivalry clouds future

Geothermal energy startups are on the upswing with Big Tech companies looking to feed their power-intensive AI data centers, but long-term investments remain uncertain as oil majors double down on natural gas.

19/12 Apple in talks with Tencent, ByteDance to roll out AI features in China, sources say

Apple is in talks with Tencent and TikTok owner ByteDance about integrating their artificial intelligence models into iPhones sold in China, according to three sources familiar with the matter.

16/12 Lockheed forms subsidiary to help defense companies adopt AI

Lockheed Martin said on Monday it had formed a subsidiary that will help U.S. defense companies incorporate artificial intelligence into their operations.

16/12 Trump and SoftBank CEO announce $100 billion US investment

President-elect Donald Trump, with SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son at his side, announced on Monday a $100 billion investment in the U.S. over the next four years in what would be a boost to the U.S. economy.

16/12 When AI vies with Taylor Swift as the hot ticket in town

Deep in the cavernous convention center here, on math-filled posters or in spirited conversations, could be a breakthrough for artificial intelligence in the making.

16/12 Breakingviews - OpenAI IPO would create the next hot meme stock

Artificial intelligence models require vast amounts of data. The companies that run them, like ChatGPT creator OpenAI, require vast amounts of cash. There’s a logical solution to the $157 billion group’s perpetual fundraising quest: the mother of all meme-stock initial public offerings in 2025.

14/12 OpenAI fires back at Elon Musk bid to block for-profit conversion

OpenAI asked a federal judge in California on Friday to reject a request by billionaire Elon Musk to halt the ChatGPT maker’s conversion to a for-profit company.

13/12 Exclusive: Major cloud providers could get key role in AI chip access outside the US - sources

In its latest jab at Beijing, the U.S. will empower companies like Google and Microsoft to act as gatekeepers worldwide for highly sought-after access to AI chips, two people familiar with the draft plan said.

13/12 Exclusive: Singapore, Vietnam firms in talks for new undersea cables, sources say

Singaporean asset manager Keppel and Vietnamese conglomerate Sovico Group are discussing plans for new undersea fiber-optic cables that would boost the region's data centre industry, people familiar with the discussions said.

13/12 DigiCo REIT in tepid debut after marking Australia's biggest IPO in six years

Shares in DigiCo Infrastructure REIT , a data centre landlord and operator, hovered around their IPO price on Friday - a subdued debut after marking Australia's biggest listing in six years.

13/12 Breakingviews - AI models’ slowdown spells end of gold rush era

Amid the many uncertainties in the artificial intelligence field, one thing has always seemed clear: bigger and more expensive systems produce better results. Hence the relentless fundraising of model developers like $157 billion OpenAI and the mammoth capital expenditures of Big Tech groups. Now, however, that kernel of certainty seems to be disintegrating. Having run out of novel data on which t

13/12 Meta releases AI model to enhance Metaverse experience

Meta said on Thursday it was releasing an artificial intelligence model called Meta Motivo, which could control the movements of a human-like digital agent, with the potential to enhance Metaverse experience.

12/12 Elon Musk's net worth tops $400 billion, Forbes billionaires list shows

Tesla CEO Elon Musk's net worth crossed $400 billion on Thursday, the Forbes real-time billionaires list showed, boosted by a nearly 71% surge in the automaker's shares this year and the soaring valuation of his rocket company SpaceX.

12/12 Russia will boost AI clout despite West's sanctions, Sberbank first deputy CEO says

Russia has the potential to improve its position in global AI ratings by 2030 despite Western sanctions thanks to talented developers and own generative AI models, Alexander Vedyakhin, first deputy CEO of Russia's largest lender Sberbank, told Reuters.

12/12 Meet SwagBot, the AI-powered robot cattle herder preventing soil degradation

With four wheels and a bright red paint job, SwagBot is not your average cow.

12/12 Malaysia launches national AI office for policy, regulation

Malaysia launched on Thursday a national artificial intelligence office aimed at shaping policies and addressing regulatory issues, as it looks to establish itself as a regional hub for AI development.

11/12 Toothpaste maker Colgate testing new product ideas on 'digital twins'

Colgate-Palmolive is soliciting feedback on possible new product from "digital twins" of prospective consumers, the company's chief analytics & insights officer Diana Schildhouse said on a Reuters NEXT panel on Tuesday.

10/12 OpenAI releases text-to-video model Sora for ChatGPT Plus and Pro users

OpenAI said on Monday it has released its artificial intelligence model, which creates video from text, to ChatGPT Plus and Pro users, expanding its foray into multimodal AI technologies.

09/12 Breakingviews - Madison Avenue’s $13 bln deal lacks creative spark

The advertising industry’s newest target: itself. Omnicom has agreed to buy rival Interpublic for $13 billion in an all-stock deal that would create the world’s largest collection of agencies by revenue. Promised cost savings make the idea stack up financially, but there’s no way to spin the rationale as anything but defensive.

09/12 Trump's Musk-led efficiency drive may spur defense-tech partnerships

President-elect Donald Trump's planned U.S. government efficiency drive involving Elon Musk could lead to more joint projects between big defense contractors and smaller tech firms in areas such as artificial intelligence, drones and uncrewed submarines, according to interviews with company executives.

09/12 Chinese billionaire Jack Ma sees AI future for Ant Group, in rare appearance

Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma voiced confidence in its affiliate Ant Group's future, seeing significant opportunities in artificial intelligence for the fintech giant, at a rare public appearance since China halted its planned IPO in 2020.

06/12 Palantir, Anduril sign partnership for AI training in defense

Data analytics firm Palantir Technologies and defense tech company Anduril Industries have partnered to use defense data for artificial intelligence training, the companies said on Friday.

06/12 Trump appoints former PayPal COO David Sacks as AI and crypto czar

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday said he was appointing former PayPal Chief Operating Officer David Sacks to be his White House Artificial Intelligence and Crypto Czar.

05/12 Musk's xAI raises around $6 bln in equity financing

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI said on Thursday it has raised around $6 billion in equity financing as it races to compete with other AI firms.

05/12 OpenAI launches $200 ChatGPT subscription for research use

OpenAI on Thursday launched a version of its popular chatbot ChatGPT priced at $200 per month, which can be used in engineering fields and for research, as the AI firm looks to expand industry applications for its technology.

03/12 Amazon announces new slate of AI models

Amazon announced a new slate of artificial intelligence platforms, known as foundation models, at its annual AWS conference, allowing for text, image and video generation among other things.

03/12 APT Rose and Bruno Mars song lyrics with translation and meaning

This song is very viral, written by teenagers, very fun to listen to. However, some people still don't know the lyrics, meaning and significance of this song.

03/12 Senator Ted Cruz demands probe into European influence on AI policy

Republican Senator Ted Cruz has urged U.S. officials to investigate whether European governments have tried to unduly influence the country’s laws around artificial intelligence.

03/12 Breakingviews - Masa Son risks overcompensating for his AI misses

“It may sound strange, but I think I was born to realise ASI,” SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son told shareholders in June, referring to his acronym for artificial super intelligence – a future computing technology that he believes will be 10,000 times smarter than humans. It’s not a new theme for the 67-year-old. Son has repeatedly mentioned artificial intelligence in earnings calls going back at

30/11 Baidu's Apollo autonomous vehicles granted licence to test in Hong Kong

China's Baidu has received the licence to test autonomous vehicles with its Apollo robotaxi service in Hong Kong as it expands its footprint outside Chinese mainland.

29/11 Canadian news companies challenge OpenAI over alleged copyright breaches

Five Canadian news media companies filed a legal action on Friday against ChatGPT owner OpenAI, accusing the artificial-intelligence company of regularly breaching copyright and online terms of use.

28/11 China warns of 'necessary actions' if US escalates chip curbs

China warned on Thursday it would take "necessary actions" to protect Chinese firms if the U.S. escalated chip control measures, following reports that the Biden administration could unveil new export restrictions as soon as this week.

28/11 Orange signs deal with OpenAI to get access to pre-release AI models

Orange has struck a multi-year partnership with OpenAI in Europe that will give the French telecoms operator access to pre-release AI models, group chief artificial intelligence officer Steve Jarrett said on Wednesday.

27/11 OpenAI allows employees to sell $1.5 billion stock to SoftBank, sources say

ChatGPT-owner OpenAI is allowing its employees to sell roughly $1.5 billion worth of shares in a new tender offer to Japan's SoftBank Group , two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday.

27/11 Samsung Electronics replaces chip business heads, CFO in sweeping reshuffle

Samsung Electronics on Wednesday announced new heads of its memory and foundry chip units, as it scrambles to catch up with SK Hynix and Taiwan's TSMC in the booming AI chip market.

26/11 Orange enlists Meta and OpenAI to develop AI language models in Africa

Orange will enlist OpenAI and Meta to fine-tune AI Large Language Models (LLMs) to translate regional African languages for the French telecoms operator, it said on Tuesday.

26/11 A financial historian’s warning about the AI boom: podcast

Artificial intelligence hopes have unleashed an investment frenzy, propelling chip giant Nvidia’s value to $3.5 trln. In this episode of The Big View podcast, mathematician Andrew Odlyzko explores parallels with the 1990s dotcom bubble and Britain’s railway mania of the 1840s.

25/11 Zoom raises annual revenue and profit forecasts, expands share repurchase

Zoom Video Communications raised its forecast for fiscal 2025 revenue and adjusted profit on Monday, anticipating robust demand for its online video conferencing software as it expands its product portfolio, and clients embrace hybrid working models.

25/11 Nvidia shows AI model that can modify voices, generate novel sounds

Nvidia on Monday showed a new artificial intelligence model for generating music and audio that can modify voices and generate novel sounds - technology aimed at the producers of music, films and video games.

23/11 Nvidia CEO says global cooperation in tech will continue under Trump administration

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on Saturday that global collaboration and cooperation in technology will continue, even if the incoming U.S. administration imposes stricter export controls on advanced computing products.

23/11 Exclusive: CoreWeave targets valuation of over $35 billion in 2025 US IPO, sources say

Artificial intelligence cloud platform CoreWeave, is aiming for a valuation of more than $35 billion in its U.S. initial public offering that is expected to occur next year, people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday.

22/11 Amazon doubles down on AI startup Anthropic with $4 bln investment

Anthropic said on Friday that longtime backer Amazon.com had pumped an additional $4 billion into the artificial intelligence startup, doubling its investment in the firm known for its GenAI chatbot Claude.

21/11 X's former top policy chief takes job with Elon Musk rival, Sam Altman

Nick Pickles, the former head of global affairs at Elon Musk's social media platform X, is joining forces with one of Musk's rivals, his fellow OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman.

21/11 Data-center reliance on fossil fuels may delay clean-energy transition

A spike in electricity demand from the world's big data providers is raising a worrying possibility for the world's climate: a near-term surge in fossil-fuel use.

21/11 Exclusive: Huawei aims to mass-produce newest AI chip in early 2025, despite US curbs, sources say

China's Huawei plans to start mass-producing its most advanced artificial intelligence chip in the first quarter of 2025, even as it struggles to make enough chips due to U.S. restrictions, said two people familiar with the matter.

21/11 Gulf states wedge AI efforts between superpowers: podcast

The United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia are building home-grown silicon smarts and forging links with the likes of Microsoft. In this Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists discuss how the region is muscling its way into a technology arms race between China and the US.

21/11 Nvidia's supply snags hurting deliveries but mask booming demand

Nvidia's revenue forecast on Wednesday disappointed Wall Street, raising questions over whether the artificial intelligence boom is waning. But the answer, according to Nvidia executives, analysts and investors, is a resounding no.

19/11 Nvidia's Blackwell revenue in focus as sales growth slows

Nvidia has bested lofty Wall Street revenue expectations for the past eight quarters, but as analysts expect a slower pace of growth, how the company overcomes delays and supply chain issues to sell its latest AI chips is likely to be a barometer for its stock price.

19/11 AI startup Perplexity adds shopping features as search competition tightens

Artificial intelligence search startup Perplexity on Monday launched a shopping hub to attract users, in a bid to beef up its platform as it attempts to take on Alphabet-owned Google's dominance in the search engine space.

18/11 How 1,000 days of conflict evolved into robot war between Russia and Ukraine

As losses mount and exhaustion sets in, both sides in the war are trying to replace humans with machines.

17/11 New Nvidia AI chips face issue with overheating servers, The Information reports

Nvidia's new Blackwell AI chips, which have already faced delays, have encountered problems with accompanying servers that overheat, causing some customers to worry they will not have enough time to get new data centers up and running, the Information reported on Sunday.

17/11 Biden, Xi agree that humans, not AI, should control nuclear arms, White House says

It is the first time the two countries have made such a declaration.

14/11 Breakingviews - At least Tencent can retreat into a virtual world

There's a least one demographic in China that's opening up their wallets: gamers. That cohort helped power a one-third rise in Tencent's quarterly adjusted earnings, to $8 billion. Outside of this niche, though, fintech and cloud services barely grew. Consumers and companies are holding back splurging in the real world.

14/11 The 'morphing' wheel from South Korea that may transform lives and robots

Imagine a wheelchair equipped with wheels flexible enough to navigate all manner of obstacles from kerbs to humps and even staircases.

13/11 Breakingviews - Gulf’s AI strategy is built on more than sand

When it comes to major tech investment, Gulf states have a chequered record. The United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, after all, sank $60 billion into Masayoshi Son’s first Vision Fund, for decidedly slim returns. But with artificial intelligence – where losing stacks of money is a very real risk for investors globally – Abu Dhabi in particular looks to have the makings of a valid strategy.

13/11 Nvidia and SoftBank pilot world's first AI and 5G telecom network

Leading chipmaker Nvidia and SoftBank Corp , the telecommunications arm of SoftBank Group , have piloted the world's first artificial intelligence and 5G telecoms network, the two companies said on Wednesday.

12/11 OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman returns to ChatGPT maker

OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman has returned to the artificial intelligence startup three months after taking a leave from his role as president, he said in a post on X on Tuesday.

12/11 Spotify forecasts profit above estimates on cost cuts, steady user growth

Audio-streaming giant Spotify forecast fourth-quarter profit above Wall Street estimates on Tuesday, betting on cost cuts and strong subscriber growth in the crucial holiday season, sending its shares up 7.7% after the bell.

12/11 Amazon offers free computing power to AI researchers, aiming to challenge Nvidia

Amazon.com's cloud computing unit on Tuesday said it will offer free computing power to researchers who want to use its custom artificial intelligence chips, aiming to challenge Nvidia's popularity among those researchers.

12/11 Baidu bolsters AI lineup with text-to-image generator, no-code app builder

China's Baidu Inc unveiled a slew of new applications for its artificial intelligence technology on Tuesday, including a text-to-image generator and a tool that enables users to develop software applications without coding expertise.

11/11 Vatican unveils AI services for St. Peter's Basilica ahead of Jubilee

The Vatican launched on Monday new Artificial Intelligence-enabled services for St Peter's Basilica, allowing virtual access to its Renaissance-era architectural treasures for all and enhanced tours for visitors.

11/11 OpenAI and others seek new path to smarter AI as current methods hit limitations

Artificial intelligence companies like OpenAI are seeking to overcome unexpected delays and challenges in the pursuit of ever-biggerlarge language models by developing training techniques that use more human-like ways for algorithms to "think".

09/11 OpenAI's ChatGPT faces massive outage with thousands of users impacted

Microsoft-backed OpenAI said on Friday night it is facing an issue that has resulted in its popular chatbot ChatGPT being unavailable.

08/11 Taiwan's TSMC says US investment plan is unchanged after election

Chipmaker TSMC's investment plan in the United States remains unchanged, the company said, responding to a question on the election of Republican Donald Trump as the next U.S. president.

05/11 Palantir shares surge to record as AI boom powers forecast raise

Palantir shares jumped over 17% to hit a record high on Tuesday, after the data analytics firm raised its annual revenue forecast for the third time, bolstering investor confidence that the AI frenzy was fueling demand for its services.

04/11 Market value of Nvidia and TSMC surges in October on strong AI chip demand

Nvidia led a surge in market value among global firms in October, buoyed by unrelenting demand for its new supercomputing artificial intelligence chips as more companies integrate AI into their daily operations.

01/11 A year on, Intel's touted AI-chip deals have fallen short

Intel's upbeat revenue projections on Thursday masked a sore point for the embattled company: chips touted for artificial intelligence have not lived up to sales expectations.

01/11 Exclusive: Chinese researchers develop AI model for military use on back of Meta's Llama

Top Chinese research institutions linked to the People's Liberation Army have used Meta's publicly available Llama model to develop an AI tool for potential military applications, according to academic papers and analysts.

31/10 Pastors and secret codes: US election officials wage low-tech battle against AI robocalls

While fake videos of Democratic candidate Kamala Harris spread across social media but fail to capture much interest, state officials are girding for what they consider a far more dangerous deception days before the U.S. presidential election - deepfake robocalls.

31/10 Ukraine rolls out dozens of AI systems to help its drones hit targets

Ukraine is using dozens of domestically made AI-augmented systems for its drones to reach targets on the battlefield without being piloted, a senior official said, disclosing new details about the race against Russia to harness automation.

31/10 OpenAI adds new search function to ChatGPT

OpenAI on Thursday added a set of new search functions to its popular large language model ChatGPT, opting to integrate the feature into the chatbot instead of launching a separate product.

31/10 Google brings AI answers to map applications

Alphabet's Google on Thursday announced a set of features that incorporated Gemini, its artificial intelligence chatbot, into its suite of mapping applications.

31/10 Toyota, NTT to invest $3.3 bln on development of AI platform

Toyota Motor and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) plan to invest a total 500 billion yen ($3.27 billion) by 2030 into an infrastructure and software platform using artificial intelligence to reduce traffic accidents.

31/10 The US securities watchdog's mounting legal headaches

U.S. industry and other groups have sued to overturn rules adopted under Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler, with knock-on implications for others on his agenda. Here's a list of rules and actions affected, according to legal filings, the SEC's agenda, and legal experts.

31/10 Meta, Microsoft lift AI spending, worrying Wall Street ahead of Amazon results

Big tech including Microsoft and Meta are stepping up spending to build out AI data centers in a rush to meet vast demand, but Wall Street is hungry for a quicker payday on the billions invested.

31/10 Musk's X ineffective against surge of US election misinformation, report says

The crowd-sourced fact-checking feature of Elon Musk's X, Community Notes, is "failing to counter false" claims about the U.S. election, the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) said in a report on Wednesday.

31/10 Samsung posts weaker profit recovery as it misses out on AI boom

Samsung Electronics said its third-quarter profit jumped from a year earlier, but the pace of recovery weakened from the prior quarter as it struggles to cash in on the AI boom that has benefited chip rivals like TSMC and SK Hynix .

30/10 Facebook parent Meta projects sharp acceleration in AI costs after results beat Wall Street targets

Facebook owner Meta Platforms beat analysts' estimates for third-quarter revenue and profit on Wednesday, but warned of "significant acceleration" in infrastructure expenses related to its artificial-intelligence buildout, sending mixed signals about whether higher digital ad sales from its core social media business would continue to cover its massive AI investments.

30/10 Google's AI-fuelled gains in cloud bode well for Amazon, Microsoft

Google-parent Alphabet's breakout cloud sales in the July-September quarter bode well for top cloud providers Microsoft and Amazon.com , and signal that market for AI-aided computing power is only growing.

29/10 Reddit shares jump 19% as AI deals boost quarterly revenue forecast

Reddit on Tuesday reported its first quarterly profit and forecast current-quarter revenue above Wall Street estimates, helped by its AI content licensing deals and strong digital advertising spending.

29/10 The rise and decline of Intel

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger inherited a troubled company that had lost its edge in manufacturing skills and had ceded to rivals the hugely lucrative markets for chips used in mobile phones and artificial intelligence.

29/10 Breakingviews - Big Tech’s AI spending isn't crazy, in a vacuum

Microsoft , Meta Platforms and Alphabet will all report quarterly earnings this week. The main attraction for investors is their investment plans for artificial intelligence. All three companies are expected to ramp their spending by 40% or more this year, and each decision is defensible enough on its own. The problem is, the return expectations can be compounding.

29/10 Apple set for biggest revenue jump in two years on iPhone demand in China

Apple is expected to report its biggest quarterly revenue jump in two years on Thursday, with iPhone demand faring better than recent years toward the end of the company's annual release cycle, especially in China.

29/10 Intel set for big drop in quarterly revenue as chipmaker struggles to bounce back

Intel is expected to report its biggest quarterly revenue drop in five quarters on Thursday, potentially signaling more erosion of data center and personal computer market share for the once iconic American chipmaker.

29/10 Special Report: Inside Intel, CEO Pat Gelsinger fumbled the revival of an American icon

Intel had a sweet deal going with Taiwan’s TSMC, who would make chips that Intel designed but could not produce. And it was offering deep discounts to Intel, sources say.

28/10 US finalizes rules to curb AI investments in China, impose other restrictions

The Biden administration said on Monday it is finalizing rules that will limit U.S. investments in artificial intelligence and other technology sectors in China that could threaten U.S. national security.

28/10 OpenAI chair's AI startup Sierra gets $4.5 bln valuation in latest funding round

Sierra, a software startup co-founded by former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor, has raised $175 million in a new funding round led by Greenoaks Capital that gave it a $4.5 billion valuation, the company said on Monday.

25/10 Thiel's Palantir dumped by Norwegian investor over work for Israel

One of the Nordic region's largest investors has sold its holdings in Palantir Technologies because of concerns that the U.S. data firm's work for Israel might put the asset manager at risk of violating international humanitarian law and human rights.

25/10 AI decodes oinks and grunts to keep pigs happy

European scientists have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm capable of interpreting pig sounds, aiming to create a tool that can help farmers improve animal welfare.

24/10 Nvidia deepens Indian tie-ups, rolls out Hindi-language AI model

Chip behemoth Nvidia expanded tie-ups on Thursday with India's big firms, such as Reliance Industries, and launched a lightweight artificial intelligence (AI) model for the widely-used Hindi language, as it looks to tap a growing market.

24/10 Tesla allays investor fears with crucial EV growth forecast, shares jump

Tesla's stock shot up nearly 12% in pre-market trade on Thursday, a day after it forecast surging car sales growth, reassuring investors that CEO Elon Musk was still looking to expand the company's core business of selling electric vehicles.

24/10 Tesla promises paid robotaxis next year, but significant hurdles remain

Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday said the electric vehicle maker will roll out driverless ride-hailing services to the public in California and Texas next year, a bold claim likely to face significant regulatory and technical challenges.

24/10 Nvidia supplier SK Hynix posts record Q3 profit, beats forecasts

South Korea's SK Hynix on Thursday posted a record quarterly profit as the Nvidia supplier saw strong sales of its advanced chips such as high bandwidth memory (HBM) ones used in generative AI chipsets.

23/10 Nvidia's design flaw with Blackwell AI chips now fixed, CEO says

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on Wednesday a design flaw with its latest Blackwell AI chips which impacted production has been fixed with the help of longtime Taiwanese manufacturing partner TSMC .

23/10 Qualcomm, Alphabet team up for automotive AI; Mercedes inks chip deal

Qualcomm on Tuesday said it was teaming up with Alphabet's Google to offer a combination of chips and software that will let automakers develop their own AI voice assistants using technology from the two firms.

22/10 Anthropic releases AI to automate mouse clicks for coders

Anthropic, a startup backed by Alphabet and Amazon.com , released a pair of updated artificial intelligence models on Tuesday, along with a new capability to autonomously perform computer tasks and save users keystrokes.

22/10 Facebook owner Meta restarts facial recognition tech in 'celeb-bait' crackdown

Three years after Meta shut down facial recognition software on Facebook amid a groundswell of privacy and regulator pushback, the social media giant said on Tuesday it is testing the service again as part of a crackdown on "celeb bait" scams.

22/10 Three Mile Island nuclear plant gears up for Big Tech reboot

Giant cooling towers at Constellation Energy's Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania have sat dormant for so long that grass has sprung up in the towers' hollowed-out bases and wildlife roam inside.

21/10 Qualcomm revamps mobile phone chips for AI, signs Samsung and others

Qualcomm said on Monday it is bringing technology first developed for its laptop chips to its mobile phone chips, aiming to make them more powerful for generative AI tasks.

21/10 Murdoch firms Dow Jones and New York Post sue Perplexity AI

Media baron Rupert Murdoch's Dow Jones and New York Post filed a lawsuit against Perplexity AI on Monday, claiming the AI startup engages in a "massive amount of illegal copying" of their copyrighted work.

12/09 PM Modi reached Chief Justice Chandrachud's house and performed Bappa's aarti, watch video

PM Modi Ganpati Poojan CJI House: Ganesh Utsav is in full swing across the country. In such a situation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached the house of Supreme Court Chief Justice DY Chandrachud on Wednesday. Here PM Modi performed the aarti of Ganpati Bappa. During this time CJI Chandrachud was present with the family.

11/09 How AI features of iPhone and rival smartphones stack up

Apple unveiled a raft of AI-powered features for its latest iPhone 16 lineup at an event on Monday, as global smartphone makers turn to generative AI to encourage customers to upgrade.

09/09 Apple's key launches at iPhone 16 unveiling event

Apple on Monday unveiled an artificial intelligence focused-iPhone 16 lineup, a sleeker Apple Watch, AirPods 4, and said new AI features will be added to its devices next month.

09/09 US proposes requiring reporting for advanced AI, cloud providers

The U.S. Commerce Department said Monday it is proposing to require detailed reporting requirements for advanced artificial intelligence developers and cloud computing providers to ensure the technologies are safe and can withstand cyberattacks.

09/09 Apple's iPhone 16 will put AI features in focus

Apple on Monday is set to unveil its iPhone 16 lineup, focusing on how its flagship device's features have been infused with artificial intelligence, rather than its usual emphasis on hardware upgrades.

09/09 South Korea summit to target 'blueprint' for using AI in the military

South Korea convened on Monday an international summit seeking to establish a blueprint for the responsible use of artificial intelligence in the military, though any agreement is not expected to have binding powers to enforce it.

08/09 Musk's xAI in talks for share in future Tesla revenue, WSJ reports

Elon Musk's AI startup xAI has held talks for a share in future Tesla revenue in return for giving Musk's electric vehicle maker access to xAI's technology and resources, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.

07/09 New iPhone will use Arm’s chip technology for AI, FT reports

Apple’s latest iPhone with its A18 chip, which is set to be unveiled at an event on Monday, has been developed using SoftBank -owned Arm’s newest V9 chip design, the Financial Times newspaper reported on Saturday.

06/09 Trump plan for Musk-led efficiency commission could give CEO influence over rules for his work, wealth  

Billionaire Elon Musk will head a government efficiency commission with a vast remit if Donald Trump is elected U.S. president, potentially putting him in position to change the rules for corporate America, including the wide swath of industries in which his companies compete.

05/09 Broadcom forecasts lukewarm quarterly revenue despite AI chip surge, shares fall

Chipmaker Broadcom forecast fourth-quarter revenue slightly below Wall Street expectations on Thursday, hurt by sluggish spending in its broadband segment.

05/09 OpenAI hits more than 1 million paid business users

OpenAI said on Thursday it has more than 1 million paying users across its business products, ChatGPT Enterprise, Team and Edu, as the AI firm's chatbot continues to see strong adoption owing to its advanced large language model.

05/09 Ilya Sutskever on how AI will change and his new startup Safe Superintelligence

Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI's former chief scientist, has launched a new company called Safe Superintelligence (SSI), aiming to develop safe artificial intelligence systems that far surpass human capabilities.

05/09 US, Britain, EU to sign first international AI treaty

The first legally binding international AI treaty will be open for signing on Thursday by the countries which negotiated it, including European Union members, the United States and Britain, the Council of Europe human rights organisation said.

05/09 Breakingviews - Blackstone $16 bln AI deal borrows from SPAC boom

How does a buyer avoid paying a huge multiple for a fast-growing company in a hot sector? A group led by Blackstone appears to have managed to do so with its agreed A$24 billion ($16.1 billion) offer on Wednesday to purchase Australia-based AirTrunk, which operates data centres for artificial intelligence developers like Microsoft and Amazon . The achievement requires borrowing some data-massaging

04/09 Exclusive: OpenAI co-founder Sutskever's new safety-focused AI startup SSI raises $1 billion

Safe Superintelligence, newly co-founded by OpenAI's former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, has raised $1 billion in cash to help develop safe artificial intelligence systems that far surpass human capabilities, company executives told Reuters.

04/09 Salesforce to acquire AI voice agent firm Tenyx, joining AI talent race

Enterprise cloud firm Salesforce on Tuesday said it has agreed to acquire Tenyx, which develops artificial intelligence-powered voice agents, to advance its AI-driven solutions.

03/09 Tech Spotlight: Daily Tech News

Intel, one of the first tech firms in the Dow Jones, may be removed due to a nearly 60% drop in its...

02/09 Venezuela's newest news agency says AI anchors protect reporters amid government crackdown

One of Venezuela's newest news anchors sits on a stool, dressed in a flannel shirt and chinos as he delivers the day's headlines.

02/09 Safran buys AI firm Preligens for 220 million euros

French jet engine maker Safran said on Monday it had struck a deal to buy AI firm Preligens for 220 million euros ($243.3 million).

30/08 Breakingviews - Reliance can afford to sit out India’s IPO boom

India’s largest company is biding its time. The annual shareholder meeting of $245 billion Reliance Industries was an unusually low-key affair. Chair Mukesh Ambani seems in no hurry to list his two consumer-facing businesses as promised to their 2020 backers including KKR , Silver Lake and Meta . A slim conglomerate discount at least makes the wait for everyone easier.

30/08 Dell shares jump as AI server demand boosts results, forecasts

Shares of Dell Technologies rose 6% in premarket trading on Friday, after robust demand for its artificial intelligence-powered servers propelled the company to raise its full-year earnings and revenue forecasts.

30/08 Chipmaker Marvell Tech beats quarterly revenue estimates amid AI surge

Chipmaker Marvell Technology surpassed expectations for quarterly revenue and forecast third-quarter results above Wall Street estimates on Thursday, on the back of strong demand for its electro-optics products and an increase in custom AI programs.

29/08 UK reshapes its AI strategy under pressure to cut costs

Britain’s Labour government is drawing up a new, cost-cutting artificial intelligence strategy ahead of a crunch autumn budget – prioritising public sector adoption of the technology over direct investment into industry.

29/08 US, Chinese officials to wrap up talks on Taiwan, military communication

U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan held wide-ranging talks with one of Chinese President Xi Jinping's top military officials on Thursday, wrapping up three days of talks in Beijing intended to ease tension between the two superpowers.

29/08 CrowdStrike cuts forecasts as Windows outage weighs on new deals

Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike cut its revenue and profit forecasts on Wednesday in the aftermath of a July global outage due to its faulty software update, and said the environment would remain challenging for about a year.

29/08 Nations building their own AI models add to Nvidia's growing chip demand 

Nations building artificial intelligence models in their own languages are turning to Nvidia's chips, adding to already booming demand as generative AI takes center stage for businesses and governments, a senior executive said on Wednesday.

28/08 HP returns to revenue growth, driven by PC market recovery and AI demand

HP Inc beat Wall Street estimates for third-quarter revenue on Wednesday, marking its first quarter of revenue growth after eight consecutive quarters of decline.

28/08 Nvidia forecasts third-quarter revenue in line with market, shares fall

Nvidia forecast third-quarter gross margin on Wednesday that could miss market estimates and revenue that was largely in line, failing to impress investors who have driven a dizzying rally in its shares as they bet billions on the future of AI.

28/08 AI's race for US energy butts up against bitcoin mining 

U.S. technology companies are pursuing energy assets held by bitcoin miners as they race to secure a shrinking supply of electricity for their rapidly expanding artificial intelligence and cloud computing data centers. Those data centers are driving the fastest U.S. power demand growth since the start of the millennium.

28/08 Tech Spotlight: Daily Tech News

OpenAI supports California's AB 3211 bill, requiring tech companies to label AI-generated content,...

27/08 Top US, China officials to meet on military, Taiwan, fentanyl

U.S. President Joe Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan is embarking on several days of talks with top Chinese officials in Beijing this week aimed at quieting tensions between the two superpowers ahead of the Nov. 5 U.S. election.