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OpenAI is under pressure as Google, Anthropic gain ground
Sam Altman is feeling the pressure. The OpenAI CEO sent a memo to his staffers on Monday outlining a “code red” effort to improve its chatbot ChatGPT, according to multiple reports. Altman said OpenAI will be pulling back on investments in areas like health, shopping and advertising as it works to prioritize ChatGPT, the reports […]
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Amazon launches cloud AI tool to help engineers recover from outages faster
Mateusz Slodkowski | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Amazon’s cloud unit on Tuesday announced AI-enabled software designed to help clients better understand and recover from outages. DevOps Agent, as the artificial intelligence tool from Amazon Web Services is called, predicts the cause of technical hiccups using input from third-party tools such as Datadog […]
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Amazon to let cloud clients customize AI models midway through training for $100,000 a year
Attendees pass an Amazon Web Services logo during AWS re:Invent 2024, a conference hosted by Amazon Web Services, at The Venetian hotel in Las Vegas on Dec. 3, 2024. Noah Berger | Getty Images Amazon has found a way to let cloud clients extensively customize generative AI models. The catch is that the system costs […]
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French AI lab Mistral releases new AI models as it looks to keep pace with OpenAI and Google
Artificial intelligence startup Mistral released a new suite of models Tuesday as it looks to keep pace with leading AI labs Google, OpenAI and DeepSeek. The French company’s announcement follows on from model releases from the likes of DeepSeek and Google in recent weeks, as AI labs across the globe scramble to remain at the […]
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Apple’s AI leadership, Costco’s tariff lawsuit, Cyber Monday Shopify outage and more in Morning Squawk
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on October 17, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading […]
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Nvidia-backed $4 billion AI startup announces major London expansion
Nvidia-backed video generation startup Luma AI is joining a growing wave of U.S. tech companies launching operations in the U.K., with major plans for a London expansion revealed on Tuesday. The Palo Alto-headquartered startup will look to hire around 200 employees — making up around 40% of its workforce — at its new London base […]
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YouTube’s new AI deepfake tracking tool is alarming experts and creators
Beata Zawrzel | Nurphoto | Getty Images A YouTube tool that uses creators’ biometrics to help them remove AI-generated videos that exploit their likeness also allows Google to train its AI models on that sensitive data, experts told CNBC. In response to concern from intellectual property experts, YouTube told CNBC that Google has never used […]
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AI stock rally may be driven by fear of missing out, but strategists say hold tight
A television broadcasts crypto market news at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, US, on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images AI-related equity valuations may be driven by fear of missing out, known as FOMO — but now’s not the time to get cold feet, according to strategists. Global equities are at […]
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A ‘seismic’ Nvidia shift, AI chip shortages and how it’s threatening to hike gadget prices
The logo of an Apple Store is seen reflected on the glass exterior of a Samsung flagship store in Shanghai, China Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. Wang Gang | Feature China | Future Publishing | Getty Images The cost of your smartphone might rise, analysts are warning, as the AI boom clogs up supply chains and […]
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Strategist reveals an ‘asymmetric AI’ trade: ‘A lot of upside without much downside’
Convertible bonds are a way to play bet on AI with less risk, according to one strategist. Schroders’ head of multi-asset income Dorian Carrell said convertible bonds were an asset class “people don’t talk about enough” and were up around 15% so far this year. “We think that’s an asymmetric AI story. Very high risk-return, very high components of supply chain and […]
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