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Elon Musk’s xAI raises  billion in debt and equity as it steps up challenge to OpenAI
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Elon Musk’s xAI raises $10 billion in debt and equity as it steps up challenge to OpenAI

Elon Musk announced his new company xAI, which he says has the goal to understand the true nature of the universe. Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty Images XAI, the artificial intelligence startup run by Elon Musk, raised a combined $10 billion in debt and equity, Morgan Stanley said. Half of that sum was clinched […]

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As nations build ‘sovereign AI,’ open-source models and cloud computing can help, experts say
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As nations build ‘sovereign AI,’ open-source models and cloud computing can help, experts say

Digital illustration of a glowing world map with “AI” text across multiple continents, representing the global presence and integration of artificial intelligence. Fotograzia | Moment | Getty Images As artificial intelligence becomes more democratized, it is important for emerging economies to build their own “sovereign AI,” panelists told CNBC’s East Tech West conference in Bangkok, […]

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Apple weighs using Anthropic or OpenAI to power Siri in major reversal, Bloomberg News reports
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Apple weighs using Anthropic or OpenAI to power Siri in major reversal, Bloomberg News reports

An Apple logo is displayed on a smartphone with stock market values in the background. SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Apple is weighing using artificial intelligence technology from Anthropic or OpenAI to power a new version of Siri, instead of its own in-house models, Bloomberg News reported on Monday. Shares of the iPhone maker, which had traded down earlier in the session, closed […]

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Amazon CEO Jassy says AI will lead to ‘fewer people doing some of the jobs’ that get automated
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Amazon CEO Jassy says AI will lead to ‘fewer people doing some of the jobs’ that get automated

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said the rapid rollout of generative artificial intelligence means the company will one day require fewer employees to do some of the work that computers can handle. “Like with every technical transformation, there will be fewer people doing some of the jobs that the technology actually starts to automate,” Jassy told […]

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Analyst Dan Ives says it will be the summer of  trillion market caps for surging tech giants
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Analyst Dan Ives says it will be the summer of $4 trillion market caps for surging tech giants

Nvidia and Microsoft will be the first to join the exclusive $4 trillion market cap club as the appetite for artificial intelligence skyrockets, according to Dan Ives, Wedbush Securities global head of technology research. The two stocks have had an incredible bounce back this quarter after a rough start to the year, as fears around […]

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CNBC Daily Open: The S&P 500’s high is a gift from Trump that can be taken away
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CNBC Daily Open: The S&P 500’s high is a gift from Trump that can be taken away

U.S. President Donald Trump takes part in a press conference on recent Supreme Court rulings in the briefing room at the White House on June 27, 2025, in Washington, DC, U.S. Joe Raedle | Getty Images News | Getty Images Something I rarely, if ever, say: What a wonderful Monday morning! On Friday stateside, the […]

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CNBC Daily Open: The S&P 500 hits a high — but as Trump gives, so can he take
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CNBC Daily Open: The S&P 500 hits a high — but as Trump gives, so can he take

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media at the White House in Washington D.C., U.S., June 27, 2025. Ken Cedeno | Reuters Something I rarely, if ever, say: What a wonderful Monday morning! On Friday stateside, the S&P 500 broke its previous record. Celebrations were shared with the Nasdaq Composite, which also hit a […]

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Trump ends all U.S. trade talks with Canada over digital services tax
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Trump ends all U.S. trade talks with Canada over digital services tax

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, June 16, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Donald Trump on Friday said the United States is immediately “terminating ALL discussions on Trade with Canada” in response to Ottawa’s decision to impose a […]

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Nike stock soars 17% after CEO soothes investors, says recovery is on the horizon
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Nike stock soars 17% after CEO soothes investors, says recovery is on the horizon

Nike stock soared 17% on Friday after the company said the worst of its struggles are behind it, following a better than feared fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report.  Nike on Thursday reiterated it would take the biggest financial hit from its turnaround plan during the quarter, soothing investors who worried President Donald Trump’s tariff hikes on […]

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We checked out Tesla’s supervised, invite-only robotaxi launch. Here’s what we saw
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We checked out Tesla’s supervised, invite-only robotaxi launch. Here’s what we saw

Tesla’s June launch of its long-awaited “robotaxi” requires a lot of qualifiers: it was supervised, open only to a few invitees and included somewhere between 10-20 vehicles. The stock jumped 8% the day after the launch, and some participants and observers called it a success. The shares have largely given back that gain since then. […]

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