Artificial intelligence
Oracle stock dips 4% on report Blue Owl Capital won’t back $10 billion data center
The Oracle logo exhibited during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, Feb. 28, 2019. Joan Cros | NurPhoto | Getty Images Oracle stocks dipped about 4% on Wednesday following a report that discussions with Blue Owl Capital on backing a $10 billion data center in Michigan had stalled, although the cloud company later disputed […]
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Sheryl Sandberg says corporate climate ‘one of the worst’ she has ever seen
Former Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg warned that public displays of misogyny and “tech bro” rhetoric are damaging corporate culture at the world’s biggest companies. “Rhetoric matters, who says what matters,” Sandberg told CNBC Senior Media & Tech Correspondent Julia Boorstin in the latest episode of the “CNBC Changemakers and Power Players” podcast. Sandberg’s comments come […]
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Trump’s AI order may be ‘illegal,’ Democrats and consumer advocacy groups claim
President Donald Trump and his tech allies say that his new executive order to establish a national framework for artificial intelligence regulation will give the U.S. an edge over China in the AI war and pave the way for innovation. But Democratic lawmakers and state officials, as well as consumer advocacy groups, are raising alarms […]
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CNBC’s The China Connection newsletter: U.S.-China AI talent race heats up
This report is from this week’s CNBC’s The China Connection newsletter, which brings you insights and analysis on what’s driving the world’s second-largest economy. You can subscribe here. The big story Chris Miller, author of the book “Chip War,” warned three years ago that the balance of modern power hinges on a semiconductor supply chain crossing […]
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OpenAI hires Slack CEO Denise Dresser to lead global revenue strategy
Slack CEO Denise Dresser during TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco, Oct. 29, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images OpenAI on Tuesday announced that it’s tapped Slack CEO Denise Dresser as its chief revenue officer. Dresser will oversee the artificial intelligence startup’s global revenue strategy across both customer success and enterprise, OpenAI said in […]
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How Ray Dalio would play the markets if he was still running Bridgewater
As talk of an AI-fueled bubble continues, Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio broke down how he would play the market if he were still running the asset management firm. Speaking to CNBC on Monday, Dalio said that he would play the AI game but bet more on companies using the technology rather than hyperscalers: the […]
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Google taps AI vibe-coder Replit in challenge to Anthropic and Cursor
Google Cloud announced Thursday a multi-year partnership with artificial intelligence coding startup Replit, giving the search giant fresh firepower against the coding products of rivals, including Anthropic and Cursor. Under the partnership, Replit will expand usage of Google Cloud services, add more of Google’s models onto its platform, and support AI coding use cases for […]
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Jensen Huang says an incorrect nine-year-old prediction about AI shows why it won’t destroy jobs
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang appeared on an episode of The Joe Rogan Experience podcast on Wednesday. Ezra Acayan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is more optimistic than those who predict AI will destroy people’s jobs, and he used a nine-year-old prediction to demonstrate why. During a wide-ranging conversation about […]
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Dan Niles says his best idea right now is cash. Here’s what else he likes
In a market that could soon be topping out, the best investment idea right now is cash, according to Dan Niles, founder of Niles Investment Management. The market moved higher on Wednesday, but Microsoft shares fell after The Information reported the company was slashing software sales quotas tied to artificial intelligence. Microsoft denied the report […]
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Microsoft stock sinks on report AI product sales are missing growth goals
Microsoft Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella (L) returns to the stage after a pre-recorded interview during the Microsoft Build conference opening keynote in Seattle, Washington on May 19, 2025. Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images Microsoft pushed back on a report Wednesday that the company lowered growth targets for artificial intelligence software […]
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