Artificial intelligence
Online age-verification tools spread across U.S. for child safety, but adults are being surveilled
Thomas Trutschel | Photothek | Getty Images New U.S laws designed to protect minors are pulling millions of adult Americans into mandatory age-verification gates to access online content, leading to backlash from users and criticism from privacy advocates that a free and open internet is at stake. Roughly half of U.S. states have enacted or are advancing […]
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Samsung reveals first details of its AI smart glasses to CNBC
The Samsung exhibition stand features the prominent ”A new era of mobile agentic AI” slogan by the South Korean company Samsung Electronics. Joan Cros | Nurphoto | Getty Images Samsung’s upcoming smart glasses will have a camera and be connected to a smartphone, a top executive told CNBC, as the tech giant prepares to make […]
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ATMs are fighting for relevance — here’s how they’re keeping up in a digital economy
As payments go digital and consumers migrate online, demand for branches and ATMs is shrinking — raising new questions about their place in a fully digital economy. As payments go digital and consumers migrate online, demand for branches and ATMs is shrinking — raising new questions about their place in a fully digital economy. For […]
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Op-ed: What $5 billion humanoid robots taught me about risk, jobs and the future of the economy
An Apollo humanoid robot prototype, made by Apptronik Inc., demonstrates its dexterity during a media day at the Mercedes-Benz Digital Factory Campus in Berlin, Germany on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Recently, Apptronik announced a $520 million funding round at a valuation north of $5 billion, with Alphabet‘s Google DeepMind […]
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As bond investors fret over an AI bubble, what to know — and how to find an opportunity
There is no reason to be rattled by the surge in bond issuance from hyperscalers, according to Bob Michele, chief investment officer and head of global fixed income at JPMorgan Asset Management. While the market’s focus this week has largely been on the U.S.-Iran conflict , artificial intelligence’s power to disrupt certain businesses has remained […]
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China’s Xiaomi tells CNBC it’s planning a yearly smartphone chip release and its own AI assistant for overseas
The Xiaomi 17 Pro Max rear display flagship smartphone by Xiaomi displayed at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on March 3, 2026. Joan Cros | Nurphoto | Getty Images BARCELONA — Xiaomi plans to launch a new smartphone processor chip every year, the company’s President Lu Weibing told CNBC, underscoring the company’s ambition to […]
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Anthropic ‘made a mistake’ in Pentagon talks and should ‘correct course,’ FCC boss says
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr testifies before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government at the Rayburn House Office Building on May 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. John Mcdonnell | Getty Images Anthropic “made a mistake” in its dealings with the Department of Defense, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr told CNBC on […]
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Commit fully to the role you’re in now, and your career may thank you later: Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan
Guided by immigrant roots, public‑health purpose and a belief in “staying in the ring,” Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan reflects on the unlikely decisions that took him from the “steel town” of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to the helm of a global drugmaker. Source
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Global week ahead: Operation Epic Fury means new risks for markets
Thick plumes of smoke rise over the residential areas of the Iranian capital following airstrikes amid ongoing U.S.â”Israel attacks as multiple explosions are heard across the city in Tehran, Iran on March 01, 2026. Fatemeh Bahrami/ | Anadolu | Getty Images We hear it all the time on CNBC — markets hate uncertainty, and the […]
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‘Silent failure at scale’: The AI risk that can tip the business world into disorder
Aire Images | Moment | Getty Images As the business world comes to grips with artificial intelligence, the biggest risk may be one where those running the economy can’t possibly stay ahead. As AI systems become more complex, humans aren’t able to fully understand, predict, or control them. That inability to understand at a fundamental level where AI models are going […]
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