Artificial intelligence
Micron stock sinks for a fourth straight day despite dominant earnings report
People visit Micron booth during the 7th China International Import Expo (CIIE) at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) on November 5, 2024 in Shanghai, China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images Micron‘s blowout second-quarter earnings report fueled by a surge in memory demand hasn’t been a boon for the stock. Since […]
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Gap says it will launch checkout within Google’s Gemini, in an AI first from a major fashion company
Gap is partnering with Google’s Gemini to allow shoppers to check out directly within the AI platform, making it the first major fashion company to work directly with the tech company to fuel agentic commerce, CNBC has learned exclusively. The partnership comes as more and more shoppers move away from traditional search and toward artificial […]
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Alibaba reveals new AI chip designed for ‘agents’
Samuel Boivin | Nurphoto | Getty Images Alibaba on Tuesday announced a new chip designed for agentic capabilities as the Chinese tech giant steps up its semiconductor efforts to fuel its AI push. The XuanTie C950 is a type of chip called a central processing unit (CPU), which Alibaba said will be able to handle the […]
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Anthropic says Claude can now use your computer to finish tasks for you in AI agent push
This photograph shows a figurine in front of the logo of the AI assistant “Claude” built by the US artificial intelligence safety and research company Anthropic during a photo session in Paris on February 13, 2026. (Photo by Joel Saget / AFP via Getty Images) Joel Saget | Afp | Getty Images Anthropic’s Claude can […]
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Why Spotify AI more than music will be the secret to keeping subscribers
The Spotify music app is seen on a phone in New York City on June 4, 2024. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Streaming music apps have been nudging users into the artificial intelligence era with a limited track record of success. But AI-based recommendation tools from Apple, Amazon and pure-play streaming company Spotify are […]
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Who’s most optimistic about AI — and who isn’t, according to Anthropic
Samuel Boivin | Nurphoto | Getty Images People in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia are more optimistic about artificial intelligence than those in Western Europe and North America, according to a report by Anthropic that surveyed around 81,000 people in 159 countries. The study, published Wednesday, revealed how economic gains from AI usage formed the main […]
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OpenClaw demand in China is driving up the price of used MacBooks
Key Points Jeremy Ji, chief strategy officer at ATRenew, told CNBC that the consumer electronics reseller is seeing more people trade-in their older MacBooks for a more powerful one. The increased demand comes as people in China rush to try the new OpenClaw artificial intelligence agent. Ji declined to share exact volume of MacBooks processed, […]
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How the red-hot AI data center boom is igniting demand for a new, lucrative career path: trade workers
Demand for new AI data centers is surging, but they can’t build themselves. Big Tech is funneling billions into building out these specialized facilities, with the four hyperscalers, Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon, committing nearly $700 billion in combined capex spending this year to fund these developments. Amazon said last month that it’s committing $12 […]
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Alibaba launches agentic AI tool for businesses with Slack, Teams integration plans
A general view of the Alibaba headquarters is at West Bund in Shanghai, China, on February 28, 2026. (Photo by Ying Tang/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Chinese technology giant Alibaba on Tuesday released a new agentic artificial intelligence tool, Wukong, for enterprise customers, as the company restructures and faces rising […]
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Senators tell ByteDance to ‘immediately shut down’ Seedance AI video app
Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Sens. Marsha Blackburn and Peter Welch are calling for a halt to the new version of ByteDance’s artificial intelligence app, Seedance, which generates videos of real people and licensed characters, raising copyright and intellectual property concerns. Seedance 2.0 “is the most glaring example of copyright infringement from a […]
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