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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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SoftBank’s Son ‘was crying’ about the firm’s need to sell its Nvidia stake
Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp., speaks at the SoftBank World event in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, July 16, 2025. Speaking via teleconference, Son and OpenAI chief Sam Altman argued that advancing artificial intelligence would lead to new jobs that are not yet imagined, and the advancement of robotics will […]
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Samsung launches its first multi-folding phone as competition from Chinese brands intensifies
Samsung Electronics’s Galaxy Z TriFold media day at Samsung Gangnam in Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 2, 2025. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Samsung Electronics on Monday announced the launch of its first multi-folding smartphone as it races to keep pace with innovations from fast-moving rivals. The long-anticipated “Galaxy Z TriFold” will go on […]
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Trump administration to inject up to $150 million into chip laser startup xLight
The Trump administration has agreed to take a stake in xLight – a startup seeking to develop free-electron lasers as key to making faster computing chips. Avalon_studio | E+ | Getty Images The Trump administration has agreed to take a stake in xLight – a startup seeking to develop free-electron lasers viewed as key to making faster computing chips. The U.S. Department […]
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Why Jim Cramer thinks the AI trade is breaking up
After years of largely trading together, stocks related to artificial intelligence and the data center are starting to move in different directions, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said. “The Google complex cohort roared while the OpenAI complex got hammered. Meanwhile, the hyperscalers with great balance sheets held up much better than the ones with strained balance sheets,” […]
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Apple names former Microsoft, Google exec to succeed retiring AI chief
John Giannandrea. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Apple’s AI chief is stepping down, the company announced Monday in the most visible shake up yet to the iPhone maker’s artificial intelligence group since launching its Apple Intelligence suite in 2024. John Giannandrea, who held the position since joining the company in 2018, will […]
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Broadcom gets more Street approval, but Cramer says it’s not in a race with Nvidia
Broadcom ‘s custom chips are no threat to Nvidia , according to the latter’s CEO. Broadcom’s application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), also known as custom chips, have soared in popularity with hyperscalers, such as Alphabet ‘s Google. The key partnership led to the successful launch of Google’s Gemini 3. The latest iteration of the AI model was […]
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Meta’s Instagram orders employees back to the office 5 days a week
Instagram has installed a new privacy setting which will default all new and existing underage accounts to an automatic private mode. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Instagram will require U.S.-based employees to work five days a week in an office, Meta confirmed on Monday. The new return-to-office policy will take effect on Feb. 2 and […]
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MongoDB stock jumps 15% on earnings and revenue beat, strong guidance
MongoDB shares rose 15% in after-hours trading on Monday after the company announced strong third-quarter earnings that topped Wall Street estimates and issued a strong forecast. The database software maker reported a revenue of $628 million, which was up 19% year over year, blowing past the $592 million expected by LSEG analysts. The company’s adjusted […]
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Nvidia CEO to Cramer: Synopsys deal is ‘culmination of everything I showed you’ over the years
In this year’s flurry of massive artificial intelligence deals – for which a couple of billion dollars is pocket change – Nvidia ‘s announcement on Monday of a $2 billion investment to expand its long-time partnership with Synopsys might seem just incremental. Not so, asserted Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, in an interview with Jim Cramer […]
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