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How CEOs bringing AI agents to work are preparing customers and employees
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How CEOs bringing AI agents to work are preparing customers and employees

Shinsei Motions | Istock | Getty Images Companies are investing heavily in AI-powered agents, pointing towards a future where customers’ first lines of communication when seeking an answer or wanting to buy something may be a chatbot. In October, Walmart announced a deal with OpenAI that will enable shoppers to both find and buy items […]

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AI industry looks to repeat crypto lobbying success and put war chest to work in midterm elections
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AI industry looks to repeat crypto lobbying success and put war chest to work in midterm elections

The polling site at Davies Student Center on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024 at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The Washington Post | The Washington Post | Getty Images The age of the AI super PAC is here, and it has ballot boxes across the U.S. in its sites ahead of […]

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China’s next DeepSeek moment could come from a group of AI chipmaking ‘dragons’
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China’s next DeepSeek moment could come from a group of AI chipmaking ‘dragons’

One year after DeepSeek upended the U.S. markets, investors are bracing for what could be the next moment of reckoning out of China: A rapid and coordinated push to scale home-grown Nvidia rivals for artificial intelligence chips.  In just the past two months, four startups, dubbed China’s “four dragons,” have already gone public or filed […]

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China gives green light to importing first batch of Nvidia’s H200 AI chips, sources say: Reuters
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China gives green light to importing first batch of Nvidia’s H200 AI chips, sources say: Reuters

Jensen Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., speaks during the 2026 CES event in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. Siemens and Nvidia announced an expansion of their strategic partnership to develop industrial and physical AI solutions to bring AI-driven innovation to industrial workflow. Photographer: Bridget Bennett/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg […]

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Dario Amodei warns AI may cause ‘unusually painful’ disruption to jobs
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Dario Amodei warns AI may cause ‘unusually painful’ disruption to jobs

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 04: Anthropic Co-founder and CEO Dario Amodei speaks at the “How AI Will Transform Business in the Next 18 Months” panel during INBOUND 2025 Powered by HubSpot at Moscone Center on September 04, 2025 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Chance Yeh/Getty Images for HubSpot) Chance Yeh | Getty Images […]

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Meta to test premium subscription plans for Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp
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Meta to test premium subscription plans for Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp

Chinese officials are reviewing Meta’s $2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus for possible technology control violations, FT reported on Tuesday. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Meta Platforms is set to test new subscription models across its apps, including Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp in the coming months, according to a report from TechCrunch […]

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Deutsche Bank says the ‘honeymoon is over’ for AI
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Deutsche Bank says the ‘honeymoon is over’ for AI

This year will be the most difficult one yet for artificial intelligence, according to Deutsche Bank Research Institute. AI adoption has expanded in recent years, but Wall Street is betting that 2026 will see a reckoning of the technology — and the web of trades around the trend — as the market demands tangible returns […]

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Most of Instagram’s ads ran on Reels in 2025, data shows
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Most of Instagram’s ads ran on Reels in 2025, data shows

Mark Zuckerberg attends the UFC 320 event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Oct. 4, 2025. Chris Unger | Ufc | Getty Images More than half of all ads on Meta’s Instagram ran in the service’s short-form video product Reels in 2025, up from 35% in 2024, according to data from market intelligence firm Sensor […]

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The founders of billion-dollar AI startups are getting younger — here’s why
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The founders of billion-dollar AI startups are getting younger — here’s why

Aexander Wang, CEO of Scale, attends an AI summit in Paris in February 2025. Getty Images The founders of some of the world’s most successful startups have been young: Think Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg, both of whom were just 19 when they launched their ventures. But with the rise of billion-dollar artificial intelligence (AI) […]

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OpenAI has committed billions to recent chip deals. Some big names have been left out
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OpenAI has committed billions to recent chip deals. Some big names have been left out

Open AI CEO Sam Altman speaks during a talk session with SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son at an event titled “Transforming Business through AI” in Tokyo, on Feb. 3, 2025. Tomohiro Ohsumi | Getty Images In November, following Nvidia’s latest earnings beat, CEO Jensen Huang boasted to investors about his company’s position in artificial intelligence […]

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