Generative AI
Why uranium mining is having a resurgence in the United States
From about the 1960s to the mid-1980s, the United States was a leader in uranium mining. But domestic production of the mineral, which is primarily used as fuel for nuclear reactors, has since fallen off a cliff. “A lot of this was because it was a government priority. And we strategically used government funding and […]
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Nvidia’s first GPU was made in France — Macron wants the country to produce cutting edge chips again
Jensen Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., left, and Emmanuel Macron, France’s president at the 2025 VivaTech conference in Paris, France, on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. Nathan Laine | Bloomberg | Getty Images French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday made a pitch for his country to manufacture the most advanced chips in […]
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Meta launches AI ‘world model’ to advance robotics, self-driving cars
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms. Artificial intelligence has been an integral focus for the tech giant’s leader amid competition from players like OpenAI, Microsoft and Google. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Meta on Wednesday announced it’s rolling out a new AI “world model” that can better understand the 3D environment and […]
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German startup DeepL says latest Nvidia chips lets it translate the whole internet in just 18 days
DeepL CEO Jaroslaw “Jarek” Kutylowski. DeepL DeepL on Wednesday said it was deploying one of the latest Nvidia systems that would allow the German startup to translate the whole internet in just 18 days. This is sharply down from 194 days previously. , DeepL is a startup that has developed its own AI models for and […]
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Nvidia makes big play for Europe with infrastructure deals
Jensen Huang, co-founder and CEO of Nvidia Corp., speaks during a news conference in Taipei on May 21, 2025. Cheng / AFP) (Photo by I-HWA CHENG/AFP via Getty Images) I-hwa Cheng | Afp | Getty Images Nvidia on Wednesday announced a slew of partnerships with European countries and companies spanning infrastructure to software as it […]
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The rise of artificial intelligence can make college degrees ‘out of date’: Upskill in AI or fall behind, says expert
“Rapid skills change and knowledge turnover may mean formal degrees are more rapidly out of date,” according to PwC’s 2025 Global AI Jobs Barometer report. Nd3000 | Istock | Getty Images Employer demand for formal degrees is declining for all jobs, but more quickly for jobs exposed to artificial intelligence, according to the 2025 AI […]
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Former Wall Street analyst building market AI on why stock pickers won’t go extinct
Wall Street isn’t immune from the plot line that has generative AI resulting in wholesale knowledge worker replacement. A new tool from AlphaSense, called Deep Research, won’t provide any comfort. The generative AI agent functions like a team of analysts operating at what AlphaSense calls “superhuman speed,” generating research and market insights, and building investment-grade […]
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Glean, gen AI enterprise search startup, raises $150 million in deal adding billions to valuation
Arvind Jain, CEO of Glean, on SaaS Monster stage during day one of Web Summit 2022 at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal, on Nov. 2, 2022. Harry Murphy | Sportsfile | Getty Images Generative AI enterprise search startup Glean announced on Tuesday that it raised $150 million in a Series F financing, pushing up […]
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2025 CNBC Disruptor 50: How we chose companies on this year’s list
The top five companies on the 2025 CNBC Disruptor 50 list — Anduril, OpenAI, Databricks, Anthropic and Canva — have a combined valuation of just under $500 billion. This is more than the combined total valuation of almost every past Disruptor 50 list of the last 12 years. OpenAI, the company that sparked a global […]
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Microsoft-backed AI lab Mistral is launching its first reasoning model in challenge to OpenAI
French founder of artificial intelligence startup Mistral AI, Arthur Mensch, attends the Viva Technology show at Parc des Expositions Porte de Versailles in Paris, France, on May 22, 2024. Chesnot | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images French artificial intelligence firm Mistral is on Tuesday launching its first reasoning model to compete with rival options […]
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