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Nvidia is in talks to invest up to  billion in OpenAI, source says
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Nvidia is in talks to invest up to $30 billion in OpenAI, source says

Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI Inc., at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. Prakash Singh | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nvidia is in discussions to invest up to $30 billion in OpenAI as part of a funding round that could value the artificial intelligence startup at […]

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New York Gov. Hochul drops robotaxi service proposal for outside NYC in blow to Waymo
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New York Gov. Hochul drops robotaxi service proposal for outside NYC in blow to Waymo

Waymo autonomous taxis turns onto Post Street in San Francisco, California, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has pulled a proposal that would have allowed commercial robotaxi services, like Alphabet‘s Waymo, to start in some parts of the state, according to her […]

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Etsy stock pops on Depop deal despite disappointing revenue, merchandise sales
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Etsy stock pops on Depop deal despite disappointing revenue, merchandise sales

The Etsy company logo is seen at its headquarters in New York on Dec. 13, 2023. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Etsy shares popped on Thursday after the company said it plans to offload its fashion resale app Depop to eBay for about $1.2 billion in cash. The online marketplace also reported mixed earnings […]

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Figma shares climb on earnings beat, but analysts note that AI risk remains
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Figma shares climb on earnings beat, but analysts note that AI risk remains

Shares of Figma traded higher on Thursday, but were well short of the initial surge following earnings. The stock was up by as much as 15% after the bell on Wednesday, when the design software maker reported fourth-quarter results that beat analysts’ expectations and offered rosy guidance. Figma’s revenue grew 40% year over year to […]

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Anthropic is clashing with the Pentagon over AI use. Here’s what each side wants
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Anthropic is clashing with the Pentagon over AI use. Here’s what each side wants

Anthropic is at odds with the Department of Defense over how its artificial intelligence models should be used, and its work with the agency is “under review,” a Pentagon spokesperson told CNBC.  The five-year-old startup was awarded a $200 million contract with the DoD last year. As of February, Anthropic is the only AI company […]

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Microsoft’s Brad Smith says U.S. tech should ‘worry a little’ about Chinese firms’ government subsidies
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Microsoft’s Brad Smith says U.S. tech should ‘worry a little’ about Chinese firms’ government subsidies

Microsoft President Brad Smith speaks at a press conference at the Representation of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia about future visions for the development and application of artificial intelligence in education in NRW in Berlin on June 4, 2025. Soeren Stache | Picture Alliance | Getty Images American tech companies should “worry a little bit” […]

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg set to testify in LA social media safety trial
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg set to testify in LA social media safety trial

Arda Kucukkaya | Anadolu | Getty Images Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is scheduled to testify on Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court as part of a landmark trial about social media and safety that’s being likened to the industry’s “Big Tobacco” moment. The trial, which began in late January, centers on a young woman who […]

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More than 50% of enterprise software could switch to AI, Mistral CEO says
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More than 50% of enterprise software could switch to AI, Mistral CEO says

Arthur Mensch, founder of Mistral AI, during the ‘Nvidia GTC’ meeting at the 2025 VivaTech conference in Paris, France, on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. Nathan Laine | Bloomberg | Getty Images NEW DELHI — More than 50% of enterprises’ current software could be replaced by AI, the CEO of Mistral AI told CNBC on Wednesday, […]

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Google’s I/O developer conference to be held May 19 and 20, says Alphabet
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Google’s I/O developer conference to be held May 19 and 20, says Alphabet

Google CEO Sundar Pichai addresses the crowd during Google’s annual I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California on May 20, 2025. Camille Cohen | AFP | Getty Images Alphabet announced Tuesday that it will host its annual developer conference, Google I/O, on May 19 and 20. CEO Sundar Pichai announced the dates in an X […]

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Anthropic releases Claude Sonnet 4.6, continuing breakneck pace of AI model releases
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Anthropic releases Claude Sonnet 4.6, continuing breakneck pace of AI model releases

Anthropic co-founder and CEO Dario Amodei speaks on an artificial intelligence panel during Inbound 2025 Powered by HubSpot at Moscone Center on in San Francisco, Sept. 4, 2025. Chance Yeh | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Anthropic on Tuesday rolled out Claude Sonnet 4.6, its second major artificial intelligence model launch in less than […]

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