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Musk, OpenAI lawyers trade barbs as lawsuit heads to trial
Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI will proceed to trial, further escalating his years-long feud with the company and its CEO, Sam Altman. “We appreciate the Court’s thorough and fair consideration and look forward to trial,” Musk’s lead counsel, Marc Toberoff, told CNBC’s David Faber Thursday in a statement following a hearing with U.S. District Judge […]
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Google is unleashing Gemini AI features on Gmail. Users will have to opt out
NurPhoto | NurPhoto | Getty Images Google is adding more Gemini features to Gmail, providing upgrades like artificial intelligence-generated summaries of email threads, the company said Thursday. The company said its latest updates will be rolled out in phases, and some features will be turned on by default in inboxes, meaning users who don’t want […]
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Alphabet’s market cap surpasses Apple’s for first time since 2019
Google CEO Sundar Pichai gives a thumbs up as he arrives to attend the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit at the Grand Palais in Paris, Feb. 11, 2025. Benoit Tessier | Reuters Google parent company Alphabet saw its market capitalization surpass Apple’s for the first time since 2019. Alphabet’s market cap closed at $3.88 trillion on Wednesday. […]
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Google, Character.AI to settle suits involving minor suicides and AI chatbots
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai. Klaudia Radecka | Nurphoto | Getty Images Google and Character.AI will settle with families who sued the companies over harm to minors, including suicides, allegedly caused by artificial intelligence chatbots. According to court documents filed this week, the families and companies have agreed to work out settlement terms. In one case, […]
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OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health to connect user medical records, wellness apps
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman attends an event to pitch AI for businesses in Tokyo, Feb. 3, 2025. Kim Kyung-hoon | Reuters OpenAI on Wednesday announced ChatGPT Health, which will allow users to securely connect their medical records and wellness apps to the artificial intelligence chatbot. ChatGPT Health is not intended for diagnosis and treatment, and […]
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Anthropic signs term sheet for $10 billion funding round at $350 billion valuation
Anthropic has signed a term sheet for a $10 billion funding round at a $350 billion valuation, CNBC confirmed on Wednesday. Coatue and Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC are leading the financing, according to a source familiar who asked not to be named because the discussions are confidential. A representative for Anthropic declined to comment. […]
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Meta hires Microsoft exec, former Trump deputy as chief legal officer
Meta said Tuesday that it hired former Microsoft legal executive Curtis Joseph Mahoney to become its chief legal officer. Mahoney will replace Meta’s previous head lawyer Jennifer Newstead, who announced in December that she would be leaving Meta to become Apple’s general counsel in March. He joins Meta at a time when the company is […]
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Amazon’s AI shopping tool sparks backlash from online retailers that didn’t want websites scraped
Packages in a United States Postal Service (USPS) truck near the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Monday, Nov. 24, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon has angered some online retailers that say they didn’t consent to have their products scraped and listed on the e-commerce giant’s sprawling […]
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AMD’s Lisa Su says AI isn’t replacing people, but is changing who gets hired
Advanced Micro Devices CEO Lisa Su said Tuesday that artificial intelligence has not slowed the pace of hiring at her company, but the job candidates who have truly embraced the technology have become a priority. “I would say that we’re actually not hiring fewer people,” Su told CNBC’s Jon Fortt on Tuesday from the CES […]
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Memory chip giants spark global semiconductor rally as shortages stoke price hikes
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) signage on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Friday, Jan. 2, 2026. Michael Nagle| Bloomberg | Getty Images Semiconductor stocks rallied to start the year, led by the world’s biggest memory chip firms that are getting a boost from continued artificial intelligence-related […]
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