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Anthropic launches Claude Opus 4.6 as AI moves toward a ‘vibe working’ era
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Anthropic launches Claude Opus 4.6 as AI moves toward a ‘vibe working’ era

Dario Amodei, CEO and co-founder of Anthropic, speaks during the 56th annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 20, 2026. Denis Balibouse | Reuters Anthropic on Thursday announced the launch of Claude Opus 4.6, its latest artificial intelligence model that’s better at coding, sustaining tasks for longer and creating higher-quality professional work products […]

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Amazon set to report earnings with AI spend, cloud growth, job cuts in focus
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Amazon set to report earnings with AI spend, cloud growth, job cuts in focus

Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon, arrives at The Sun Valley Resort for the Allen and Company Sun Valley Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, U.S., July 8, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Amazon is slated to report fourth-quarter earnings after the bell on Thursday. Here’s what analysts polled by LSEG are expecting: Earnings […]

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OpenAI launches new enterprise platform in bid to win more business customers
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OpenAI launches new enterprise platform in bid to win more business customers

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, is pictured on Sept. 25, 2025, in Berlin. Florian Gaertner | Photothek | Getty Images OpenAI on Thursday announced a new enterprise platform called Frontier, its latest launch as part of its ongoing effort to win more business customers. Frontier acts as an intelligence layer that stitches together disparate systems […]

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Alphabet resets the bar for AI infrastructure spending
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Alphabet resets the bar for AI infrastructure spending

Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc., during the Bloomberg Tech conference in San Francisco, California, US, on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google parent Alphabet beat Wall Street’s expectations for its fourth quarter but a new, high bar for expected spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure tempered enthusiasm. […]

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Snap shares rise on fourth-quarter earnings that beat on sales
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Snap shares rise on fourth-quarter earnings that beat on sales

Evan Spiegel, CEO of Snap Inc. attends the annual Allen and Co. Sun Valley Media and Technology Conference at the Sun Valley Resort in Sun Valley, Idaho, U.S., on July 9, 2025. David A. Grogan | CNBC Snap shares were up over 5 percent in after-hours trading on Wednesday after the Snapchat-parent released fourth-quarter earnings […]

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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy picks marketplace exec to be his new ‘shadow’ advisor
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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy picks marketplace exec to be his new ‘shadow’ advisor

Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon, speaks during an unveiling event in New York, Feb. 26, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has tapped one of the company’s top marketplace executives to be his new “shadow” advisor, the company announced Wednesday. In a blog post, Amazon said Dharmesh Mehta, vice […]

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OpenAI models could help power Alexa as part of Amazon investment deal
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OpenAI models could help power Alexa as part of Amazon investment deal

OpenAI’s artificial intelligence models could help power Amazon’s digital assistant Alexa and other internal projects at the e-commerce giant, CNBC confirmed on Wednesday. The collaboration between the two companies is being discussed in tandem with Amazon’s ongoing talks to invest up to $50 billion in OpenAI, according to a source familiar with the matter who […]

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Alphabet to report earnings: AI, ad momentum key to the fourth quarter
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Alphabet to report earnings: AI, ad momentum key to the fourth quarter

Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, attends the inauguration of a new hub in France dedicated to the artificial intelligence sector, at the Google France headquarters in Paris, France, on Feb. 15, 2024. Gonzalo Fuentes | Reuters Alphabet is set to report its fourth-quarter earnings Wednesday after the bell. Here’s what analysts polled by […]

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Anthropic says no to ads on Claude chatbot, weeks after OpenAI made move to test them
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Anthropic says no to ads on Claude chatbot, weeks after OpenAI made move to test them

Dario Amodei, co-founder and chief executive officer of Anthropic, during a Bloomberg Television interview in San Francisco, California, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Anthropic on Wednesday said its artificial intelligence chatbot Claude will remain ad-free, a decision that comes just weeks after the startup’s rival OpenAI […]

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Amazon makes Alexa+ AI assistant available to everyone in the U.S. nearly a year after launch
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Amazon makes Alexa+ AI assistant available to everyone in the U.S. nearly a year after launch

Alexa+ signage during an unveiling event in New York, Feb. 26, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon on Wednesday announced it’s making Alexa+ available to everyone in the U.S., almost a year after it launched a revamped version of its digital assistant. Alexa+ has been in an “early access” preview since last […]

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