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CNBC Daily Open: Rallies and tech ‘revolution’ — all powered by AI
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CNBC Daily Open: Rallies and tech ‘revolution’ — all powered by AI

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (L) shakes hands with Microsoft Chief Technology Officer and Executive VP of Artificial Intelligence Kevin Scott during the Microsoft Build conference at the Seattle Convention Center Summit Building in Seattle, Washington, U.S., on May 21, 2024. Jason Redmond | Afp | Getty Images Investors can’t get enough of artificial intelligence, despite […]

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CNBC Daily Open: It’s a boom, it’s a bubble, it’s still not enough for investors: It’s AI
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CNBC Daily Open: It’s a boom, it’s a bubble, it’s still not enough for investors: It’s AI

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (L) speaks with Microsoft Chief Technology Officer and Executive VP of Artificial Intelligence Kevin Scott during the Microsoft Build conference at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, on May 21, 2024.  Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images Investors can’t get enough of artificial intelligence, despite worries over the sector’s excessively high […]

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Can AI create next ‘Grand Theft Auto’? Take-Two Interactive CEO says no
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Can AI create next ‘Grand Theft Auto’? Take-Two Interactive CEO says no

Strauss Zelnick, the CEO of video game publisher Take-Two Interactive, said he is not a “naysayer” when it comes to the promise of artificial intelligence. But at the same time, Zelnick, who leads the company that publishes the “Grand Theft Auto,” “NBA 2K,” “Red Dead” and “Borderlands” video game series, said the signs that the […]

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Why bitcoin miner CleanSpark beat Microsoft for Wyoming AI data center deal, and what it means for crypto mining’s future
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Why bitcoin miner CleanSpark beat Microsoft for Wyoming AI data center deal, and what it means for crypto mining’s future

CleanSpark, a Las Vegas based bitcoin miner, is moving into artificial intelligence, beginning to develop AI data centers alongside its crypto-mining business. The company’s CEO laid out details of the recently announced strategy on CNBC’s “Crypto World” this week, and why it’s likely to become core to the business models of more crypto mining companies. […]

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Cramer: Amazon layoffs will help costs, but growth in this one area is what’s needed most
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Cramer: Amazon layoffs will help costs, but growth in this one area is what’s needed most

Amazon ‘s latest round of layoffs may help the bottom line, but CNBC’s Jim Cramer encouraged investors to keep their eyes on what really matters. That would be Amazon Web Services. The e-commerce and cloud giant said Tuesday it will cut 14,000 corporate jobs, or about 4% of the total corporate and tech workforce, to […]

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GitHub unites OpenAI, Google and Anthropic AI agents in one place to bring ‘order to the chaos’
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GitHub unites OpenAI, Google and Anthropic AI agents in one place to bring ‘order to the chaos’

Signage at the Microsoft campus in Mountain View, California, US, on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. Benjamin Fanjoy | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft’s GitHub unit on Tuesday announced Agent HQ, a new “mission control” interface that will allow software developers to manage coding agents from multiple vendors on a single platform.  An artificial intelligence agent […]

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Apple, Microsoft cross  trillion market cap
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Apple, Microsoft cross $4 trillion market cap

Apple CEO Tim Cook, left, and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Reuters Apple and Microsoft shares rose on Tuesday, pushing the companies over a market cap of $4 trillion. Both companies are still behind Nvidia, which is the world’s most valuable company with a market cap of over $4.6 trillion. Microsoft previously hit the $4 trillion […]

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OpenAI completes restructure, solidifying Microsoft as a major shareholder
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OpenAI completes restructure, solidifying Microsoft as a major shareholder

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks to media following a Q&A at the OpenAI data center in Abilene, Texas, U.S., Sept. 23, 2025. Shelby Tauber | Reuters OpenAI on Tuesday announced it has completed its recapitalization, cementing its structure as a nonprofit with a controlling stake in its for-profit business. The artificial intelligence startup said its […]

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Amazon layoffs, Qualcomm’s AI chips, Airbnb cracks down on Halloween and more in Morning Squawk
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Amazon layoffs, Qualcomm’s AI chips, Airbnb cracks down on Halloween and more in Morning Squawk

Amazon logo on brick office building facade with windows, San Francisco, California, Aug. 29, 2025. Smith Collection | Gado | Archive Photos | Getty Images This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day: 1. Amazon’s cull […]

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Google investors have big expectations after stock’s sharpest quarterly rally in 20 years
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Google investors have big expectations after stock’s sharpest quarterly rally in 20 years

Google CEO Sundar Pichai waves as he arrives to attend the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit at the Grand Palais in Paris, France, February 11, 2025. Benoit Tessier | Reuters Alphabet has a high bar to clear when it reports earnings Wednesday. The company’s stock price soared 38% in the third quarter, its best quarterly […]

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