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Waymo says it reached 10 million robotaxi trips, doubling in five months
A Waymo self-driving car, seen with a driver, stops at a red light outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Friday, March 31, 2025. Bill Clark | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana told CNBC on Tuesday that the Alphabet-owned ride-hailing company has reached 10 million trips, doubling in the […]
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Palo Alto Networks beats on earnings and revenue, misses on gross margin
Palo Alto Networks signage displays on the screen at the Nasdaq Market in New York City, U.S., March 25, 2025. Jeenah Moon | Reuters Palo Alto Networks reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue for the latest quarter but its gross margin was below estimates. The stock dropped 4% in extended trading on Tuesday. Here’s how the […]
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The challenges facing Elon Musk and NASA in sending humans to Mars
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, want to make living on Mars a reality. Musk has said that his company, SpaceX, can get humans to Mars as early as 2029. Meanwhile, NASA officials have said that sending humans to Mars even by 2040 would be an “audacious” goal. China also has […]
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Grok’s ‘white genocide’ auto responses show AI chatbots can be tampered with ‘at will’
Muhammed Selim Korkutata | Anadolu | Getty Images In the two-plus years since generative artificial intelligence took the the world by storm following the public release of ChatGPT, trust has been a perpetual problem. Hallucinations, bad math and cultural biases have plagued results, reminding users that there’s a limit to how much we can rely […]
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TikTok turns to meditation as it battles lawsuits and criticism over the app’s ill effects on children
Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty Images Plagued with allegations and lawsuits of harming users’ mental health, especially that of children, social media sensation TikTok has decided to turn to meditation — or, rather, guide its users to the calming effects of deep breathing. TikTok said Thursday that it was launching in-app guided meditation exercises […]
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Musk’s xAI says Grok’s ‘white genocide’ posts resulted from change that violated ‘core values’
Muhammed Selim Korkutata | Anadolu | Getty Images Elon Musk’s xAI on Thursday evening made its first public comment about the latest controversy surrounding Grok, writing in a post on X that an “unauthorized modification” caused the chatbot to generate variations of a “specific response on a political topic.” That controversial topic was “white genocide” […]
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Cerebras CEO says chipmaker’s ‘aspiration’ is to hold IPO in 2025
Toronto , Canada – 20 June 2024; Andrew Feldman, co-founder and CEO of Cerebras Systems, speaks at the Collision conference in Toronto on June 20, 2024. Ramsey Cardy | Sportsfile | Collision | Getty Images Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman said his hope is to take his company public in 2025 now that the chipmaker has […]
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Musk’s Grok AI chatbot says it ‘appears that I was instructed’ to talk about ‘white genocide’
Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025. Hamad I Mohammed | Reuters The Grok chatbot from Elon Musk’s xAI startup said Wednesday that it “appears I was instructed to address the topic of ‘white genocide’ in South Africa,” according to responses viewed by CNBC. CNBC was […]
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Musk’s xAI chatbot Grok keeps randomly responding about ‘white genocide’ in South Africa
Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images The Grok chatbot from Elon Musk’s xAI startup is responding to user queries with unrelated comments about the controversial topic of “white genocide” and South Africa. CNBC on Wednesday found numerous instances of Grok discussing the topic in response to unrelated user prompts. Screenshots of examples were also […]
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Stock trading app eToro pops 40% in Nasdaq debut after pricing IPO above expected range
Key Points Shares of eToro popped in their Nasdaq debut on Wednesday. The stock and crypto trading app raised almost $310 million in its IPO late Tuesday, selling shares above the expected range. IPOs looked poised for a rebound when President Donald Trump returned to office in January, but tariff concerns put the market on […]
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