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OpenAI’s Sora hit 1 million downloads in less than five days
Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images OpenAI’s short-form artificial intelligence video app Sora hit 1 million downloads less than five days after its launch in late September, according to an executive. Bill Peebles, head of Sora at OpenAI, shared the milestone in a post on X late Wednesday. He said Sora reached 1 million […]
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Intel gives first look at next-gen chips, says Arizona fab is fully operational
An Intel manufacturing technician holds an Intel Core Ultra series 3 processor (code-named Panther Lake) built on Intel 18A, inside Intel’s new Fab 52 in Chandler, Arizona, in September 2025. Courtesy: Intel Intel on Thursday announced its new PC chips slated to debut in laptops next year as the chipmaker battles to turn around its […]
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U.S. opens probe into nearly 2.9 million Tesla vehicles over FSD traffic violations
A Tesla Model 3 using autopilot FSD is shown giving a warning on the screen to pay attention while driving on the highway in Palm Springs, California, U.S., Oct. 12, 2024. Mike Blake | Reuters The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Thursday that it is opening an investigation into 2.88 million Tesla […]
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Google launches Gemini subscriptions to help corporate workers build AI agents
Thomas Kurian CEO of Google Cloud, speaks at the Google Cloud Next conference in Las Vegas on April 8, 2025. Candice Ward | Google Cloud | Getty Images Google is taking another shot at selling businesses on artificial intelligence agents by introducing subscriptions featuring agents that perform specific work tasks. Gemini Enterprise targets large organizations, […]
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‘Focus on value creation; the stock market will settle itself,’ says Snowflake CEO amid bubble fears
The CEO of AI data firm Snowflake isn’t letting the stock market distract him from ambitions to become “one of the great technology companies in this world,” he told CNBC. The company — a cloud data storage platform — made history when it became the largest-ever software IPO when it went public five years ago, and its […]
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OpenAI expands budget-friendly ChatGPT Go to 16 more countries in Asia
OpenAI’s ChatGPT Go has expanded to a total of 18 countries across Asia, according to an announcement made yesterday. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images OpenAI has expanded its lower-cost subscription plan, ChatGPT Go, to 16 more countries across Asia, company head Nick Turley announced Thursday. “Making ChatGPT more affordable has been a key ask […]
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‘Buckle up’: IMF and Bank of England join growing chorus warning of an AI bubble
Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), during a curtain raiser speech ahead of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Fall meetings at The Milken Institute in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The International Monetary Fund and Bank of England are […]
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Citi backs stablecoin firm BVNK as Wall Street warms to crypto
BVNK co-founders (L to R) Donald Jackson, Jesse Hemson-Struthers and Chris Harmes, at the company’s San Francisco Office. BVNK Citi has invested in stablecoin infrastructure company BVNK, the startup told CNBC on Thursday, as big U.S. banks ramp up their presence in the cryptocurrency and digital asset space. Stablecoins are a type of digital asset […]
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AMD stock continues rally after OpenAI deal, now up 43% this week so far
Lisa Su, chair and chief executive officer of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD), during a Bloomberg Television interview in San Francisco, California, US, on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images AMD stock climbed 11% on Wednesday, continuing a massive run since OpenAI announced plans to buy billions of dollars […]
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Google adds limits to ‘Work from Anywhere’ policy that began during Covid
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 is continuing to put restrictions on remote work, this time with a popular policy called “Work from Anywhere” that was established during the […]
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