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OpenAI new recruiting head says company faces ‘unprecedented pressure to grow’
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OpenAI new recruiting head says company faces ‘unprecedented pressure to grow’

In this photo illustration, the OpenAI logo is displayed on a mobile phone screen with a photo of Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI. Didem Mente | Anadolu | Getty Images The pace of artificial intelligence innovation is raising the stakes for companies like OpenAI to snatch up top talent, according to new recruiting head Joaquin […]

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Here’s how to turn off public posting on the Meta AI app
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Here’s how to turn off public posting on the Meta AI app

This photo illustration created Jan. 7, 2025, shows an image of Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, and an image of the Meta logo. Drew Angerer | Afp | Getty Images AI generated images of women kissing while mud wrestling and President Donald Trump eating poop are some of the conversations users are unknowingly sharing publicly […]

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Archer drops as much as 15% on 0 million share sale following Trump air taxi pilot program
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Archer drops as much as 15% on $850 million share sale following Trump air taxi pilot program

Archer Aviation co-founders Brett Adcock (L) and Adam Goldstein (R) unveil the Archer Maker on June 10, 2021 in Hawthorne, California. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images Archer Aviation‘s stock dropped as much as 15% on Friday after the air taxi maker said it sold $850 million worth of shares. The electric vertical […]

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Tesla gains for a fourth day as Musk sets robotaxi date, Trump tensions cool
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Tesla gains for a fourth day as Musk sets robotaxi date, Trump tensions cool

Tesla CEO Elon Musk walks to board Air Force One with U.S. President Donald Trump (not pictured) as they depart for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, New Jersey, U.S., March 22, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters Tesla rallied for a fourth straight session as the spat between CEO Elon Musk and President […]

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This start-up is lowering the chances of passing on life-threatening diseases to your children—but it will cost you
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This start-up is lowering the chances of passing on life-threatening diseases to your children—but it will cost you

Biotech start-up Orchid is one of the few companies offering in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) patients the option to screen their embryos for severe genetic diseases before their pregnancy begins. “This technology is going to totally reshape how people have children,” Orchid’s CEO Noor Siddiqui told CNBC’s The Edge in an interview. “I think it’s going to […]

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OpenAI, Oracle and NVIDIA will help build Stargate UAE AI campus launching in 2026
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OpenAI, Oracle and NVIDIA will help build Stargate UAE AI campus launching in 2026

Technology giants OpenAI, Oracle, Nvidia and Cisco are joining forces to help build a sweeping Stargate artificial intelligence campus in the United Arab Emirates. “AI is the most transformative force of our time,” said Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang in a release Thursday. “With Stargate UAE, we are building the AI infrastructure to power the country’s […]

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CoreWeave shares soar 19% after  billion debt offering
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CoreWeave shares soar 19% after $2 billion debt offering

Michael Intrator, Founder & CEO of CoreWeave, Inc., Nvidia-backed cloud services provider, gestures during the company’s IPO at the Nasdaq Market, in New York City, U.S., March 28, 2025.  Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters CoreWeave shares popped 19% after announcing a $2 billion debt offering. The renter of artificial intelligence data centers powered by Nvidia chips […]

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D-Wave Quantum shares soar 20% as company releases latest computing system
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D-Wave Quantum shares soar 20% as company releases latest computing system

Pavlo Gonchar | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images D-Wave Quantum’s latest quantum computing system has hit the market, the company said Tuesday. Shares popped more than 18%. The quantum computer, known as Advantage2, marks its sixth iteration and most advance system, the company said. D-Wave said the computer offers a 40% boost in […]

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CoreWeave CEO defends capex plans, says company is meeting ‘demand signals’ from major hyperscalers
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CoreWeave CEO defends capex plans, says company is meeting ‘demand signals’ from major hyperscalers

Michael Intrator, founder and CEO of CoreWeave Inc., Nvidia-backed cloud services provider, attends his company’s IPO at the Nasdaq Market in New York City on March 28, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters CoreWeave shares jumped more than 5% Thursday as the renter of artificial intelligence servers posted strong revenues and CEO Michael Intrator reinforced the […]

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Why a Singapore-based team is trying to sequence 100,000 Asian genomes
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Why a Singapore-based team is trying to sequence 100,000 Asian genomes

Data from the U.S. National Library of Medicine suggests that 85% of genomics studies have been conducted in individuals of European descent. Singapore-based project GenomeAsia 100K is working to address this representation disparity. Almost a decade ago, it set the goal to sequence 100,000 Asian human genomes and create a genetic representation of Asian human […]

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