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Threat Actors Are Poisoning the Well of AI Training Data

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Hackers are taking more indirect routes to manipulate AI models.

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CIO Upside

Microsoft Patent Highlights Weaknesses in Code Generators

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AI-powered coding has emerged as one of the best use cases for the powerful foundational models.

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Artificial Intelligence

Palantir Rides Epic Hot Streak Into Earnings Report

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The AI-powered, data-crunching defense tech company enters its earnings call Monday as the year’s hottest stocks on the S&P 500.

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Media & Entertainment

Can Summer Box Office Rebound Take Warner Bros. ‘Up, Up and Away’?

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Warner Bros. Discovery entered the year stuck in media conglomerate mud, with its eponymous film studio in especially bad shape.

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Economics

Dismal Jobs Data Gives Fed a Wake-Up Call on Interest Rates

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The economy added just 73,000 jobs in July, according to the Labor Department, well below the expectations of economists surveyed.

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ETF Upside

Rich Investors Eschew Financial Advice, Trade ETFs Frequently

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Wealthier people are less likely to value financial advice, but there are consequences to trading ETFs outside of advisory relationships.

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ETF Upside

SEC Is Now All In On Crypto. What’s Next?

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The agency approved in-kind redemptions for spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs last week, but the move may just the beginning for Atkins’ SEC.

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ETF Upside

Two Income ETFs Are Goldman’s Fastest Sellers

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Consistent income and returns that mute market highs and lows are what an aging population demands from an ETF, the company says.

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Artificial Intelligence

May AI Take Your Order, Please?

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AI is moving into jobs in food services and retail traditionally best left to humans. Can the imperfect tech give customers what they want?

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Advisor Upside

Can Buffered ETFs Reshape Portfolio Management?

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Defined-outcome funds took in more than $8 billion during the first half of 2025.

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Energy

Exxon and Chevron, Rivals Turned Frenemies, Face Profit Pressure-Cooker

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Rather than jockeying for an advantage in their weakened state, the two longtime rivals are set to work together more and more.

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Finance

Barnburner Figma IPO Offers Good Omen as Klarna Reconsiders Debut

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The company’s shares soared 250% in their New York Stock Exchange debut, yielding a market capitalization of $47 billion.

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Big Tech

Big Tech Pulls Off a Very Big Earnings Week

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The reports made one thing clear: Big Tech’s big AI bet is already paying off — which explains why they can’t help but double down.

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CIO Upside

Demand for Cloud, Data and Cybersecurity Skills Outranks AI

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Employees can leverage AI more effectively when they possess the other skills

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CIO Upside

Double Whammy: When Insecure Code Meets Burned-Out Cybersecurity Teams

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‘They’re pushing code that they know has vulnerabilities.’

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CIO Upside

IBM Patent Leverages AI to Fix AI

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Throwing AI at problems might not always be the answer.

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M&A

Palo Alto Networks Broadens Cybersecurity Consolidation With $25B Deal

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With CyberArk, Palo Alto enters into the “identity security” market, now at an “inflection point” due to the rise of agentic AI.

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Banking

Evercore’s Purchase of Robey Warshaw May Birth Trans-Atlantic M&A Titan

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The deal will help bolster Evercore’s presence in Europe, where it placed 13th by deal volume in PwC’s advisory rankings last year.

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Economics

Bottom Line Undercuts Hot Quarter for Top-Line US GDP

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Economists anticipated a 2.5% rate, so the better-than-expected top line figure was obviously cause for celebration, right?

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Advisor Upside

Women Advisors Now Make Up 24% of Workforce. There’s a Long Way to Go

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The industry is far from parity, but progress has been made over the past decade.

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Advisor Upside

Financial advisor news, market insights, and practice management essentials.

Enterprises Grapple With Pros, Cons (and Costs) of Cloud-First Strategy

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Fiserv Loses Nearly Half Its Market Cap After ‘Abysmal’ Quarter

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Amazon Job Cuts Broaden Big Tech’s Layoff Barrage

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