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CIO Upside

How OpenAI’s Partnership With Oracle Could Alter the AI Landscape

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Even for major AI firms, ‘you can’t do it alone.’

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Finance

Can a Fed Rate Cut Boost the Magnificent Seven to New Heights?

In a note last week, JPMorgan’s Andrew Tyler wrote that macro conditions could turn a widely-expected rate cut into a “sell the news” event.

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Artificial Intelligence

Overenthusiastic or Just Right? The AI Boom’s Goldilocks Question

Between 2000 and 2002, after the dot com bubble popped, the Nasdaq lost nearly 80% of its value, wiping out trillions of dollars in wealth.

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Artificial Intelligence

Oracle’s AI-Powered Sales Growth Threatens Elon Musk’s Reign as World’s Richest Man

Oracle said its remaining performance obligations is now sitting at $455 billion. That’s up 359% from where it stood just a year ago.

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Artificial Intelligence

The Dutch Connection: French AI Leader Gets Backing from European Tech Giant ASML

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Mistral has been hailed by policymakers as key to Europe’s ambitions to compete with dominant US and Asian rivals.

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Semiconductors

Nvidia Markets New ‘Robot Brain,’ Yours for Just $3,499

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In May, revenue at Nvidia’s automotive and robotics businesses, which are reported together, posted $567 million in sales.

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Artificial Intelligence

Tech Stocks Slide as AI Reality Lags Behind Hype

Part of the investor pullback comes after an MIT report that checked in on the billions that companies have spent on generative AI.

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Semiconductors

SoftBank Acquires a 2% Stake in Embattled Intel

The deal comes as the US government explores a deal to take as much as a 10% ownership stake in the Santa Clara, California, firm.

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Big Tech

Meta Focuses on New Smart(er) Glasses

As Meta’s market cap hovers near the $2 trillion mark, a successful launch of its glasses could put the tech giant over the edge.

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CIO Upside

Why Access Controls May Be AI’s Biggest Security Vulnerability

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As model providers court government agencies, humans may present a major security threat.

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Social Media

Can Reddit Provide a Human-Centric Haven from AI Chatbots?

In our increasingly artificial digital age, sometimes internet denizens desire an actual human touch. Enter Reddit.

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CIO Upside

Big Tech’s AGI Dreams Overshadowed by Smaller, In-Demand AI Advances

Though AGI could have some enterprise viability, most businesses are better off with small models.

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Artificial Intelligence

Can OpenAI Recover From Botched GPT-5 Rollout?

Where recent iterations of ChatGPT allowed users to tinker with various settings, GPT-5 attempted to do the tinkering for the user.

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