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Artificial Intelligence

AMD Pops on Meta Deal that Squares with AI Sector’s Transaction Loop

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Transactions like these, where the interests of suppliers, customers and investors all seem to become one big loop, raise plenty of eyebrows.

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Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic Tussles with Pentagon as AI Goes to War

Anthropic is insisting that its AI shouldn’t be used for surveillance or the development of automated weapons.

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Artificial Intelligence

SoftBank’s All In on OpenAI and So Far It’s Paying Off

Boosted by OpenAI returns, SoftBank swung to a $1.6 billion profit last quarter after losing $2.4 billion in the same quarter last year.

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Big Tech

Meta, Microsoft Confront AI Spending Concerns Head-On

Both companies announced capex projections that blew past consensus expectations, but only Meta seemed to rebuff the Wall Street wariness.

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Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic’s Claude Code Platform Looks Like a Software Killer

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Claude Code promises to create any type of software — from analyzing specific data sets to building websites and editing photos.

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Markets

SpaceX, OpenAI Dominate Speculation About $3 Trillion IPO Geyser

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A logjam keeping companies worth as much as $2.9 trillion, from SpaceX to OpenAI, out of public stock markets may finally break in 2026.

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Media & Entertainment

Disney Licenses Play Dates for Mickey Mouse, ChatGPT in $1B OpenAI Deal

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Some user-generated Sora videos will also make their way onto Disney+, and ChatGPT will become available to Disney employees.

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Industrials

SpaceX May Launch IPO Market To The Moon

SpaceX’s potential monster IPO would come after what’s been a remarkable rebound year for public listings.

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Artificial Intelligence

Investors Brace for Revelations in New AI Bellwether Oracle’s Latest Report

Deals with Meta, Nvidia and Softbank underscore concerns that Oracle is overexposed to a possible AI bubble.

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Artificial Intelligence

When AI Hallucinations Amount to Defamation, Who’s Liable?

A handful of high-profile defamation-by-AI-chatbot allegations against big tech firms are already stacking up.

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