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Technology

Apple’s Product Revamp Shows Fruit of AI Comeback Strategy

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Apple, which has trailed tech rivals like Meta, Amazon and Alphabet in AI, is trying for a comeback with its latest product revamp.

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Industries

Users Ghost ChatGPT for Claude as OpenAI Strikes Deal with Pentagon

ChatGPT users are ghosting the OpenAI chatbot and sliding into the DM’s of Anthropic’s Claude after CEO Sam Altman’s Pentagon deal.

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Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI Wins Pentagon Work as Altman Tries to Square Circular Deals after Raising $110B

Backing from Nvidia and Amazon made it the latest circular deal, in which money-losing AI startups are being financed by their own customers.

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Energy

Power-Hungry AI Data Centers Electrify Utilities’ Capital Spending

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Technology

Salesforce Earnings Highlight Critical Choices Facing Legacy Software Firms

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Salesforce has tapped Anthropic’s Claude to boost Agentforce, its AI tool that surpassed $800 million in sales in the fourth quarter.

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Technology

DoorDash Delivers Fresh Profits with a Soggy Forecast

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The delivery giant’s revenue in the winter quarter climbed 38% compared to the same time last year, for a total near $4 billion.

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Social Media

Meta Faces the Music in Twin Trials Scrutinizing Social Media’s Effects on Kids

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Mark Zuckerberg is expected to take the stand tomorrow in a case born of concerns that social media use harms teens’ mental health.

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Electric Vehicles

Who Will Win the Robotaxi Wars?

All of the major players are vying for a major share of a ridehailing market estimated at $43 billion in the US and $150 billion worldwide.

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Energy

Utilities Soar On Surging Power Demand From Data Centers

The good times may not last as the dynamic between AI firms and utility companies draws bipartisan scrutiny.

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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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