Artificial Intelligence

Social Media

Linda Yaccarino Ducks Out of X’s New Grok Era

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Just over two years after taking the job, X (formerly Twitter) CEO Linda Yaccarino on Wednesday announced she’d be stepping down from her role.

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Energy

Low Battery: ‘Heat Dome’ Exposes Cracks in America’s Decaying Power Grid

Rising temperatures and massive new data centers are providing a massive stress test for the US power grid.

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Semiconductors

After Reclaiming ‘World’s Most Valuable Company’ Crown, Nvidia Gilds the Tiara

In the past month, Nvidia shares have surged 18.8%, more than the rest of the Magnificent Seven, including Microsoft.

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CIO Upside

Is Meta Chasing a Superintelligence Pipe Dream?

The risks may be greater than the payoff.

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Technology

Amazon’s Driverless Cab Company Zoox Revs Up ‘Toaster Taxis’

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After opening a new factory in California, Amazon is ramping up production of its self-driving cabs ahead of a planned Vegas launch.

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Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI Careens Toward Messy Divorce From Microsoft

Relations between Microsoft and its financially and technologically intertwined partner OpenAI are on the rocks.

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Artificial Intelligence

Musk’s xAI Holds Talks for Another Massive Fundraising Round

To catch up in the AI race, Elon Musk’s xAI is going to have to burn some proverbial rubber — and lots and lots of literal cash.

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Artificial Intelligence

Gecko’s AI Robots Represent the ‘Boring’ Future of Bots

More than 70% of the $2.3 billion raised by robotics companies in Q1 2025 was directed towards task-centric tech like Gecko’s.

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Artificial Intelligence

Meta’s Scoping Out a Superintelligence Lab

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As ChatGPT’s partial outage yesterday goes to show, AI companies are still struggling to scale up to artificial general intelligence.

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Big Tech

Apple Still Won’t Ride the AI Hype Train

At its annual Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, Apple announced a slew of incremental updates to its AI offerings.

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CIO Upside

Google Patent Helps You Fix Your Prompts

Making the most of large language models requires some guidance.

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Artificial Intelligence

Palantir Becomes Trump Trade’s Big Winner

Palantir’s share price has soared some 77% year-to-date on the backs of key federal government contracts, to hit a record valuation on Monday.

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CIO Upside

Shifting Away from Search, Businesses Need to Keep Up With the AI ‘Answer Economy’

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The future of online visibility in the age of AI is already dramatically changing the role of SEO.

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