Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

Can $2 Billion Startup Generalist AI Solve the Robot Training Conundrum?

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Training the AI robots that can interact in the physical world requires a gargantuan set of relevant training data that doesn’t yet exist.

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Markets

Wall Street HALO Beckons Investors Trying to Ward Off AI-Driven Losses

As the AI bull run threatens formerly high-growth sectors like software, investors seek safety in HALO companies out of the tech’s reach.

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Energy

Regulator Helps Constellation Energy Fast-Track Three Mile Island Revival

The plan is to bring the infamous power plant back online sometime next year to service a nearby glut of power-hungry Microsoft data centers.

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Banking

Anthropic Raises Stakes in Wall Street’s IPO Gold Rush

In March, The Information reported that bankers involved in taking the company public expect it to raise a monstrous $60 billion in its IPO.

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Artificial Intelligence

As Anthropic Files for IPO, AI Savings Disappoint America’s C-Suites

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40% of nearly 1,000 major companies surveyed by Bain & Company found cost reductions from AI use of just 10% or less.

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Technology

Salesforce Delivers a SaaSpocalypse Reality Check

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Salesforce points to record revenue of $11.1 billion and its own embrace of artificial intelligence to dispel SaaSpocalypse worries.

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Artificial Intelligence

Grads Get Rude Welcome from Job Market Battered by AI-Fueled Tech Layoffs

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Meta, Oracle, Amazon, and Coinbase have all made major layoffs as tech-sector job cuts surge past 111,000 for the year, per Layoffs.fyi.

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Big Tech

Blackstone Invests $5 Billion in New Neocloud Partnership with Google

Blackstone, already the world’s largest private owner of data centers, will provide an initial $5 billion investment.

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Artificial Intelligence

In AI Chip Race, Nvidia’s Biggest Customers Become Competitors

The types of chips that will keep AI’s momentum up are different from those that trained it, creating an opening for rivals to Nvidia.

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Big Tech

Amazon Retires Shopping Chatbot Rufus, Handing Role to Alexa Instead

Amazon put Rufus to work in 2024 and said more than 300 million shoppers were consulting the AI bot on their buys in 2025.

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