Artificial Intelligence

Technology

Wearable Wellness Devices Dominate CES as FDA Loosens Rules

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Just last year, the FDA sent a warning letter to wellness wearable firm Whoop after it rolled out a feature to check users’ blood pressure.

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Industrials

Caterpillar Gets Physical With Construction Site AI

Caterpillar’s not alone in transforming worksites: Deere & Co. showed off new equipment at CES this week, too.

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Semiconductors

Does Anyone Care About Nvidia’s CES Breakthroughs?

The official unveiling of Nvidia’s new chip architecture, dubbed the Vera Rubin, wasn’t expected until later this spring.

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Artificial Intelligence

Lyte Leaves Stealth Mode to Help AI Robots Tackle Household Chores

Artificial intelligence-powered bots’ big presence at CES belies the tech industry’s expectations to turn a profit on them.

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Artificial Intelligence

Bubble Fears Not Spoiling Billion-Dollar AI Buildout Plans in ’26 … Yet

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With an estimated half a million workers needed to fill the construction industry’s labor shortages, AI investments this year may get stalled.

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Autos

SpaceX, Private Ventures Fuel Elon Musk’s Trillion-Dollar Dreams

Tesla’s sleek cars and futuristic trucks have defined Elon Musk’s public image, but SpaceX is the real engine behind his growing net worth.

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Artificial Intelligence

Vibe Coding Startup Lovable’s Valuation Triples to $6.6 Billion

After launching in November 2024, the company had reached $100 million in annual recurring revenue in just eight months.

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Artificial Intelligence

Child Protection, National Security Lead Proposed AI Laws from Andreesen Horowitz

President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week pressuring states to drop efforts to regulate AI on their own.

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Artificial Intelligence

Databricks Snags $4B in Funding as AI Keeps Investors Enthralled

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Artificial Intelligence

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

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

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Electric Vehicles

Investors Throw Side-Eye at Tesla’s Optimus-tic $1.4T Market Cap

Morgan Stanley cut its rating of Tesla for the first time in two years on Monday to “equal weight,” which is equivalent to a hold.

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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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Artificial Intelligence

Behind Sam Altman’s ‘Code Red’ Response to OpenAI Competitors’ Gains

In memo this week, Altman promised the release of a new reasoning model next week that bests Google’s Gemini.

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