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Microsoft Holds Out on OpenAI Nonprofit Plan

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Microsoft hasn’t signed off on OpenAI’s dramatic reversal of its onetime plan to become a for-profit venture.

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Nvidia May Take Humans out of the Data Center Equation

The filing signals that the company wants to be a thought leader in the data center space.

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Google May Be Giving Glasses Another Go. Will It Succeed?

Despite its initial fumble with Google Glass, there are a few reasons it may be able to avoid another “glassholes” situation.

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Snap Boosts Digital Ad Platform to Compete with Meta, TikTok

The company’s ad overhaul has largely worked in its favor based on its recent earnings report

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DoorDash Scoops up British Rival Deliveroo in Global Push

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DoorDash binged Wednesday on British delivery rival Deliveroo, which it is set to acquire in a $3.9 billion deal.

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Can Microsoft’s Bing — or Anyone Else — Ever Overtake Google?

Microsoft wants to get up close and personal to make its search results better.

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JPMorgan Chase May Use Blockchain to Check Facts

Core blockchain technologies themselves are being adopted at a more gradual pace.

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Adobe Wants to Fix When AI Starts to Drift

Adobe wants to stop AI models from losing their trains of thought.

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Grand Theft Auto VI Delay Steals the Thrills From Video Game Industry

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The delay of Grand Theft Auto VI’s release threw a multibillion dollar wrench in forecasted revenues for a gaming industry in need of a hit.

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Ford EV Slowdown Signals a Market “Inflection Point”

Charging infrastructure remains a barrier in EV adoption.

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Disney Doesn’t Want to be Left Behind in AI

The company’s recent patent signals that AI is coming both for the world of advertising and entertainment at large.

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Salesforce Wants an AI That Can do it All

Salesforce’s patent for a multi-talented AI assistant signals that language models need to be more than just chatbots to be useful.

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Tech Giants Deliver AI-Powered Earnings Growth

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Quarterly earnings at tech giants Meta and Microsoft surged, indicating that multi-billion dollar AI investments are starting to pay off.

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