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Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly

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Alphabet’s Waymo Expands Beyond US to the World’s Most Populous City

Waymo's self-driving taxis will hit the busy roads in Tokyo early next year.

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Cohere, a $5.5B Canadian A.I. Startup, Is Quietly Working with Peter Thiel’s Palantir

Cohere appears to have added Palantir to its growing roster of partners.

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A.I. Data Centers Are Emitting as Much Greenhouse Gases As Commercial Airlines: Study

An A.I.-powered data center rush has led to a surge in CO2 emissions.

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AMD Is Pouring Cash Into A.I. Startups: Companies It Has Backed So Far

AMD's venture arm has made nine investments this year.

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Ilya Sutskever Warns A.I. Is Running Out of Data—Here’s What Will Happen Next

"We've achieved peak data and there will be no more," said the OpenAI co-founder.

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A Stegosaurus Skeleton Is Going Public as Dinosaur Fossils Increasingly Become Investments

The newest hot public offering isn't a fintech or A.I. company, but a partially-buried stegosaurus skeleton.

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Who Is Jared Isaacman, the Billionaire Private Astronaut Tapped to Lead NASA?

Unlike previous NASA administrators, Trump's pick for the role isn't a politician, scientist or engineer, but a billionaire entrepreneur.

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Here’s How Much Elon Musk Companies Grew in Value in 2024

Elon Musk's fortune and his constellation of companies have surged in value this year.

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Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman Is in a Talent War With His Former Companies

Mustafa Suleyman, head of Microsoft AI, is hiring ex-Google DeepMind employees for a new consumer health unit.

12.12.2024 2

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OpenAI’s CFO Says a Fully For-Profit Structure Is the ‘Right Answer for Us’

The CFO also lauded Trump as "the president of this A.I. generation."

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Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon Predicts Dealmaking Boom Under Trump

The U.S. is heading towards a flurry of dealmaking activity under the Trump administration, according to the CEO of Goldman Sachs.

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How Stability AI’s New CEO Prem Akkaraju Saved an Ailing Unicorn

The once-ailing company's revival "wasn't on my bingo card either," said Prem Akkaraju, who became Stability AI's CEO in June.

10.12.2024 5

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China Probes Nvidia Amid Escalating A.I. Chip Tensions With US: What to Know

China is looking into Nvidia's acquisition of an Israeli company it approved in 2020.

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How Much ‘Magnificent 7’ Companies Spend on Protecting Their CEOs

Tech companies spends millions of dollars annually on security expenses for high-profile CEOs like Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and Jensen Huang.

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Who Is David Sacks, Trump’s Newly Appointed ‘A.I. and Crypto Czar?’

Like his friend Elon Musk, David Sacks is a member of the so-called "PayPal Mafia."

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Sam Altman Clarifies on OpenAI’s ‘Tension’ With Microsoft (and Elon Musk)

OpenAI and Microsoft (MSFT)’s multibillion-dollar partnership is one of the most significant and envied in A.I. But, despite its mutually beneficial...

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Billionaire Trader Alex Gerko Is Betting on A.I.’s Promise in Mathematics

Could mathematics become the next field transformed by A.I.?

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Spotify Wrapped 2024 Just Dropped with a Host of New A.I. Features

Spotify (SPOT) just dropped its much-beloved “Spotify Wrapped” for 2024, offering users the chance to take a deep dive into their listening...

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Fei-Fei Li’s Startup Allows You to Walk in the 3D World of Edward Hopper Paintings

World Labs, a startup co-founded by Stanford A.I. pioneer Fei-Fei Li earlier this year that quickly grabbed the attention of high-profile investors,...

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Amid the A.I. Boom, These States Have Become Data Center Hubs

As tech companies advance along their quest to develop advanced forms of A.I., the electricity usage of data centers that power such technologies is...

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Elon Musk’s xAI Just Doubled Its Valuation to $50B—Who Are the Biggest Winners?

Several backers of Elon Musk's $44 billion acquisition of X are now set to receive a windfall from their investments in xAI.

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Six of the World’s Richest People Who Are Not Leaving Billions to Their Children

In the next two decades, the heirs of the world’s wealthiest are expected to become significantly richer. An estimated $84 trillion is expected to...

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Intel’s Turnaround CEO Pat Gelsinger Steps Down, Ending a Long Tenure at the Chipmaker

Once a giant in chipmaking, Intel's failure to capitalize on the A.I. boom has sent its shares plunging.

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5 Final Space Missions to Watch in 2024: SpaceX, Blue Origin and More

As 2024 comes to a close, space companies around the globe show no signs of slowing down. Earlier this month, Blue Origin completed its 28th mission...

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A Canadian Startup Is Experimenting an EV Idea That Could Replace Personal Cars

The vast majority of U.S. households own at least one car. Those same vehicles, however, are only used on average for just over an hour a...

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Eric Schmidt Is Worried About A.I. Risks to ‘Highly Suggestible’ Young People

The rise of A.I. friends or girlfriends amongst young men is an "unexpected problem" of A.I., according to the ex-Google CEO.

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Warren Buffett, 94, Donates $1.1B as He Ponders His Mortality

It’s hard to imagine a time when Warren Buffett wasn’t widely known as the “Oracle of Omaha,” a wise yet frugal investor with a penchant for...

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Talks Up Cooperation With China Ahead of Trump Trade War 2.0

Despite widespread fears that President-elect Donald Trump’s return to office will lead to tightened trade policies around A.I. chips to curb...

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A.I.-Generated Poems Outshine Those Authored by Humans: Study

Earlier this month, Ben Affleck made headline while discussing why he believes A.I. lacks the “taste” to pose a threat to art forms like film and...

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Amazon Doubles Down On Anthropic Investment, Mirroring Microsoft’s OpenAI Strategy

Amazon (AMZN) is doubling down on its partnership with Anthropic, one of the primary rivals to OpenAI. Amazon’s cloud unit, Amazon Web Services...

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MacKenzie Scott Has Quietly Given Away Over $17B Since 2020: Her Latest Donations

It’s giving season for MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon (AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos. Despite a lack of public announcements of new grants on her...

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Tax Filing Reveals How Much Sam Altman and Other OpenAI Employees Actually Make

Sam Altman's 2023 compensation from OpenAI totaled at less than six figures.

21.11.2024 3

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Nvidia Reports Another Blowout Quarter—Here’s Why Its Stock Price Is Falling

Nvidia (NVDA) is retaining its title as the darling of the A.I. revolution—at least for the time being. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chipmaker...

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HarperCollins Is Asking Its Authors to Sell Books for A.I. Training

Earlier this month, Daniel Kibblesmith received an emailed memo from HarperCollins, one of the world’s largest publishing companies, offering $2,500...

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Microsoft Unveils 5 A.I. Agents as Big Tech Ushers Into the ‘Agentic A.I.’ Era

After dedicating unprecedented resources to creating A.I. tools that require prompts from users, major tech companies are now moving on to the...

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NASA Partners With Microsoft to Open Up Valuable Space Data to the Public

Until now, the complexity of NASA's satellite data has rendered it largely inaccessible to the general public.

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1 in 10 Top Substack Authors Use A.I. to Create Content: Report

A.I.-generated content is increasingly making its way online. A study earlier this year found that more than 40 percent of posts on the publishing...

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WordPress Founder Matt Mullenweg Is ‘More Energized’ Than Ever Amid WP Engine Battle

Although it plays an integral role in holding up web content from the likes of NASA and the White House, WordPress typically keeps a low profile. But...

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Disney’s Streaming Business Finally Finds Its Rhythm

As Bob Iger nears the halfway point of his four-year contract heading The Walt Disney Company (DIS), the media mogul is well on his way to leaving...

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The 12 Executives Behind Nvidia’s Unprecedented A.I. Domination

Above a table in a San Jose, Calif., Denny’s hangs a plaque that reads: “The booth that launched a $1 trillion company.” The breakfast spot is...

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CEO Alex Chriss Wants PayPal to Be More Than Just a Payments Company

Alex Chriss has only been at the helm of PayPal (PYPL) for just over a year, but that hasn’t stopped the CEO from implementing a series of...

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A.I. Safety Institute Defends the Future of U.S. Tech Policy as Trump’s New Era Looms

Trump’s tech shake-up is on the horizon, putting the U.S. A.I. Safety Institute in the hot seat. Can safety and innovation coexist in the race for...

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Sam Altman Has a Side Project Called ‘World’ Aimed at Tackling a World Ruled by A.I.

The past two years have been action-packed for Sam Altman, the co-founder and CEO of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI. But that hasn’t stopped the A.I....

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Rivian CEO’s Next Big Bet: Bringing Luxury EV Appeal to the Mass Market

Rivian, the Irvine-based EV maker with a knack for California luxury, finds itself straddling a fine line: wild popularity on one coast, but fierce...

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Anthropic Joins A.I. Giants to Provide Models to US Defense Agencies

Anthropic, a competitor to OpenAI that has positioned itself as a more safety-conscious alternative, announced today (Nov. 7) that it will provide...

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Andreessen Horowitz Founders Notice A.I. Models Are Hitting a Ceiling

Despite continuing to bet big on A.I. startups and chip programs, the founders of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz say they’ve noticed a...

07.11.2024 5

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Laundry-Folding Robots Are Finally Here—and They’re Backed by Jeff Bezos and OpenAI

San Francisco-based Physical Intelligence is working to tackle one of the most difficult tasks of A.I. application.

06.11.2024 5

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Meta’s Data Center Expansion Hits an Unexpected Roadblock: Bees

Like its Big Tech rivals, Meta (META) has been on a voracious spending spree lately to build data centers to power its A.I. ambition. But the Mark...

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‘Godmother of A.I.’ Fei-Fei Li Has No Idea What A.G.I. Means

"I don't spend too much time thinking about these words because I think there's so many important things to do."

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University A.I. Programs See Massive Enrollment Surges Thanks to ChatGPT

Schools that offer A.I.-focused degrees have recently witnessed significant surges in student interest.

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