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MIT and Harvard warn AI’s productivity gap risks marketing jobs
Two studies—one from MIT Technology Review and another from Harvard Business School—highlight how AI adoption in marketing may not deliver expected productivity gains. MIT’s David Rotman notes that hyperscalers like…
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Ex-Google researcher says AI could kill us all, report says
Bilal Chughtai, a former Google DeepMind research engineer, stated that AI has the potential to "kill us all" and that time may be running out to prevent this outcome. Chughtai, who previously worked on AGI safety and…
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Senate Democrats seek info on AI tax subsidies from Meta, Amazon, Google, Microsoft
Senate Democrats, led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, sent letters on Sunday night to the CEOs of Meta, Amazon, Alphabet (Google Cloud) and Microsoft. The letters, also signed by Sens. Tina Smith and Jeff…
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Alphabet's Q2 2026 AI spending exceeded business cash flow, with capital expenditures at $44.9 billion and free cash flow negative $5.9 billion
Alphabet reported that in Q2 2026, its AI-related capital spending surpassed the cash generated by its business operations. Capital expenditures reached $44.9 billion, primarily for AI servers and data centers, while…
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Google DeepMind says Gemini 4 is nearing launch
Google DeepMind head Koray Kavukcuoglu confirmed on September 23 that the company is close to releasing Gemini 4. The model is currently in the early stages of post-training, a phase designed to refine its performance…
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Marvell raises 2027 revenue outlook to $12B as Google deal expands custom silicon
Marvell Technology raised its fiscal 2027 revenue outlook to $12 billion and expects 50% growth in fiscal 2028, citing robust AI-related demand. The company’s stock surged 7.24% last week and 6.86% over the past month,…
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Google DeepMind’s Hassabis and Dean step down amid AI industry shift
Google DeepMind’s leadership reshuffle signals a shift in AI’s focus from research breakthroughs to industrial-scale deployment. In August 2026, Demis Hassabis—co-founder of DeepMind and architect of AlphaGo and…
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Trump and Xi extend trade pause; AI talks yield no new rules
US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a summit in Washington, extending a trade war pause until 10 January. While the meeting included ceremonial elements like a red-carpet airport greeting…
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Research projects AI hyperscalers need 2.7x productivity gain by 2030 to justify $1.1T infrastructure spending through 2027
New research from Jessica and Jonathan Wachter, cited by MIT Technology Review, indicates AI hyperscalers must increase productivity 2.7 times by 2030 to justify nearly $1.1 trillion in infrastructure spending through…
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Google DeepMind chief Koray Kavukcuoglu says Gemini 4 is in post-training and aims to release it much earlier than end of 2026
Google DeepMind CEO Koray Kavukcuoglu confirmed in media appearances that Gemini 4 has entered the post-training stage and that the company aims to release an early version 'as soon as possible', targeting a launch…
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Meta and Alphabet report divergent Q2 2026 results as traders debate AI investment preferences
Meta and Alphabet both reported Q2 fiscal 2026 results in late July, showing contrasting financial performances. Meta reported revenue of $60.80B, up 27.96% YoY, with EPS of $6.18 versus a $7.22 consensus, while…
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YouTube adds shopping features to Ask YouTube AI search
YouTube announced new shopping capabilities for its experimental Ask YouTube conversational search tool at the Made On YouTube event on Sept. 23. When users look for reviews of a specific product, the search may…
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Anthropic’s founders seek voting control ahead of IPO
Anthropic’s founders are seeking to retain control after the company’s IPO by proposing a super-voting share structure that would give CEO Dario Amodei and his six co-founders combined 50.1% voting power, provided at…
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Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google face antitrust lawsuit alleging AI slowdown
A group of paying subscribers to ChatGPT, Claude, Grok and Gemini have filed an antitrust suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The complaint says Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and…
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UK CMA proposes rules requiring Google to offer AI assistant choice on Android and Chrome
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has proposed new rules that would require Google to allow Android and Chrome users to choose third-party AI assistants like ChatGPT and Perplexity as default search…
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Broadcom says Anthropic likely to become its biggest XPU customer in 2027
Broadcom indicated that Anthropic is likely to become its largest XPU customer starting in 2027 and continuing through 2028, according to remarks made on the company's third‑quarter earnings call. The firm plans to…
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Meta's Muse AI agent drives 11% stock jump as AMD and Intel surge on CPU demand outlook
Meta Platforms' stock rose 11% on September 21, 2026, following the launch of its AI agent Muse, which reached top rankings on Apple's App Store and prompted a Wells Fargo price target increase from $640 to $796. The…
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Opinion: Amazon and Alphabet could profit from Anthropic IPO expected in October
Anthropic, whose Claude family of large language models is widely used, is expected to go public as early as October. Media reports say the company may raise up to $100 billion and target a $2 trillion valuation, which…
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Congressional Black Caucus backs AI regulation bill, says 60 of 62 members support
At the Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference, Vice Chair Rep. Troy Carter said at least 60 of the 62 caucus members would vote for a bill that would create guardrails and human‑safety guidelines for…
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Alphabet and Meta launch competing consumer AI agents CC and Muse
Alphabet expanded its Creative Collective (CC) family hub on September 17, 2026, turning a single‑user productivity tool into a shared assistant for up to six members. CC runs on Google’s Gemini model family, keeps…
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Meta’s AI agent Muse gains traction as Wall Street bets on new revenue stream
Meta launched its AI agent Muse on September 8, 2026, with a free tier and paid subscriptions at $20 and $100 per month. The app has seen strong early adoption, with 2.8 million downloads in the first 12 days according…
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Opinion: OpenAI may be fastest to $1 billion ad revenue in under seven months
OpenAI's ChatGPT ad product has reportedly reached $1 billion in annualized ad revenue less than seven months after its launch, a pace the article suggests may be the fastest for any digital product. The company says…
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Opinion: Stock compensation keeps Big‑Tech staff despite Layoffs and AI boom
Big‑tech firms have relied on stock compensation to retain talent, but recent layoffs and the AI boom are reshaping that incentive. Since the end of 2022, shares of Meta, Alphabet, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft have at…
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Opinion: big tech AI spending concentrates growth‑ETF holdings
The piece argues that a growth ETF’s headline number of holdings can mask heavy concentration in a handful of AI‑focused tech giants. It points out that the Schwab U.S. Large‑Cap Growth ETF (SCHG) holds 197 stocks, yet…
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Experts say AI kill switch probably too late to curb risks
Former OpenAI and Anthropic researchers warned last week that advanced AI could threaten humanity, prompting mixed reactions from high‑profile figures. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman backed calls…
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Alphabet shares rise as Crux AI secures $22B debt financing for TPU expansion
Alphabet’s cloud venture Crux AI, a joint effort with Blackstone, has arranged a $22 billion debt facility from a ten‑bank syndicate, using its Tensor Processing Units and existing customer contracts as collateral.…
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Berkshire Hathaway’s $112B in AI Stocks: Why Apple & Alphabet Matter
Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA +0.84%) (BRKB +0.59%), led by Warren Buffett, has invested over $112 billion into two prominent AI stocks: Apple (AAPL +0.32%) and Alphabet (GOOG -0.61%) (GOOGL -0.61%). This investment is a…
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SpaceX partners with Nvidia to launch orbital AI computing platform by 2027
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is moving ahead with a plan to put Nvidia‑powered artificial‑intelligence hardware in orbit. The two companies are co‑developing a space‑optimized version of Nvidia’s Vera Rubin NVL72 platform, which…
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AWS orders clients to migrate data from Middle East sites after drone strikes
Amazon Web Services has instructed customers to migrate their workloads away from data centers in Abu Dhabi and Bahrain, six months after the facilities were damaged by Iranian drone and missile attacks. The company…
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Senate Drafts AI Kill Switch That Could Veto Google’s Gemini Models
Senate lawmakers are drafting a federal duty‑of‑care framework that would give regulators the power to block the release of Google’s frontier Gemini models before they reach customers. The proposal could affect…
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AI hyperscalers must boost productivity 2.7× to justify $1.1 trillion data‑center spend by 2030
Finance professor Jessica Wachter examined the economics of the AI boom by asking how fast the biggest cloud providers must grow earnings to cover roughly $1.1 trillion in data‑center spending through 2027. She finds…
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Trump and Johnson warn AI pause risks ceding lead to China
Following a public call by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to slow down frontier AI development, top US political leaders have pushed back against the industry's caution. President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike…
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Broadcom Anticipates Strong Sales Growth to Anthropic
After reporting strong earnings for its third quarter of fiscal year 2026, Broadcom highlighted that sales to Anthropic are expected to surpass those to Alphabet's Google. This development is seen as more significant…
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Alphabet's $50B Cloud Business Gives It AI Edge
Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian revealed that Google’s custom AI chips (TPUs) are more than twice the size of its next-closest competitor, Amazon. Alphabet is sitting on a rapidly growing $50 billion business from TPU…
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Google signs record 396 MW geothermal deal with Fervo Energy
Google has signed a landmark 396-megawatt power purchase agreement with Fervo Energy, marking the largest enhanced geothermal deal to date. This partnership, which began with a pilot project in 2021, aims to secure…
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Alphabet Projects Up to $205 Billion in 2026 AI and Infrastructure Capex
Alphabet has outlined massive capital expenditure projections for 2026, estimating spending between $195 billion and $205 billion. The tech giant indicated that AI infrastructure will account for the vast majority of…
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Anthropic targets $2T IPO amid revenue surge and CEO's AI safety warnings
Anthropic is preparing for a historic initial public offering, targeting a $2 trillion valuation that would surpass SpaceX. The company submitted confidential documents to the SEC in June and aims to list before the…
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Alphabet vs. Meta: Q2 2026 Earnings Reveal Diverging AI Strategies and Valuations
Alphabet and Meta released their Q2 2026 earnings reports, highlighting contrasting approaches to AI investment and profitability. Alphabet demonstrated strong momentum in enterprise AI infrastructure, with Google…
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Google Invests €13bn in Finland Data Centers, Secures Nuclear Power
Google announced a €13 billion ($15 billion) investment in Finland to build three new data centres in Kajaani, Muhos and Vaala, and expand its existing site in Hamina. The deal includes a 22‑year contract with utility…
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