This 1 Word From Microsoft’s CFO Offered a Leadership Lesson While U.S. AI Reels Over China’s DeepSeek

Amy Hood’s steady, simple response to the upheaval caused by news of a low-cost AI rival offers a model for how company leaders can respond to tectonic industry shifts.

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Microsoft to report fourth-quarter earnings amid uproar over DeepSeek’s AI

Questions over multibillion-dollar spending on AI are mounting, spurred by DeepSeek’s shock to US stock market. Microsoft will report its second-quarter earnings for fiscal year 2025 Wednesday as ...
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U.S. military prohibited from using Chinese AI DeepSeek

U.S. Military service members have been warned not to use the Chinese artificial intelligence program DeepSeek over its potential security risks and ethical concerns. CBS News national security ...
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China heralds DeepSeek as a symbol of AI advancements amid U.S. restrictions

An artificial intelligence lab in China has become the latest front in the U.S.-China rivalry, raising doubts as to how much — and for how much longer — the United States is in the lead in ...
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Tech stocks slump as China’s DeepSeek stokes fears over AI spending

Nvidia loses almost $600bn in market value on worries US groups are facing a ‘Sputnik moment’
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Nvidia, Microsoft shares tumble amid rise of China-based AI DeepSeek

DeepSeek chatbot tops Apple's app-store charts.
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The 1-Word Leadership Lesson Warren Buffett Hopes to Pass to His Son

He won’t be running the company, but this is even more important.
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Feeding Hope: Lessons in Leadership From a Nonprofit Innovator

Want to increase your organization’s impact? Start with purpose, and then scale it using caring relationships, simple processes, technology, and data.
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With 1 Simple Word, McDonald’s Just Taught a Powerful Lesson in Emotional Intelligence

The word is ‘nostalgia.’ Here’s how it works.
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How China’s new AI model DeepSeek is threatening U.S. dominance

An AI lab out of China has ignited panic in Silicon Valley after releasing impressive AI models more cheaply and with less-powerful chips than U.S. AI giants.
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