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DOGE’s AI App Replacing Fired Federal Workers Proves ‘About as Good as an Intern’

After mass firings at the General Services Administration, DOGE issued remaining staff an app to take up the excess work — but severely limited its use to a handful of repetitive tasks.

Inc. - 2d

Mainland Chinese investors snap up a record amount of Hong Kong stocks to play AI

Mainland Chinese investors are piling into the Hong Kong stock market at record volumes as its tech-heavy Hang Seng Index trades around three-year highs.

CNBC - 2d

Singapore's population is aging fast. It hopes AI can help manage its elderly care

By 2030, a quarter of Singaporeans will be 65 or over. Societies around the world are "dismally unprepared" for an aging population, said one expert.

CNBC - 1d

Microsoft is open to using natural gas to power AI data centers to keep up with demand

Microsoft Vice President of Energy Bobby Hollis said natural gas with carbon capture is an option if the projects are commercially viable.

CNBC - 1d

CRM provider Creatio launches first ‘AI native’ platform with agentic digital talent built-in

Creatio unveiled a new CRM paradigm that puts a prompt entry box front and center, allowing the user to simply type in what they need.

VentureBeat - 1d

Salesforce pledges to invest $1 billion in Singapore over five years in AI push

Salesforce on Wednesday announced plans to invest $1 billion in Singapore over the next five years.

CNBC - 1d

Alibaba's Tsai discusses AI's potential: 'Equity research analysts can be completely replaced'

"Mundane research" can be done by machines, but human beings will still play a role, Alibaba's Chairman Joe Tsai said Wednesday at CNBC’s CONVERGE LIVE.

CNBC - 22h

French publishers and authors sue Meta over copyright works used in AI training

French publishers and authors are taking Meta to court, accusing the social media company of using their works without permission to train its artificial intelligence model

ABC News - 16h

This agentic AI play’s stock is falling after it called out ‘increasing global macroeconomic uncertainty’

Shares of UiPath fell sharply after hours on Wednesday after the business-automation software platform forecast sales for the year ahead that came in below Wall Street’s expectations.

MarketWatch - 10h

Adobe’s stock has been an AI laggard. A ho-hum earnings forecast is adding to its declines.

Adobe Systems Inc. shares fell in after-hours trading Wednesday after disappointing quarterly earnings guidance, amid criticism on Wall Street that the software company is not yet monetizing ...

MarketWatch - 7h

Google’s native multimodal AI image generation in Gemini 2.0 Flash impresses with fast edits, style transfers

It enables developers to create illustrations, refine images through conversation, and generate detailed visuals

VentureBeat - 8h

From DeepSeek to job risks: What tech leaders are saying on AI right now

The future of artificial intelligence is dominating discussions at CNBC's CONVERGE LIVE in Singapore.

CNBC - 3h

iPhone 16e review: Apple’s cheapest new phone

Stripped back iPhone offers latest chips, AI and longer battery life, but with only a single camera on the back. Apple’s cheapest new smartphone is the iPhone 16e, which offers the basic modern ...

The Guardian - 2d

‘OpenAI’s metafictional short story about grief is beautiful and moving’ | Jeanette Winterson

I think of AI as alternative intelligence – and its capacity to be ‘other’ is just what the human race needs. ChatGPT firm reveals AI model that is ‘good at creative writing’ ‘A machine-shaped ...

The Guardian - 9h

The US Army Is Using ‘CamoGPT’ to Purge DEI From Training Materials

Developed to boost productivity and operational readiness, the AI is now being used to “review” diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility policies to align them with President Trump’s orders.

Wired - 6d

Peer raises $10.5M for metaverse engine, launches 3D personal planets

Peer announced today it's raised new funding to build its AI-powered metaverse engine and launched its "personal planets" feature.

VentureBeat - 6d

Apple Paused a Big Update to Siri and Fessed Up to Its Woes. It’s a Lesson for All Innovators

Apple lags behind its peers in releasing more sophisticated AI. The tech giant just admitted it’s proving a harder nut to crack than first expected.

Inc. - 1d

French industrial giant Schneider Electric hails the significance of China’s ‘DeepSeek moment'

China's "DeepSeek moment" is likely to be good news in the global race to develop AI models, according to French power-equipment maker Schneider Electric.

CNBC - 22h

Chinese Companies Rush to Put DeepSeek in Everything

From video game developers to a nuclear power plant, companies across China are adopting DeepSeek’s AI models to boost stock prices and flaunt their national pride.

Wired - 21h

Nvidia’s stock is rebounding, but the key to a real recovery may surprise investors

While Wall Street may be worried about the sustainability of AI spending, a BofA analyst thinks gross margins are more crucial to the stock trajectory.

MarketWatch - 6h

Grief and anger over rail disaster brings protests back to Greece’s streets

Kyriakos Mitsotakis survives vote of confidence but sense of a cover-up grows two years after 57 died in head-on collision. Until recently, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the Greek prime minister, appeared ...

The Guardian - 4d

What can Canada expect from its next PM? The Mark Carney I knew | Larry Elliott

In his seven years as Bank of England governor, Carney was charming and self-confident but had a volcanic temper. Smart, smooth, tough and a liberal globalist to the ends of his fingertips. That ...

The Guardian - 2d

Evening Report — Government funding fight headed for the wire

Presented by National Council on Aging {beacon} Evening Report TRUMP FIRST 100 DAYS © Greg Nash House takes first swing at averting shutdown HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADERS are striking a confident tone ...

The Hill - 1d

Elon Musk’s DOGE Calls in U.S. Marshals When a Small Agency Refuses to Share Data

The U.S. African Development Foundation refused to let DOGE members into its offices. DOGE returned with law enforcement.

Inc. - 5d

Tesla shares have declined every week since Elon Musk went to Washington

Tesla's stock has dropped for seven straight weeks, a stretch that dates back to the beginning of Donald Trump's second term in the White House.

CNBC - 4d

The making of Elon Musk: how did his childhood in apartheid South Africa shape him?

The billionaire and now Trump adviser grew up amid the collapse of white rule, attending an all-white school and then a more liberal one. With an imposing double-winged redbrick main building, and ...

The Guardian - 2d

Musk claims cyber attack on social network X came from ‘Ukraine area’

Outage is latest trouble for world’s richest man’s business interests since he joined the Trump administration

Financial Times - 2d

Elon Musk calls Sen. Mark Kelly a 'traitor' over his social media posts in support of Ukraine

Kelly, a former Navy combat pilot, responded to the tech billionaire’s remark by saying “he’s not a serious guy” and should “go back to building rockets.”

NBC News - 2d

After a Musk post, Canada professor convicted in absentia plunges back in public eye

Hassan Diab, who maintains innocence in 1980 Paris attack, fears extradition fight as rightwing media seizes on his case. Until recently, Hassan Diab’s life in Ottawa had begun to settle back into ...

The Guardian - 1d

The rise of pronatalism: why Musk, Vance and the right want women to have more babies

The movement unites ‘family values’ conservatives and tech bro rightwingers. Will this incoherent coalition hold?. In his first address to the United States after becoming vice-president, JD ...

The Guardian - 1d

Trump calls Tesla boycott ‘illegal’ and says he’s buying one to support Musk

Standing in the driveway of the White House with Tesla vehicles, Trump said he would label violence against the company’s showrooms as domestic terrorism. Donald Trump said he is buying a “brand ...

The Guardian - 1d

Tesla investor survey shows 85% believe Elon Musk's politics are having 'negative' or 'extremely negative' impact on company

The poll is the latest sign of mounting frustration with the billionaire entrepreneur as he's become a rising politic figure.

CNBC - 15h

Trumpplans to Appoint Musk Confidant David Sacks As Ai Crypto Czar

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