Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Thursday said the company “cannot in good conscience” allow the Department of Defense to use its models in all lawful use cases without limitation, adding that the agency’s threats do not change its position. The artificial intelligence startup has been engaged in tense negotiations with the Pentagon in recent weeks,…
Michael Intrator, Chief Executive Officer of CoreWeave Inc., speaks during an interview with CNBC on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., Sept. 22, 2025. Jeenah Moon | Reuters CoreWeave shares fell as much as 12% in extended trading on Thursday after the artificial intelligence-focused cloud infrastructure provider…
eBay’s headquarters in San Jose, California, U.S. Bloomberg | Getty Images EBay said Thursday it is cutting about 800 roles, or 6% of its workforce, in the latest round of layoffs at the e-commerce company. “We are taking steps to reinvest across our business and align our structure with our strategic priorities, which will affect…
Ranking member Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., questions Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent during the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing titled “The Financial Stability Oversight Council’s Annual Report to Congress,” in Dirksen building on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren is calling President…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivers a keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Jan. 6, 2025. Patrick T. Fallon | Afp | Getty Images Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Wednesday markets have miscalculated the AI threat to software companies, hours after the chip behemoth issued an upbeat sales forecast on…
Google is folding in former moon shot robotics software company Intrinsic as Alphabet tries to streamline its ambitions in the space. After five and a half years developing its technology at Alphabet’s “moonshot factory” X, Intrinsic became an independent Alphabet company in its “Other Bets” division in July 2021. The Google parent company announced Wednesday…
Nvidia reported better-than-expected fiscal fourth-quarter results on Wednesday, driven by 75% revenue growth in its core data center business. The stock rose about 2% in extended trading. Here’s how the company did, compared with estimates from analysts polled by LSEG: Earnings per share: $1.62 adjusted vs. $1.53 estimated Revenue: $68.13 billion vs. $66.21 billion estimated…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman attends an event to pitch AI for businesses in Tokyo, Feb. 3, 2025. Kim Kyung-hoon | Reuters Joshua Kushner’s Thrive Capital invested roughly $1 billion in OpenAI at a $285 billion valuation in December, a source confirmed Wednesday. It is a preferential deal for the venture capital firm that has long…
Autonomous driving company Wayve has hit an $8.6 billion valuation after securing fresh funds from Nvidia, Microsoft and Uber. The $1.2 billion Series D round was led by Eclipse, Balderton and SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and also featured automakers Mercedes-Benz, Nissan and Stellantis. Uber will invest up to an additional $300 million in milestone-based capital….
Amazon logo on brick office building facade with windows, San Francisco, California, Aug. 29, 2025. Smith Collection | Gado | Archive Photos | Getty Images The head of Amazon’s artificial general intelligence lab is leaving the company less than two years after joining through a so-called acqui-hire deal of his startup Adept. David Luan announced…
