When you get as many things going wrong as there are right now, you do not think about opportunity; you think about safety. I get that. We have the most uncertain of times in the Mideast after the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran this weekend. We have a man-made inflationary event — the closing of…
Aire Images | Moment | Getty Images As the business world comes to grips with artificial intelligence, the biggest risk may be one where those running the economy can’t possibly stay ahead. As AI systems become more complex, humans aren’t able to fully understand, predict, or control them. That inability to understand at a fundamental level where AI models are going…
Stocks swung wildly last week as investors wrestled with the impact of artificial intelligence on various sectors and the overall economy. This coming week is a wildcard after the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran. President Donald Trump said Saturday that “major combat operations” in Iran started overnight, with American and Israeli strikes on military and…
On Friday, the CNBC Investing Club held its February Monthly Meeting, where Jim Cramer and Director of Portfolio Analysis ran through each stock in the portfolio. Jim put a special focus on the Club stocks within the artificial intelligence trade. He’s dubbed them the “Fourth Industrial Revolution stocks,” borrowing the term from Nvidia CEO Jensen…
Amazon on Friday unveiled a strategic partnership with OpenAI that includes an investment of up to $50 billion, the latest sign of deepening ties between the tech giant and the maker of ChatGPT. As part of the deal, OpenAI will use more Amazon Web Services infrastructure, including a commitment to deploy 2 gigawatts of the…
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, is pictured on Sept. 25, 2025, in Berlin. Florian Gaertner | Photothek | Getty Images OpenAI has closed a $110 billion funding round, a financing that’s more than double the size of its last raise a year ago, which was a record for a private tech company. Amazon invested $50…
Low angle view of tall buildings in Tokyo, Japan, showcasing diverse architectural styles George Pachantouris | Moment | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed Friday, after U.S. stocks declined overnight as Nvidia shares tumbled despite a quarterly earnings beat. Japan’s Nikkei 225 slid 0.6%, while the Topix traded flat. The benchmark Japanese index hit 59,000…
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…
South Korea’s central bank raised its key interest rate by a quarter-percentage point as expected on Thursday, in a bid to contain inflation and prevent capital outflows as the U.S. Federal Reserve gears up for more hikes. Jung Yeon-je | Afp | Getty Images Japan’s Nikkei 225 hit another record Thursday fueled by “Takaichi trade,”…
Marc Benioff, chief executive officer of Salesforce Inc., during the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. Krisztian Bocsi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Salesforce shares slipped 3% in extended trading on Wednesday after the customer service software maker reported healthy results and boosted its long-range revenue goal, although its…
