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Last year, the cost for businesses to purchase state-of-the-art artificial intelligence was plummeting.
Top AI providers such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google had slashed the price of their flagship AI models by more than 90% compared to prior years, while DeepSeek and other open-source developers were releasing free yet powerful models. Google CEO Sundar Pichai predicted AI would soon be âlike air, too cheap to meter.â
It hasnât turned out that way.
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At an airport in South Carolina on Thursday, representative Nancy Mace called police officers âfucking incompetentâ and berated them repeatedly, according to an incident report. Read more âș
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Judges in Massachusetts and Rhode Island ruled Friday afternoon that the Trump administration must fund SNAP during the government shutdown. Read more âș
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To many progressives, ICE â Immigration and Customs Enforcement â is synonymous with President Donald Trumpâs brutal and cruel immigration regime. But to hardliners in the Trump administration bent on carrying out mass deportation, ICE has actually been something of a disappointment. So theyâre increasingly turning to another agency that they view as willing to [âŠ] Read more âș
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The classic Robert Zemeckis film is back in theaters this weekend, and if you can, see the 4DX version. Read more âș
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The President announced the US would resume nuclear testing, but the plan remains unclear. He and other officials haven't provided much detail. Read more âș
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday that President Donald Trump and Chinaâs leader, Xi Jinping, could this week âconsummateâ a long-anticipated deal to keep TikTok operating in the U.S., as the leaders prepare to meet Thursday in South Korea. President Trump recently ... Read more âș
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SoftBank is set to complete its $30 billion investment in OpenAI, after its board approved a $22.5 billion second installment on the deal, The Information reported. The remainder of its investment is contingent on OpenAIâs corporate restructuring, which would pave the way for a public offering ... Read more âș
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Payments tech giant Fiservâs stock collapsed 45% on Wednesday morning after the company slashed its revenue growth outlook for 2025 and announced a management shakeup. Fiserv, whose Clover payments service competes with companies such as Square, reported 1% revenue growth for the third quarter ... Read more âș
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Defense tech company Anduril expects to burn through $800 million to $900 million in cash this year in an aggressive bid to win giant Pentagon contracts. Investors big and small are unperturbed, lining up to back the fast-growing seller of drones, missiles and border surveillance towers. The company appears to be the most coveted stock in the private markets, with small investors on the secondary market willing to pay nearly... Read more âș
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Microsoft last year got more aggressive about getting people to pay up for artificial intelligence features in its Office productivity suite, such as those that draft emails or summarize documents. It began including AI features by default and raising the baseline price of Office for individual consumers by 30%. The maneuver paid off, as revenue from that business line has been growing at its fastest rate in years. Read more âș
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Netflixâs quarterly earnings reports have lately lacked the drama that once made the updates a must-watch for investors and reporters. For the past eight quarters, the video streamer has routinely posted quarterly revenue growth averaging around 15%âhardly hypergrowth but a big improvement on the 2% to 4% growth rate it recorded between late 2022 and late 2023. Nowadays the results are so predictable that it would be easy to tune... Read more âș
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A memo from Californiaâs attorney general suggested that Elon Muskâs federal lawsuit against OpenAI will be unaffected by the artificial intelligence startupâs restructuring. But now that the restructuring has occurred, it may be hard to unwind the change even if Musk wins. Both the attorneys ... Read more âș
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The tech rivalry with the U.S. has made China take an unusual step: It is accelerating the pace at which startups go public in hopes of increasing investment in the tech sector. In recent months, securities regulators in China approved the public listings of two chip designers, MetaX and Moore Threads, in less than three months. Chinese regulators typically take a year to approve the public listing of a company.... Read more âș
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