For AI agents to work properly in automating white-collar tasks, the companies developing the agents and the companies running the enterprise apps those agents use will need to agree on technical standards for how these technologies connect to each other.Some leading companies are preparing to do just that. As soon as this week, Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Microsoft and a slate of other tech companies are set to announce a new... Read more âș
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Lately, Maura Kellerâa Democrat running in Georgiaâs 3rd Congressional district in next yearâs midterm electionsâhas been going to community meetings where one topic comes up again and again âalmost on a weekly basisâ: data centers. Itâs not hard to understand why the subject has surged to the fore. Keller has seen the state transform over the past few years into a hub for data centers, as AI companies buy up... Read more âș
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Skild AI, which develops AI foundation models to power robots to perform a variety of tasks, is in talks to raise over $1 billion at a valuation around $14 billion from SoftBank and Nvidia, Reuters reported on Monday. That valuation would be triple the two-year-old startupâs valuation from ... Read more âș
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Tiger Global has announced the launch of a $2.2 billion private investment fund. In a note to investors reviewed by The Information, Tiger Global said the fund is expected to do a first close in March. The new fund is the same size as its venture fund raised in April 2024. Both are a fraction of ... Read more âș
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This could be big news: President Donald Trump said he would allow Nvidia to sell its advanced H200 AI chip to China, in exchange for the U.S. government getting a 25% cut of those sales. That could re-open the Chinese market to Nvidiaâif the Chinese government allows its local companies to buy the chips. Chances of that are good. The H200s are for training AI models, and the Chinese government... Read more âș
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Instacart said Monday it would make its app available through ChatGPT Monday, including the ability for shoppers to make purchases through OpenAIâs Instant Checkout feature. The payment feature is powered by Stripe, the companies said, although consumers will be able to pay for purchases with ... Read more âș
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Google expects to launch its first AI glasses, including an audio-focused model and one with a built-in display screen, in 2026, the company said in a blog post on Monday. Google is collaborating with Samsung and the glasses companies Warby Parker and Gentle Monster on the hardware. Google will ... Read more âș
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While Googleâs Gemini has taken a slightly higher share of weekly mobile app downloads since its latest model, Gemini 3, launched in mid-November, OpenAIâs ChatGPT has maintained its dominance in terms of usage and return users on mobile apps, according to data from intelligence firm Sensor ... Read more âș
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The Trump administration will let Nvidia sell a relatively advanced set of artificial intelligence server chips to China, according to a report in Semafor, ending a debate in Washington about whether to let a geopolitical adversary access state-of-the-art technology from the U.S. According ... Read more âș
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The Ellison family-controlled Paramount Skydance made an all-cash tender offer for Warner Bros. Discovery at $30 a share, or $108.4 billion, coming in over the top of the $27.75 a share cash and stock deal that Netflix and WBDâs board agreed to last week. Unlike the Netflix proposed purchase, ... Read more âș
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Before we get to todayâs column, check out this story about last weekâs Neural Information Processing Systems conference, where a number of researchers cast doubt on some of todayâs most popular techniques for improving AI. Some researchers, including at OpenAI, have ideas for new techniques that could produce better results.Other researchers such as David Luan, who leads an Amazon AI research unit, have issue with the order and focus of... Read more âș
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International Business Machines agreed to acquire data streaming firm Confluent for around $11 billion in cash. Confluent provides technology that helps companies manage real-time data streams used in AI models, making it a logical fit for IBM as it looks to boost its software, cloud and AI ... Read more âș
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A small but growing number of artificial intelligence developers at OpenAI, Google and other companies say theyâre skeptical that todayâs technical approaches to AI will achieve major breakthroughs in biology, medicine and other fields while also managing to avoid making silly mistakes. That was the buzz last week among numerous researchers at the Neural Information Processing Systems conference, a key meetup for people in the field. Some of them believe... Read more âș
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Chinese startup AgiBot said on Monday that the number of humanoids it has manufactured just reached 5,000, hitting a new milestone in its mass production. AgiBotâs announcement is the latest example of how Chinese companies are ramping up their production of humanoid robots. Last month, UBTech, ... Read more âș
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IBM is in advanced talks to acquire data analytics company Confluent for roughly $11 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported. Confluent, which currently has a market capitalization of around $8 billion, provides infrastructure for analyzing and processing real-time data used in artificial ... Read more âș
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A new securities filing shows that corporate communications strategist Lulu Cheng Meservey has raised $40 million for a venture capital fund. Cheng Meservey has worked with clients like Ramp and Safe Superintelligence at her advisory firm, Rostra. She previously was an executive at ... Read more âș
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Step aside, young folks of tech. This week we hear from the industryâs, ah, elder statesmenâspecifically Larry Ellison at Oracle and Hock Tan from Broadcom, whose combined age is about 150. Oracle and Broadcom are each reporting their latest quarterly earnings this week, when the status of their newish AI businesses will be in the spotlight. In the case of Oracle, weâll be looking for an update on its AI-related... Read more âș
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Instrumental in helping OpenAIâs ChatGPT retain its lead as the dominant artificial intelligence is a low-profile, 30-year-old product manager named Nick Turley, The Information reported on Saturday. Turley, a former Instacart and Dropbox product executive, envisions OpenAIâs flagship chatbot ... Read more âș
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X has cut off the advertising account of the European Commission days after the agency imposed a 120 million fine on the platform for breaching the Digital Services Act, a set of regulations governing internet companies. Nikita Bier, Xâs head of product, wrote in a post on X on Sunday that the ... Read more âș
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U.S. tech mergers rebounded to their highest levels since 2021 this year, driven by big bets on AI and more tie-ups under a deal-friendly presidential administration. Total tech merger value reached $543 billion, more than the combined value of the past two years, according to data provider LSEG. Goldman Sachs and Qatalyst topped the charts for the year, both earning more than $400 million in fees. Read more âș
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