CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz said Thursday that the rapid rise of artificial intelligence is exposing gaps in corporate cybersecurity defenses and making older security tools increasingly inadequate. “A lot of companies are recognizing that legacy technology and technology they get for free is not good enough,” Kurtz said on CNBC’s “Mad Money,” one day after…
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Dario Amodei, co-founder and chief executive officer of Anthropic, during an interview at Anthropic’s headquarters in San Francisco, California, US, on Thursday, April 30, 2026. Jason Henry | Bloomberg | Getty Images Anthropic on Thursday announced a new interface that will make it simpler for AI agents to operate and communicate with machinery, as the…
UAE National Security Advisor, Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan meets with U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House on March 18, 2025. Courtesy: Donald J. Trump | Via Truth Social The powerful United Arab Emirates official known as the “spy sheikh” is behind the largest stake in the holding company for the Trump…
U.S. Senator Ed Markey and Representative Seth Moulton. Joseph Prezioso | Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc | Getty Images Artificial intelligence has rocketed to the front of next Tuesday’s Massachusetts Senate Democratic primary, as Rep. Seth Moulton tries to unseat Bay State political titan Sen. Ed Markey. Moulton, a six-term House member, has capitalized…
Several AI applications can be seen on a smartphone screen, including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Microsoft Copilot, Meta AI, Grok and DeepSeek. Philip Dulian | Picture Alliance | Getty Images OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft, Advanced Micro Devices and more than 100 other companies and entities signed a letter on Thursday calling on businesses and policymakers to…
Shares of Salesforce jumped more than 20% Thursday after the company reported a beat on second-quarter earnings and announced an expanded partnership with artificial intelligence startup Anthropic. The stock is on pace for its second-best day ever, trailing only August 2020, when shares jumped roughly 26%. CEO Marc Benioff and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei joined…
CrowdStrike ‘s great quarter provided further proof that cybersecurity is mission-critical as AI adoption accelerates. That gave Jim Cramer confidence that there’s considerably more upside ahead for a stock that’s already more than doubled over the past 12 months. “I think you buy the stock here. I think it takes out the high,” Jim said…
Nvidia is bolstering support for Chinese artificial intelligence models in a play to beat domestic chipmakers to optimizing hardware for the systems. The move comes amid growing unease among U.S. lawmakers about the adoption of Chinese AI models by American companies. The chip giant on Wednesday highlighted a “local AI initiative with optimizations for top…
Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images CrowdStrike and Okta shares surged on Thursday after earnings showed that artificial intelligence adoption is pushing customers to spend more on cybersecurity tools. Both companies beat Wall Street’s estimates for the fiscal second quarter and raised their forecasts, citing the AI agent threat. CrowdStrike gained 15% while Okta…