Investor Matt Shumer ignited a firestorm on social media this week with an essay that warned about the disruptive potential of AI. More than 80 million views later, he said it “wasn’t meant to scare people.” “I want to be very clear about this, the article wasn’t meant to scare people in this way,” Shumer…
The Seahawks may have won the Super Bowl, but Anthropic also walked away with bragging rights, according to data analyzed by BNP Paribas. The maker of the Claude chatbot saw visits to its site jump 6.5% following its Super Bowl advertisement that took a swing at rival OpenAI’s decision to bring ads to ChatGPT. The…
Nikolas Kokovlis | Nurphoto | Getty Images Elon Musk’s xAI, which merged with SpaceX last week, is facing increased pressure from environmental and civil rights groups over pollution concerns, this time at the company’s facility in Southaven, Mississippi. On Friday, the Southern Environmental Law Center and Earthjustice, on behalf of the NAACP, sent a notice…
A dozen actors perform a traditional lion dance in front of Todtown shopping mall ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year in Shanghai, China, on Feb. 13, 2026, during the opening of the Xinzhuang Lantern Festival. Ying Tang | Nurphoto | Getty Images The Year of the Horse kicks off this weekend, and China’s artificial…
Shares of Roku jumped more than 6% on Friday after the video streaming company posted fourth-quarter results that trounced analysts’ expectations and offered strong guidance. Here’s how the company did based on analysts’ estimates compiled by LSEG: Earnings per share: 53 cents vs. 28 cents Revenue: $1.39 billion vs. $1.35 billion “The biggest driver of…
Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Instacart‘s stock surged over 7% after the company‘s robust results alleviated worries over mounting competitive pressures in the grocery delivery market. During an earnings call with analysts, CEO Chris Rogers, who took the helm last year, called the concerns “overblown” and said the company monitors threats “extremely closely.”…
Chris Liddell, White House deputy chief of staff for policy, listens during an American Workforce Policy Advisory Board meeting in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, June 26, 2020. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Anthropic on Friday announced it has appointed longtime executive and political operative…
Aidan Gomez, chief executive officer of Cohere Inc., at the Bloomberg Tech summit in London, UK, on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025. Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images Artificial intelligence startup Cohere has told investors that it’s seeing momentum with enterprise customers, even as rivals like Google, Anthropic and OpenAI claw for market share. Cohere…
In an aerial view, trucks line up to enter a shipping berth at the Port of Oakland on Aug. 26, 2025 in Oakland, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Investors are anxious heading into the final trading session of the week, after AI concerns gripped equity markets again to trigger a fresh sell-off — this…
As geopolitical tensions between the EU and the U.S. escalate, these charts show how reliant the continent is on American tech providers, despite pledges to become more independent. Since returning to the White House last year, U.S President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on the continent and caused headaches and fear in Europe as he initially…