Nvidia announces new AI chips as market competition heats up

Nvidia announces new AI chips as market competition heats up

Jensen Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., during the Nvidia GPU Technology Conference (GTC) in San Jose, California, US, on Tuesday, March 19, 2024.  David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nvidia on Sunday unveiled its next generation of artificial intelligence chips to succeed the previous model, which was announced just … Read more

Nvidia dominates the AI chip market, but there’s rising competition

Nvidia dominates the AI chip market, but there’s rising competition

Jensen Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., during the Nvidia GPU Technology Conference (GTC) in San Jose, California, US, on Tuesday, March 19, 2024.  David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nvidia’s 27% rally in May pushed its market cap to $2.7 trillion, behind only Microsoft and Apple among the most-valuable … Read more

Google DeepMind, Microsoft AI, Anthropic among elite guests

Google DeepMind, Microsoft AI, Anthropic among elite guests

Google DeepMind co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Demis Hassabis gives a conference during the Mobile World Congress (MWC), the telecom industry’s biggest annual gathering, in Barcelona on February 26, 2024. Pau Barrena | Afp | Getty Images The CEOs of artificial intelligence heavyweights Google DeepMind, Microsoft AI, Anthropic and Mistral AI are among the elite … Read more

We’re cutting our price target on Salesforce after disappointing guidance

We’re cutting our price target on Salesforce after disappointing guidance

Salesforce shares sank more than 16% Wednesday after reporting mixed earnings and revised guidance lower. The cloud software company is a high-quality stock in a rough neighborhood — at least for the near term. Revenue increased 11% year over year to $9.13 billion in the three months ended April 30, missing the $9.18 billion expected … Read more

Google to invest $2 billion in Malaysia and build data center to meet AI demand

Google to invest  billion in Malaysia and build data center to meet AI demand

The Google corporate logo hangs outside one of its offices on August 31, 2021. Sean Gallup | Getty Images Google on Thursday said it will invest $2 billion in Malaysia, with part of the funds going toward building its first data center and cloud region in the country, as the demand for AI and cloud … Read more

Singapore pushes for green data centers as AI strains energy resources

Singapore pushes for green data centers as AI strains energy resources

Erik Isakson | Digitalvision | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Singapore is pushing for green data centers as the explosive demand for artificial intelligence puts a strain on energy resources. The city-state launched a green data center roadmap on Thursday to support its ambitions for the digital economy as demand for AI and computing grows. “As … Read more

Wells Fargo CEO talks up reasons to love the stock — plus, why the market drop

Wells Fargo CEO talks up reasons to love the stock — plus, why the market drop

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Market pressure : The major stock benchmarks were moving lower Wednesday, with the Dow getting the worst of it again. Adding pressure on equities, bond yields … Read more

HubSpot shares jump on talks of potential Google deal

HubSpot shares jump on talks of potential Google deal

Rafael Henrique | Lightrocket | Getty Images HubSpot shares rallied 8% on Tuesday after CNBC’s David Faber reported that Alphabet is looking at an all-stock offer for the software company. Reports of a potential deal first surfaced in early April, when Reuters published a story saying Alphabet was talking to advisors about making an offer … Read more

OpenAI safety leader Jan Leike joins Amazon-backed Anthropic

OpenAI safety leader Jan Leike joins Amazon-backed Anthropic

Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Jan Leike, one of the lead safety researchers at OpenAI who resigned from the artificial intelligence company earlier this month, said on Tuesday that he’s joined rival AI startup Anthropic. Leike announced his resignation from OpenAI on May 15, days before the company dissolved the superalignment group that he … Read more

Deepfake scams have looted millions. Experts warn it could get worse

Deepfake scams have looted millions. Experts warn it could get worse

3D generated face representing artificial intelligence technology Themotioncloud | Istock | Getty Images A growing wave of deepfake scams has looted millions of dollars from companies worldwide, and cybersecurity experts warn it could get worse as criminals exploit generative AI for fraud. A deep fake is a video, sound, or image of a real person that … Read more