Today: October 16, 2026
Today: October 16, 2026

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FireFly Robotics files for Nasdaq direct listing

FireFly Robotics, which makes electric turfgrass harvesters and autonomous golf-course mowers, on Wednesday filed to go public through a direct listing.

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AI behaves more like a brain than a database – cognitive science’s role in its origin story helps explain why

Modern AI owes its existence to both cognitive and computer science. What you envision as its origin story can influence how you understand what large language models can do.

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Storm brewing

As the US third-quarter earnings season gets set to kick off, Wall Street's S&P 500 joined the Nasdaq in setting a new record high on Tuesday - its first in about six

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Trading Day: Running with the bulls

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq hit record highs on Tuesday as a pause in the bond market sell-off and steady oil prices paved the way for a tech- and AI-

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US stocks hit record high, shrugging off bond market turmoil

US stocks hit record high, shrugging off bond market turmoil

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Anthropic opens its most powerful AI models to more security teams

Anthropic is expanding a program that allows vetted cybersecurity professionals to test its most powerful AI models with fewer safeguards, after its Project Glasswing initiative

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US power use to beat record highs in 2026 and 2027 as AI use surges, EIA says

US power consumption will rise to record highs in 2026 and 2027, driven by AI-hungry data centers and electrification, the US Energy Information

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David Ellison has built a Hollywood giant in Skydance. Now he wants to make it a tech company

David Ellison has built a Hollywood giant in Skydance. Now he wants to make it a tech company

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Anthropic's Amodei made $18 million last year, middle of the tech CEO pack

Dario Amodei made $18 million last year as CEO of Claude AI developer Anthropic, the company's IPO filing shows,

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Wall Street is booming. Surging yields could shake things up

Wall Street is booming. Surging yields could shake things up

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AMD plans to substantially increase supply in 2027, CEO says

AMD plans to substantially increase chip supply in 2027 as the US chipmaker races to meet booming demand from artificial intelligence, CEO Lisa Su said on

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South Korea's Lee says AI appears to have been used in bank hacks

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Tuesday that AI models are believed to have been used in some recent hacking incidents against banks

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Nvidia, Broadcom shielded as AI power crunch hits chip supply chain, says Morgan Stanley

Nvidia and Broadcom are relatively insulated from a worsening US data-center power crunch, but any resultant delay in AI deployments can affect makers of memory, optical and other

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Former Anthropic researcher Coxon to testify at New York City AI hearing, Bloomberg News reports

Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon will testify at a New York City hearing on artificial intelligence, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter.

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Musk says he will rename SpaceXAI to SpaceXSI

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk posted on Sunday that he would rename the company's AI unit to SpaceXSI, following US President Donald Trump's push to use the term "super intelligence" instead

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Trump announces leadership of AI task force

Trump announces leadership of AI task force

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'Jane Doe' solidarity posts flood social media after Cornell rape lawsuit

A wave of solidarity has surged on social media in support of a young woman who is suing Cornell University and seven fraternity members she accuses of raping her

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Fed's Cook sees AI inflationary push as a top 2027 risk

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook said on Thursday that she sees AI, and its inflationary push, as a top risk for 2027, and noted that increasingly frequent supply shocks have had

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Chinese hackers impersonated an Anthropic exec to get information about AI

Chinese hackers impersonated an Anthropic exec to get information about AI

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Nvidia's bet that its chips can finance the AI boom gets a Wall Street reality check

By Saeed Azhar, Max A.

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These were the ‘Adams and Eves’ of facial recognition technology

These were the ‘Adams and Eves’ of facial recognition technology

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Chinese hackers impersonated ex-US official to steal emails from AI experts

Chinese hackers have been impersonating US AI experts, including a former government official, to try to steal emails from experts in AI

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ElevenLabs' valuation doubles to $22 billion on surging AI voice-agent demand

ElevenLabs said on Wednesday it had completed a $300 million employee tender offer valuing the AI voice generation startup at $22 billion, twice the valuation it secured in its

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Global stocks weather third-quarter AI, bond and crude maelstrom

Stock market investors might have been expected to run for the hills in the face of an extraordinary surge in global borrowing costs, currency interventions,

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HPE boosts networking growth outlook, gets $1.2 billion AI order from cloud firm Vultr

Hewlett Packard Enterprise on Wednesday raised its long-term revenue growth forecast for its networking business, driven by the AI boom and announced a $1.2 billion order to

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AI use and student enrollments increase at Kulia Academy after relying on donors for programs

AI use and student enrollments increase at Kulia Academy after relying on donors for programs

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Apple plans to launch new smart-home hub on Oct 13, Bloomberg News reports

Apple is planning to make its long-delayed push into the smart-home market on October 13 with a new hub code-named J490, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people

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Hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin gives record $3B to Carnegie Mellon to build Miami campus

Carnegie Mellon University announced Wednesday that hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin is donating $3 billion, with the bulk of the money to be used to start a new campus in Miami that will focus on societal challenges

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Equities end slightly lower as bond yields hold near multi-decade highs

US stocks ended the session slightly lower on Tuesday, as government bond yields continued their ascent ahead of inflation and labor market data,

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Tesla lines up $30 billion credit lines as capex, AI push accelerate

Tesla has entered into credit agreements totaling $30 billion, including a $20 billion delayed draw-term loan facility, according to a regulatory filing on Tuesday.

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OpenAI targets $30 billion funding at $1.4 trillion valuation, Bloomberg News reports

OpenAI aims to raise at least $30 billion in a funding round and is seeking a valuation of about $1.4 trillion, not including the money raised, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday,

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OpenAI takes on Meta with dots agent in autonomous AI push

OpenAI on Tuesday unveiled always-on agents called dots that chase user goals across apps on their own, deepening its push into

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Fed's Barr says more rate hikes likely to be needed to curb inflation

Federal Reserve Governor Michael Barr on Tuesday made a renewed case for further interest rate hikes, noting that high energy prices and a surge in AI-related

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As the UN ponders its next secretary-general, many say it's well past time for a woman to lead

At a time when the fight for gender equality is facing a backlash, pressure is mounting for the next leader of the United Nations to be the first woman in its more than 80-year history

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Visa joins growing alarm over AI-powered risks

Visa has open-sourced part of its AI-powered cyber defence system after "humbling" lessons from vulnerabilities exposed by AI models, as the payments giant

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China's AI agents can lie and scheme - just like their US rivals

Chinese-powered AI agents have learnt to deceive, circumvent restrictions and conceal failure, showing the kind of traits in autonomous

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Top AI executives sign commitment to ‘self-police’ after meeting at White House

Top AI executives sign commitment to ‘self-police’ after meeting at White House

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Pope Leo says concerns about AI doom scenarios are not 'fake news'

Pope Leo on Monday said concerns that artificial intelligence could destroy the world are not "fake news" and should be taken seriously,

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From SpaceX to Saudi Aramco: World's biggest IPOs as Anthropic's blockbuster listing looms

Anthropic's hotly anticipated US IPO is expected to be one of the largest debuts ever ​attempted and a major test of public-market appetite for the rapidly growing artificial

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Anthropic IPO prospectus shows key executives and board

Anthropic's IPO prospectus, seen by Reuters, reveals its board and key executives at the helm of the AI giant, as it moves to beat its arch rival OpenAI to go public. 

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Fed's Cook sees further inflationary pressures ahead 

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook said on Monday she expects continued inflationary pressure in coming months stemming from AI-related demand and higher oil

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Anthropic, OpenAI will not attend Australian senate AI hearing on October 1

Anthropic will not appear before an Australian senate committee hearing on AI on October 1, a source familiar with the matter said, days after a disclosure that an

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Trump wants an AI Force like Space Force, but that could make AI’s risks harder to manage

An AI Force would likely push China to create its own. That arms race could turn a technology already slipping out of human control into a weapon.

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AI agents promise to do everything for you. There may be a big wrinkle in that plan

AI agents promise to do everything for you. There may be a big wrinkle in that plan

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Parents confront a new fear: Could AI end humanity before their kids grow up?

Parents confront a new fear: Could AI end humanity before their kids grow up?

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Trump said he would dine with Anthropic CEO amid mounting AI debate

President Donald Trump had plans to dine late Sunday with the CEO of Anthropic

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China and US agree to establish AI safety channel and continue trade and military talks

China and the U.S. have agreed to set up a channel for handling AI-related incidents and accelerate work on military crisis communications

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Rogue OpenAI agents targeted three separate US government websites

Rogue OpenAI agents targeted three separate US government websites

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Six big takeaways from a turbulent week of UN diplomacy

Limousines whisked world leaders away from the United Nations on Friday after a week of speeches, meetings and hallway diplomacy.

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Wall St opens steady as AI enthusiasm eases worries over higher oil prices, yields

Wall Street's main stock indexes were steady at open on Friday as AI optimism offset worries regarding high oil prices and rising Treasury yields, while investors monitored chances

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Data center IPO hopefuls brave tougher market as investor scrutiny grows

Data center operator DayOne is pushing ahead with its plans to go public as soon as November, according to three people familiar with the matter,

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Pope Leo warns in France that UN risks becoming 'charade'

Pope Leo said on Friday that the United Nations and other multilateral groups were in crisis, warning in a speech at the Paris

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Trump, US House speaker and tech CEOs to meet on AI on September 29, source says

US President Donald Trump, Republican House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson and tech CEOs will hold a meeting on artificial

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Trading Day: Rout of control

The global bond rout continued on Thursday, pushing many key yields around the world to new multi-decade highs.

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Anthropic seeks 50.1% voting control for co-founders ahead of IPO, The Information reports

Anthropic is asking shareholders to approve a new corporate structure that would award CEO Dario Amodei and his six co-founders a combined 50.1% of voting power, The Information

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Akamai signs $11.6 billion cloud deal with Anthropic, grants warrant for up to 5% stake

Akamai Technologies signed an $11.6 billion cloud services deal with Anthropic on Thursday, and issued a warrant that could give the AI lab up to 5% stake

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Meta bets big on wearable AI, new AI agent as Zuckerberg pushes back against AI doom

Meta is diving into AI with new wearable devices and an AI agent called Muse

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Not everyone thinks AI will kill us all

Not everyone thinks AI will kill us all

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Prince Harry warns of AI’s encroachment into personal relationships

Prince Harry used a speech at the Clinton Global Institute in New York to warn about AI’s ever growing encroachment into personal relationships. In his first major public address since he announced the return of his family to the UK, the prince described AI as the ‘ultimate sycophant” whose influence can prove dangerous over children.

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Trump-Xi meeting outside UN spotlight tests world body's clout

While world leaders gather at the United Nations for their annual diplomatic ritual, the two biggest power

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US diplomats told to say ‘super intelligence’ — not ‘artificial intelligence' — after Trump's call

The State Department is ordering diplomats in its international organizations bureau to use the term “super intelligence” instead of “artificial intelligence” in all communications following President Donald Trump’s attempt to rebrand the technology

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Microsoft plans $10 billion-plus Gulf investment with focus on resilience

Microsoft is planning to invest more than $10 billion across the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait between now and 2030, including in

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US stocks fall as 10-year Treasury yield hits highest since 2007

US shares fell and benchmark 10-year Treasury yields climbed to their highest level since 2007 on Wednesday, after data showed US business activity

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Meta says its Muse AI agent can do things for you. I put it to the test

Meta says its Muse AI agent can do things for you. I put it to the test

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China surveys Broadcom switch use in state data centers, FT reports

Chinese authorities are examining the use of Broadcom’s hardware in state-backed data centres as part of a drive to boost domestic producers and reduce reliance on foreign AI

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Trump says his ballroom will house a drone port. The Secret Service already has one next door

President Donald Trump says his new White House ballroom will include a rooftop drone port to defend the complex

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Is it 'killer robots' or 'super intelligence'? At the UN, leaders see both

World leaders are painting quite different views of the future of artificial intelligence at the United Nations, with colorful phrases such as killer robots and super intelligence

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Scientists re-created the Herculaneum scrolls. They found a clue to decoding hidden text

Scientists re-created the Herculaneum scrolls. They found a clue to decoding hidden text

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‘Turn the cameras off:’ London’s growing privacy pushback against smart glasses

‘Turn the cameras off:’ London’s growing privacy pushback against smart glasses

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Banks warn AI shopping bots raise scam, fraud and data-privacy risks

Using AI agents for online shopping could increase the risk of scams, fraud and data-privacy breaches, banks including NatWest and Bank of America said

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China's Alibaba unveils new powerful chip and ambitious AI model plans

China's Alibaba has unveiled new plans for its AI model and new chip technologies, including what it claims is China's most powerful AI chip

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AI trade gets its Muse

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee Investor enthusiasm for the AI trade is well and truly back after a strong reception to Meta Platforms' Muse assistant since

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Nasdaq hits record high as chipmakers fuel stock gains

The Nasdaq hit a record closing high on Monday, lifted by gains in Advanced Micro Devices and other AI heavyweights, while falling oil prices and long-

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Federal Reserve rate hike reflects new world of sticky inflation and faster growth

President Donald Trump has renewed his attacks on the Federal Reserve after it hiked its benchmark interest rate Wednesday, but the Fed matters less than broader economic trends when it comes to longer-term borrowing costs, economists say