AI chatbots aren’t reliable for voting questions: Government officials

AI chatbots aren’t reliable for voting questions: Government officials

New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a press conference at the Office of the Attorney General in New York on February 16, 2024.  Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty Images With four days until the presidential election, U.S. government officials are cautioning against reliance on artificial intelligence chatbots for voting-related information. In … Read more

Amazon (AMZN) Q3 earnings report 2024

Amazon (AMZN) Q3 earnings report 2024

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks at the Bloomberg Technology Summit in San Francisco on June 8, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue for the third quarter, driven by growth in its cloud computing and advertising businesses. The stock was up about 7% on Friday morning. Here … Read more

OpenAI launches ChatGPT search, competing with Google and Microsoft

OpenAI launches ChatGPT search, competing with Google and Microsoft

In this photo illustration, the OpenAI logo is displayed on a mobile phone screen with a photo of Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI. Didem Mente | Anadolu | Getty Images OpenAI on Thursday launched a search feature within ChatGPT, its viral chatbot, that positions the high-powered artificial intelligence startup to better compete with search engines … Read more

Microsoft (MSFT) Q1 earnings report 2025

Microsoft (MSFT) Q1 earnings report 2025

Satya Nadella, chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp., speaks during the company event on AI technologies in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Dimas Ardian | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft reported an earnings and revenue beat for the fiscal first quarter, as the company’s Azure cloud infrastructure business grew faster than predicted. Here’s how … Read more

Everyone gave Reddit an upvote

Everyone gave Reddit an upvote

The New York Stock Exchange welcomes Reddit, Inc. (NYSE: RDDT) to celebrate its initial public offering. To honor the occasion, Snoo, rings the Opening Bell®. NYSE This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where … Read more

Google CFO says company can ‘push a little further’ in cost savings

Google CFO says company can ‘push a little further’ in cost savings

Alphabet incoming CFO Anat Ashkenazi, who spent 23 years at Eli Lilly Eli Lilly For nine years, the CFO role at Google and parent company Alphabet was held by Ruth Porat, who took a giant pay package in 2015 to leave Wall Street for Silicon Valley. On Tuesday, Porat’s successor, Anat Ashkenazi, made her earnings … Read more

Alphabet shares rise on earnings beats boosted by cloud revenue

Alphabet shares rise on earnings beats boosted by cloud revenue

Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks with Emily Chang during the APEC CEO Summit at Moscone Center West in San Francisco on Nov. 16, 2023. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Google parent Alphabet reported third-quarter earnings that beat on top and bottom lines with strong revenue growth from the company’s cloud unit. … Read more

Alphabet’s self-driving unit Waymo closes $5.6 billion funding round

Alphabet’s self-driving unit Waymo closes .6 billion funding round

A Waymo autonomous self-driving Jaguar taxi drives along a street on March 14, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.  Mario Tama | Getty Images Waymo has closed a $5.6 billion funding round to expand its robotaxi service in and beyond Los Angeles, San Francisco and Phoenix, where it operates today. The autonomous vehicle venture is owned … Read more

Tesla investors have questions for Musk about his activism for Trump

Tesla investors have questions for Musk about his activism for Trump

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks with former president Donald Trump during a campaign event at the Butler Farm Show, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa.  Jabin Botsford | The Washington Post | Getty Images As Tesla prepares for quarterly results Wednesday, many investors have one big issue on their minds: Donald Trump. On a … Read more

High interest rate worries pressure stocks

High interest rate worries pressure stocks

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on March 5, 2024. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you see? You … Read more