China’s DeepSeek has some big AI claims; not all experts are convinced

China’s DeepSeek has some big AI claims; not all experts are convinced

Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek rocked markets this week with claims its new AI model outperforms OpenAI’s and cost a fraction of the price to build. The assertions — specifically that DeepSeek’s large language model cost just $5.6 million to train — have sparked concerns over the eyewatering sums that tech giants are currently spending … Read more

IBM jumps 12%, heads for best day since 2000 on strong earnings

IBM jumps 12%, heads for best day since 2000 on strong earnings

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of IBM Arvind Krishna attends the 55th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 22, 2025.  Yves Herman | Reuters IBM surged 12% Thursday on the back of a strong fourth-quarter print that showed artificial intelligence growth boosting its software business. The move put the stock … Read more

23andMe is exploring strategic alternatives, looking to raise capital

23andMe is exploring strategic alternatives, looking to raise capital

Anne Wojcicki, co-founder and chief executive officer of 23andme Inc., during the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin, Texas, US, on Friday, March 10, 2023.  Jordan Vonderhaar | Bloomberg | Getty Images Embattled genetic testing company 23andMe said on Tuesday that it’s started exploring strategic alternatives for a second time, which could include a … Read more

UK raises cloud competition concerns, singles out Microsoft and Amazon

UK raises cloud competition concerns, singles out Microsoft and Amazon

Amazon’s computing unit AWS is in talks with Italy to invest billions of euros in the expansion of its data center business in the country as part of the tech giant’s effort to boost its cloud offer in Europe, four people familiar with the matter said. Cesc Maymo | Getty Images News | Getty Images … Read more

Abnormal Security hires former ServiceNow executive to be CFO

Abnormal Security hires former ServiceNow executive to be CFO

Lisa Banks, Abnormal Security’s new chief financial officer. Abnormal Security Abnormal Security, a startup selling email security software to companies, said on Wednesday that it’s hired former ServiceNow finance executive Lisa Banks as chief financial officer as the company gears up to prepare for an IPO. Abnormal is going after a longstanding market, which includes … Read more

Microsoft loses status as OpenAI’s exclusive cloud provider

Microsoft loses status as OpenAI’s exclusive cloud provider

From left, President Donald Trump, Oracle Executive Chairman Larry Ellison, SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman appear in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington on Jan. 21, 2025. Trump announced a joint venture to fund artificial intelligence infrastructure. Aaron Schwartz | Sipa | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft, the … Read more

Oracle shares surge on involvement in US AI infrastructure initiative

Oracle shares surge on involvement in US AI infrastructure initiative

Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, center, watches Andy Murray of Great Britain against Alexander Zverev of Germany during their third round match on Day 9 of the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on October 12, 2021 in Indian Wells, California. Clive Brunskill | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images Oracle shares jumped … Read more

Biden administration launches cybersecurity executive order

Biden administration launches cybersecurity executive order

US President Joe Biden, left, and Antony Blinken, US secretary of state, speak on the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire deal, bringing at least a temporary halt to the war … Read more

Google is about to give its Gemini AI a transfusion of accurate news

Google is about to give its Gemini AI a transfusion of accurate news

Google announced Wednesday that it has reached an agreement with the Associated Press to build “a feed of real-time information” in Gemini. Details about the project are light at the moment but it appears as though it could at least partially mimic the functionality of Perplexity AI or ChatGPT Search. There’s no word yet on … Read more

Microsoft launches consumption-based Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat

Microsoft launches consumption-based Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat

Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella speaks during the Microsoft May 20 Briefing event at Microsoft in Redmond, Washington, on May 20, 2024. Nadella unveiled a new category of PC on Monday that features generative artificial intelligence tools built directly into Windows, the company’s world leading operating system. Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images … Read more