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The article revisits the feud and competition among the richest businessmen and investors over artificial intelligence (AI). It looks back at the debate between billionaires Elon Musk and Larry Page in 2015 on whether AI would elevate humanity or destroy it. It offers a look into the infighting at technology start-up OpenAI about the future of AI and informs about the founding of AI startup DeepMind and its research into neural networks, as well as the breakup of Musk from DeepMind.

The article reports on technological updates, particularly on how the release of the ChatGPT artificial intelligence program by startup firm OpenAI in November 2022 compelled major companies like Google to develop similar products. Also cited are the reasons why Google perceived ChatGPT as a risk to its business model, and the questions about the program's safety.

The article reports on the financial pressure and challenges facing artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning start-ups as they compete with technology companies like Microsoft, Google and Meta. It shows the challenge brought by the gap between spending and sales to AI start-ups including Anthropic, Stability AI and Inflection AI. It informs about the acquisition of Inflection AI by Microsoft after the startup failed to continue to improve its technologies and keep pace with chatbots.

The article discusses the move of several companies to invest in artificial intelligence (AI). Topics discussed include companies' revamping of their data centers, launching new facilities and building supercomputers to support AI, infrastructure demands for AI which include building AI models and inferencing or querying the models to actually use them, and companies that are investing billions of money in AI including Microsoft, Alphabet and Meta.

The article reports on multinational electronic commerce company Amazon Inc.'s launch of an artificial intelligence personal shopping assistant or chatbot called Rufus. Topics discussed include consumers' ability to ask Rufus about product questions directly in the search bar of Amazon's mobile app, the implications of the company's chatbot on the business of searching for products, and the strong earnings and sales of the company in the fourth quarter.

The article reports on how Gravity Payments chief executive officer (CEO) Dan Price allegedly used his fame to lure women to abuse them. Also cited are the accusations by several women like Kacie Margis to accuse Price of rape and assault, the resignation of Price as CEO, and the move by Price to raise the minimum wage of his employees to 70,000 dollars.

The article focuses on Republican lawmakers questioning Microsoft's president, Brad Smith, about the company's business operations in China following a cyberattack using Microsoft systems, highlighting concerns over security and the balance between commercial interests and national security.

The article focuses on Amazon's record-breaking first-quarter profit driven by efficiencies in retail and growth in cloud computing, with the company poised to achieve 100 billion U.S. dollar in annual cloud sales for the first time.

The article reports that American technology company has surpassed rival Apple as the world's most valuable company after its market value increased by more than 1 trillion U.S. dollars in 2023. Cited are the reordering of the stock market caused by the advent of generative artificial intelligence (AI), the technology companies that dominates the top of the list, and the impact of Apple's absence in the AI business on its revenue.

The article focuses on the debate among leaders of American technology company Microsoft over the future of its artificial intelligence (AI) laboratory in China amidst the mounting tensions between the U.S. and China on the issue of which nation will lead the world's technological future. Cited are the questioning faced by Microsoft from U.S. officials on the issue of maintaining a technologies lab in China is tenable, and the restriction of company researchers from politically sensitive work.

The article reports on updates in the termination of Sam Altman as chief executive officer of technology firm OpenAI, particularly the move by Microsoft to hire him and former OpenAI president Greg Brockman. Also cited are the warning by over 700 OpenAI staff that they will offer their services to Microsoft if Altman will not be reinstated, the efforts by Microsoft's Satya Nadella to resolve the OpenAI's management issues, and the \ reasons why OpenAI's board terminated Altman.

The article discusses Microsoft's significant profit and revenue increases, driven by successful Artificial Intelligence (AI) initiatives, particularly in cloud computing and productivity tools, as well as its partnership with OpenAI and investments in data centers and gaming.

The article discusses Microsoft's introduction of smaller AI models under the Phi-3 family, offering cost-effective alternatives to powerful but expensive artificial intelligence systems like GPT-3.5 .

The article details Amazon's 2.7 billion U.S. dollars investment in Anthropic, a San Francisco Artificial Intelligence (AI) start-up competing with OpenAI and Google, showcasing the immense resources tech companies are dedicating to advancing A.I. systems.

The article discusses Microsoft's hiring of DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman to lead its consumer Artificial Intelligence (AI) business, indicating Microsoft's aggressive approach toward AI technology under Satya Nadella's leadership.

The article focuses on a United Airlines plane rolling off a runway in Houston, Texas, prompting the evacuation of passengers without any reported injuries. It discusses the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of a pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk's weight-loss drug Wegovy for reducing the risk of stroke and heart attack, and the unionization of about 600 workers at Activision Publishing, forming the largest video game workers' union in the U.S.

The article focuses on Microsoft's motion filed in federal court seeking to dismiss parts of a lawsuit by The New York Times Company, where The Times accused Microsoft and OpenAI of copyright infringement by using its articles to train A.I. technologies.

The article focuses on Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, utilizing a contentious paper from Microsoft researchers about the capabilities of GPT-4, an artificial intelligence system, as evidence, highlighting Musk's accusation that OpenAI reneged.

The article focuses on how hackers affiliated with nation-states, including China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran, have utilized OpenAI's systems in their cyberattacks, using generative artificial intelligence for mundane tasks such as drafting emails, translating documents, and debugging.

The article focuses on a 26 billion U.S. dollar deal between two major Texas oil producers, Diamondback Energy and Endeavor Energy Resources, marking a significant consolidation in the U.S. energy industry, with Diamondback's shareholders set to own around 60 percent of the combined company.

The article reports on the work being done by artificial intelligence (AI) researchers in transforming chatbots into autonomous systems called AI agents which could one-day replace white-collar workers. It informs about the capacity of AI-powered chatbots to generate computer codes for access to any application programming interface (API) on the Internet, as well as the development of AI agents designed for using software tools and those that use websites and popular office apps.

The article discusses how major technology companies appease regulators to approve their major transactions by turning their rivals into allies. It cites as example the move by Microsoft's Satya Nadella to call rival Kenichiro Yoshida of Sony before advancing the former's plan to acquire video game publisher Activision Blizzard. In the deal, Microsoft needed to secure the approval of the British Competition and Markets Authority, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, and the European Commission.

The article reports on the challenges facing online retailer Amazon chief executive officer Andy Jassy in managing the company, particularly the anti-trust lawsuit filed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) due to alleged unfair tactics to monopolize electronic commerce. Also cited are the similar situations facing technology firms like Microsoft and Alphabet, Google's parent company.

The article focuses on the flaws on employment management of e-commerce company Amazon which was exposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics include Amazon's employee management model which relies on metrics, applications and chatbots; the enormous demand that must be met by the online retailer during the pandemic; and the expected response from Amazon regarding the issue of addressing the challenges of expendable work force.

The article focuses on Microsoft surpassing Wall Street expectations with a 33 percent rise in profits and exceeding 3 trillion U.S. dollars in market valuation, highlighting the company's emphasis on artificial intelligence (AI) investments, particularly in OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot.

The article focuses on Microsoft announcing the elimination of 1,900 roles in its video game division, including at recently acquired Activision Blizzard, representing nearly 9 percent of Microsoft's video game division workforce, as part of ongoing adjustments in the industry.

The article focuses on a recent cybersecurity breach where a Russian intelligence-sponsored hacking group gained access to the emails of some of Microsoft's senior executives, employing the tactic of password spraying, according to the company's disclosure.

The article focuses on Amazon introducing its artificial intelligence assistant, Amazon Q, designed for workplace tasks such as summarizing documents and answering company policy questions, as the company aims to compete in the Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot.

The article focuses on Amazon's strong third-quarter earnings, highlighting robust sales and profits amid concerns about inflation. Topics include the company's emphasis on faster delivery and cost management, growth in cloud computing, advertising, and third-party seller services, as well as a cautious outlook for the holiday quarter, and the impact of improved delivery speeds and lower costs on its retail business.

The article focuses on Microsoft's robust quarterly sales performance, with revenue reaching 56.5 billion U.S. dollars, driven by investments in generative artificial intelligence (AI), notably in its Azure cloud computing product. Topics covered include the impact of AI on Microsoft's growth, the acceleration of its commercial cloud subscriptions, and the growing importance of AI-based software applications.

The article focuses on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 17 states suing Amazon, accusing the company of using illegal tactics to control online shopping, raise prices for consumers, and increase costs for sellers, with the FTC highlighting two main accusations.

The article reports that technology companies, Google and Microsoft, released their chatbots despite risks with their ethical guidelines and driven by a race to control generative artificial intelligence (AI). Topics discussed include estimated monthly users of ChatGPT, a chatbot released by San Francisco, California-based startup, OpenAI, email wrote by Sam Schillace, a technology executive at Microsoft, and issues raised on the safety of AI.

The article discusses the impact on technology company employees when their new products fail. Examples of such projects include augmented reality glasses by Google, smartphone by Amazon and the adoption of metaverse by Facebook. At Amazon, teams working on the Alexa voice system, drones and automated stores supported by founder Jeff Bezos were affected by mass layoffs. Same happened to Google workers who worked on its autonomous trucks supported by former executives Larry Page and Sergey Brin.

The article reports on the plan of online retailer Amazon to build a second headquarters in Virginia that has been halted due to the slowdown in the technology industry and the change to office work brought by the pandemic. It discusses the impact of the project delay on the second phase of PenPlace, which would build a mix of office towers. It refers to layoffs and employees' demand for remote work as factors to the decision of technology companies to pull back on their expansion plans.

The article reveals that technology firm Microsoft Corp. and its research lab partner Open AI unveiled an Internet search engine and web browser that use the artificial intelligence technology (AI). Topics discussed include information on ChatGPT chatbot released by OpenAI, remarks from Satya Nadella, Microsoft's chief executive, and companies that also jumped into the chatbot race which includes Google and Meta.

The article reports on the approval by investors of the austerity measures adopted by technology companies like Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta to address their declining organizational performance and market value. Also cited are the firms' plans to terminate more than 10,000 employees, and the plans by executives like Alphabet's Sundar Pichai and Apple's Tim Cook to invest responsibly.

The article reports on the statement by Microsoft Corp. on January 23, 2023 that the company was making a multi-year, multibillion-dollar investment in OpenAI, an artificial intelligence lab behind the experimental online chatbot ChatGPT. Topics covered include the companies' expectation to remain at the forefront of generative artificial intelligence, Microsoft's decision to lay off employees and how OpenAI was created in 2015. It also cites OpenAI's stated mission.

The article reports on the planned layoffs announced by technology firm Microsoft to reduce costs. Topics discussed include the overhiring done by Microsoft during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the statement issued by Microsoft chief executive officer (CEO) Satya Nadella regarding the job cuts, and brief details about the business operations and performance of the company.

The article discusses the benefit of investing in artificial intelligence technology to Microsoft as it enables the company to regain its technological advantage. In 2019, the company invested 1 billion U.S. dollars in OpenAI, a small company in San Francisco, California that designed the chatbot ChatGPT. It paid an additional 2 billion U.S. dollars to help build the tool while allowing the company to build and deploy new products based on the technology.

The article reports on the alleged efforts by officials of Microsoft to convince officials of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), particularly chairperson Lina Khan, to approve the firm's planned acquisition of video game company Activision Blizzard. Also cited are the efforts to win the support of regulators in Europe to compel the FTC to approve the deal, and the response filed by Microsoft to the FTC lawsuit aimed at blocking the deal.

The article reports on the move by electronic commerce (e-commerce) firm Amazon to settle its legal dispute with European Union authorities that accuse Amazon of antitrust violations. Under the deal, Amazon is mandated to provide equal access to makers of rival products on its website and refrain from using nonpublic data it collected about independent merchants.

The article reports on the lawsuit filed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to block technology company Microsoft from acquiring video game maker Activision Blizzard as it would harm consumers. Focus is given on the arguments of Microsoft that the deal would expand market competition and create more opportunities for gamers and game developers. It shows efforts of Microsoft to assuage regulators' monopoly concerns, as well as government scrutiny of the impact of mergers on workers.

The article reports on the issues that emerged over the expansion moves by technology industry players like Microsoft and Sony that led to investigations by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Also cited are the probe on Microsoft's purchase of video game publisher Activision Blizzard, the accusation by Microsoft that its rival Sony is misleading regulators, and the questions about the major technology companies' expanding power.

The article reports on the plan of e-commerce company Amazon to lay off approximately 10,000 people in corporate and technology jobs in November 2022. It informs about Amazon's overinvestment and rapid expansion, the failure of its primary and health care services provider Amazon care to find customers, its business losses from Echo and Alexa devices, and the strain on the company's retail business which covers physical and online retail business and logistics operations after surge in demand.

The article focuses on Microsoft reporting record sales and profits driven by its investments in generative artificial intelligence, but the company's share price fell in after-hours trading after it projected sales for the next quarter that would fall short of Wall Street expectations.

The article focuses on Microsoft and Activision Blizzard's decision to delay their merger as they seek final approval from British antitrust regulators.

The article focuses on the challenges of ensuring that AI chatbots provide accurate information and avoid fabrications. Topics include the inaccuracies of chatbots, their reliance on generative AI technology, concerns about the reliability of AI systems, and efforts by companies like OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft to improve accuracy while avoiding over-reliance on the systems.

The article reports on the operational performance of electronic commerce (e-commerce) firm Amazon, including 127.1 billion dollars in sales and 2.9 billion dollars in profit in the third quarter of 2022. Also cited are the claim by the firm that it could post up to 2% decline in sales in the fourth quarter, and the hints given by other technology firms like Microsoft and Meta on possible challenges in the near future.

The article reports on how economic issues in the U.S. like high inflation and rising interest rates are affecting the financial performance of technology companies like Google, Meta and Microsoft. Other topics include the adjustments being made by the firms to cope with a slowdown in consumer spending, and the steps taken by Amazon to cope with the slowdown like shelving warehouse expansion plans and canceling new leases as of October 2022.