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Anthropic to invest $50 billion to build data centers in US

(Reuters) -AI startup Anthropic said on Wednesday it would invest $50 billion in building data centers in the U.S., the latest multi-billion-dollar outlay in the industry as companies race to expand their artificial intelligence infrastructure.

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OpenAI fights order to turn over millions of ChatGPT conversations

(Reuters) -OpenAI asked a federal judge in New York on Wednesday to reverse an order that required it to turn over 20 million anonymized ChatGPT chat logs amid a copyright infringement lawsuit by the New York Times and other news outlets, saying it would expose users' private conversations.

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Synopsys to cut about 10% of its workforce

(Reuters) -Synopsys will lay off about 10% of its workforce as the chip-design software maker looks to redirect investment towards key growth opportunities, according to a regulatory filing on Wednesday.

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Existing EU crypto rules address stablecoin risk, banking regulator says

PARIS (Reuters) -Europe's existing crypto rules already contain safeguards against risks posed by stablecoins, the region's banking supervisor told Reuters, after the European Central Bank warned that the tokens could threaten financial stability.

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EU looks to Big Tech, influencers to fight hybrid threats, fake news

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Europe is looking to online platforms and influencers to help fight disinformation and promote democracy according to a European Commission strategy presented on Wednesday amid concerns over interference by foreign governments in national elections.

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Circle quarterly profit beats estimates on stablecoin growth

(Reuters) -Circle's third-quarter profit beat Wall Street expectations on Wednesday, driven by higher reserve income amid rising circulation of its flagship stablecoin, but shares fell on concerns over potential competition and valuation.

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Self-driving truck firm Einride to go public via SPAC deal at $1.8 billion valuation

(Reuters) -Swedish autonomous trucking company Einride said on Wednesday it has agreed to go public in the U.S. through a merger with blank-check firm Legato Merger Corp III in a deal valuing the company at $1.8 billion.

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Fearful of Trump's raids, some Hispanic shoppers turn to safety of online buying

NEW YORK/NEWARK (Reuters) -In Newark's heavily Latino Ironbound district, Rosa Ludena works the register of the electronics shop she's owned since 2003. 

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Microsoft expands Danish quantum facility with second lab

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Microsoft on Wednesday said it is expanding its quantum facility just outside the Danish capital Copenhagen, by building its second lab in the Nordic country and its largest quantum site globally.

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IBM says 'Loon' chip shows path to useful quantum computers by 2029

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -IBM announced on Wednesday it has built a new experimental quantum computing chip called Loon that demonstrates it hit a key milestone toward making useful quantum computers before the end of the decade.

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AMD shares rise as investors cheer AI-driven revenue growth targets

(Reuters) -Advanced Micro Devices shares surged 7% on Wednesday after the chipmaker unveiled a bold $100 billion annual data-center revenue target, with plans to claim a larger slice of the booming artificial intelligence market dominated by Nvidia.

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STMicroelectronics CEO sees first-quarter revenue at usual levels

(Reuters) -STMicroelectronics' Chief Executive Jean-Marc Chery said he expects 2026 to start at usual levels, noting that a weaker recovery than expected this year will not lead to the accumulation of inventory at its customers.

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Are you listening to bots? Survey shows AI music is virtually undetectable

(Reuters) -A staggering 97% of listeners cannot distinguish between artificial intelligence-generated and human-composed songs, a Deezer–Ipsos survey showed on Wednesday, underscoring growing concerns that AI could upend how music is created, consumed and monetized.

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Italy's A2A lifts investment plan to $27 billion on data centre demand

MILAN (Reuters) -Italian multi-utility A2A said on Wednesday it had raised its total projected investments for 2024-2035 to 23 billion euros ($27 billion), with 1.6 billion euros earmarked for creating and managing data centres.

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Nvidia supplier Foxconn bullish on AI demand, teases OpenAI announcement

TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan's Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker, offered a bullish outlook on AI-related demand on Wednesday saying it would be a big driver of 2026 growth, and teased an announcement next week with OpenAI.

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'We're already living in science fiction': The neurotech revolution

From translating thoughts into words to allowing paralysed people to walk, the field of neurotechnology has been quietly surging ahead, raising hopes of medical breakthroughs – and profound ethical concerns.

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PayPal re-launches in the UK after nearly two years

-PayPal said on Wednesday it is re-launching in the United Kingdom for customers to shop online and in stores, nearly two years after it restructured its operations there following Brexit.

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Watchdog group Public Citizen demands OpenAI withdraw AI video app Sora over deepfake dangers

The tech industry is moving fast and breaking things again – and this time it is humanity's shared reality and control of our likeness before and after death – thanks to artificial intelligence image-generation platforms like OpenAI's Sora 2.

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TotalEnergies agrees renewable power deal with Google for Ohio data centres

(Reuters) -Oil major TotalEnergies has agreed a 15-year power purchase deal to supply Alphabet's Google with 1.5 terawatt hours of renewable electricity from its Montpelier solar farm in Ohio, the French company said on Wednesday.

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Vodacom inks Africa internet deal with Musk's Starlink

(Reuters) -South Africa's largest mobile operator Vodacom Group has signed an agreement with Elon Musk's Starlink to deliver high-speed, low-latency broadband internet for businesses across Africa, the telecom firm said on Wednesday.