AI

Anthropic mocks ChatGPT ads in Super Bowl spot, vows Claude will stay ad-free

The announcement comes just weeks after OpenAI said it would begin testing ads with some ChatGPT users in the United States.

Technology

Tesla 2.0: What customers think of Model S demise, Optimus robot rise

Many of Tesla's 7 million owners have turned their passion and knowledge of the company's products into market wealth. Could personal robots engender the same passion?

Technology

Vista Equity Partners and Intel to lead investment in AI chip startup SambaNova, sources say

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Technology

Apple plans to allow external voice-controlled AI chatbots in CarPlay, Bloomberg News reports

Feb 6 (Reuters) - Apple ‌is preparing to allow voice-controlled artificial intelligence ‌apps from other companies in CarPlay, Bloomberg ‌News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Technology

Goldman Sachs teams up with Anthropic to automate banking tasks with AI agents, CNBC reports

Feb 6 (Reuters) - Goldman ‌Sachs is working with technology ‌startup Anthropic to develop AI-powered agents aimed ‌at automating a widening range of internal functions, CNBC reported on Friday, citing the bank's chief ‍information officer.

Technology

US Justice Department casts wide net on Netflix's business practices in merger probe, WSJ reports

Feb 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of ‌Justice is investigating whether Netflix used anti-competitive tactics as part of the streaming giant's ‌proposed $82.7 billion acquisition of Warner Discovery's studios and streaming service, the Wall Street Journal ‌reported on Friday.

Technology

Big Tech's quarter in four charts: AI splurge and cloud growth

Feb 6 (Reuters) - U.S. tech giants have predicted their spending ‌would surge this year as they double down on artificial intelligence, ‌sharpening investor scrutiny over whether these costly bets would generate enough returns to justify the sector's high valuations.

Cybersecurity

Nacsa investigating alleged cyber-espionage targeting multiple government bodies

The National Cyber Security Agency (Nacsa) is currently investigating alleged incidents of cyber-espionage activity targeting Malaysian government entities.

Technology

AI trade splinters as investors get more selective

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Technology

Global chip sales expected to hit $1 trillion this year, industry group says

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - ‌Global semiconductor sales are expected to hit $1 trillion this ‌year, the Semiconductor Industry Association said on Friday.

Technology

New AI method helps identify which dinosaur made which footprints

WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Footprints are among the most ‌common kind of dinosaur fossils. Sometimes scientists find a single, lonely footprint. Sometimes they come across a chaotic jumble of tracks resembling a dance floor, sort ‌of a dinosaur discotheque. But identifying which dinosaur left which track has been notoriously difficult.

Technology

Tech stock shakeout clouds market ahead of economic data deluge

NEW YORK, Feb 6 (Reuters) - An artificial intelligence-driven shakeout in the ‌heavyweight technology sector is set to keep stock investors on edge in the coming week while a barrage of data could shift focus to the health of the economy.

Technology

TikTok charged for breaching EU rules with app's addictive features

BRUSSELS, Feb 6 (Reuters) - TikTok was charged on ‌Friday with breaching EU online content rules over what the bloc's regulator said were its addictive features and was told to change the design of its ‌app or risk a fine of as much as 6% of owner ByteDance's global turnover.

Technology

Big Tech's $600 billion spending plans exacerbate investors' AI headache

NEW YORK/LONDON, ‌Feb 6 (Reuters) - A planned $600 billion artificial intelligence spending splurge by big tech firms in 2026 is adding to investor unease as they ‌assess the implications for profitability as well as a potential existential threat to software firms.

Technology

Amazon shares slide as $200 billion outlay fans fears over AI returns

Feb 6 (Reuters) - ‌Amazon.com shares slid 9% on Friday after the company outlined a planned $200 billion capital outlay for the year, ‌stoking investor concerns about the scale of Big Tech's spending on artificial intelligence.

Technology

AI is not a bubble, senior executive at Nvidia supplier Wistron says

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Technology

Huawei-backed Aito teams up with UAE dealer to expand into Middle East

SHANGHAI/BEIJING, Feb ‌6 (Reuters) - Chinese ‌automaker Seres said on ‌Friday that its electric vehicle brand Aito has ‍struck a strategic ‍deal with ‌Abu Dhabi-based dealer group ‍Performance ​Plus Motors to ⁠expand into the Middle East market.

Robotics

Robotics build path from rural Kenya to world stage

Jeremiah Kithinji had never touched a computer before he finished high school. A decade later, he is teaching robotics, and even took a team of rural Kenyans to the World Robotics Olympiad in Singapore.

Technology

Germany's CDU weighs social media ban for under-16s

BERLIN, Feb 6 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservatives ‌are considering barring children under the age of 16 from social media, although there were signs of reluctance from his ‌centre-left coalition partners to an outright ban.

e-Hailing

Uber found liable in rape by driver, setting stage for thousands of trials

In a federal bellwether case, a US jury ordered the ride-hailing giant to pay US$8.5mil to Jaylynn Dean, who said one of its drivers assaulted her in 2023.