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The rise of AI reasoning models comes with a big energy tradeoff

By Rachel Metz, Dina Bass, and others

Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI Inc., during a media tour of the Stargate AI data center in Abilene, Texas, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. Stargate is a collaboration of OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank, with promotional support from President Donald Trump, to build data centers and other infrastructure for artificial intelligence throughout the US. Photographer: Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg via Getty Images

OpenAI-Broadcom agreement sends shares of chipmaker soaring

By Dina Bass, Shirin Ghaffary, and others

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella with his hand raised

Trump’s FTC moves ahead with broad Microsoft antitrust probe

By Leah Nylen, Josh Sisco, and others

Microsoft artificial intelligence VP Bubeck to join OpenAI

By Dina Bass and Bloomberg

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella

Microsoft and Apple abandon board roles at OpenAI amid increasing regulatory scrutiny

By Dina Bass and Bloomberg

Mustafa Suleyman

Microsoft notches a win in AI arms race by hiring DeepMind’s co-founder to run consumer AI division

By Dina Bass and Bloomberg

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella

Chatbots keep going rogue, as Microsoft probes AI-powered Copilot that’s giving users bizarre, disturbing, even harmful messages

By Jackie Davalos, Dina Bass, and others

Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI, in the Congress Center on day three of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. The annual Davos gathering of political leaders, top executives and celebrities runs from January 15 to 19. Photographer: Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg via Getty Images

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is fundraising for a network of AI chips factories because he sees a shortage now and well into the future

By Edward Ludlow, Dina Bass, and others

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 06: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks during the OpenAI DevDay event on November 06, 2023 in San Francisco, California. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman delivered the keynote address at the first ever Open AI DevDay conference. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Microsoft says it’s not an OpenAI shareholder as British antitrust watchdog examines relationship

By Dina Bass, Leah Nylen, and others

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 06: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks to members of the media during the OpenAI DevDay event on November 06, 2023 in San Francisco, California. Altman delivered the keynote address at the first ever Open AI DevDay conference. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Race to reinstate Sam Altman as OpenAI CEO reaches impasse over new role and makeup of the board that ousted him

By Emily Chang, Edward Ludlow, and others

MOSCOW, RUSSIA – MARCH 21: (RUSSIA OUT) Chinese President Xi Jinping seen during the signing ceremony at the Grand Kremlin Palace, on March 21, 2023 in Moscow, Russia. Three days after being accused by an international tribunal of war crimes in Ukraine, Russian President Putin received Chinese leader Xi Jinping during his state visit to Russia. (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images)

Elon Musk and Satya Nadella are among the CEOs lining up for face time with China’s Xi, APEC’s biggest business kingmaker

By Thomas Black, Dina Bass, and others

PENNSYLVANIA, PA – FEBRUARY 23: A group of truck convoy headed to Washington D.C. from Pennsylvania, United States on February 23, 2022 to protest vaccination mandates and in solidarity for Canada. (Photo by Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates-backed trucking startup to slash hundreds of jobs after being just weeks away from running out of money

By Spencer Soper, Dina Bass, and others

WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 2: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella arrives at federal court on October 2, 2023 in Washington, DC. Nadella is testifying in the antitrust trial to determine if Alphabet Inc.’s Google maintains a monopoly in the online search business, which is expected to last into November. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

LinkedIn cuts 668 jobs as a tightening job market means fewer companies are using its service for recruiting new workers

By Dina Bass and Bloomberg

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 20: Anthropic Co-Founder & CEO Dario Amodei speaks onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 at Moscone Center on September 20, 2023 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Kimberly White/Getty Images for TechCrunch)

Amazon to invest up to $4 billion in ChatGPT rival Anthropic as it plays catch-up in Generative AI

By Edward Ludlow, Matt Day, and others

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – JANUARY 04: Microsoft EVP and Chief Product Officer Panos Panay speaks during a keynote address at CES 2023 at The Venetian Las Vegas on January 04, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES, the world’s largest annual consumer technology trade show, runs from January 5-8 and features about 3,100 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to more than 100,000 attendees. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)

Microsoft’s product chief, who had led the tablet and mixed reality businesses, steps down in a blow to the company’s hardware ambitions

By Jackie Davalos, Dina Bass, and others