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  • Microsoft Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella is silhouetted as a pre-recorded interview with Elon MuskTech

    Elon Musk is suing Microsoft—but made a friendly appearance with Satya Nadella to promote Grok link-up

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press
  • FiLE – Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol, May 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., File)Politics

    Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ bill could block states from regulating AI. Critics warn a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach will backfire

    By Matt Brown, Matt O'Brien, and others
  • man walking out of Microsoft headquartersTech

    Microsoft began its largest mass layoff in years after its CFO said the company is ‘reducing layers with fewer managers’

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Shira Perlmutter, Register of Copyrights and Director of the U.S. Copyright Office, testifies during a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property oversight hearing of the United States Copyright Office, Nov. 13, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, file)Politics

    Trump administration fires top copyright official days after firing Librarian of Congress

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, at Station F, during an event on the sidelines of the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris, Feb. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard, Pool, file)Tech

    OpenAI’s CEO just ditched a months-long effort to abandon non-profit control over its for-profit business

    By Matt O'Brien, Thalia Beaty, and others
  • A Unitree robot shakes hands with a convention guest at the Robotics Summit & Expo, Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)Tech

    Trump’s tariffs are the ‘No. 1 topic’ on the minds of robot makers hoping to beat China amid supply chain ‘inconveniences’

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press
  • Ryan McInerney, chief executive officer of Visa Inc., during the Visa Payments Forum in San Francisco, California, US, on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. Visa Inc. is rolling out new technology that will allow the payments giant to share more information about customers’ preferences based on their shopping history with retailers as it seeks to remain a top player in the competitive e-commerce space. Photographer: Philip Pacheco/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Visa wants to give AI your credit card to buy groceries and plane tickets

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press
  • Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman speaks during a presentation of the company’s AI assistant, Copilot, ahead of a 50th Anniversary presentation at Microsoft headquarters, Friday, April 4, 2025, in Redmond, Wash. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)Tech

    Microsoft is shelving plans for a $1 billion Ohio AI data center as analysts puzzle over relationship with OpenAI

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press
  • CORRECTS DATE – A pro-Palestinian demonstrator, Ibtihal Aboussad, is escorted away by security as they interrupt Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman during a presentation of the company’s AI assistant, Copilot, ahead of a 50th Anniversary presentation at Microsoft headquarters, Friday, April 4, 2025, in Redmond, Wash. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)Politics

    Microsoft workers say they’ve been fired after 50th anniversary protest over Israel contract

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press
  • MANDALAY, MYANMAR – MARCH 31: China civil rescue team carries out search and rescue operations in ruins on March 31, 2025 in Mandalay, Myanmar. Following the devastating earthquake in Myanmar, multiple Chinese rescue teams have arrived in the severely-hit Nay Pyi Taw and Mandalay in Myanmar. (Photo by Chen Yongnuo/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)Tech

    Microsoft’s AI-assisted damage assessment is playing a pivotal role in the aftermath of the Myanmar earthquake

    By The Associated Press and Matt O'Brien
  • HOLLYWOOD, CA – NOVEMBER 08: Honoree Hayao Miyazaki attends the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences’ 2014 Governors Awards at The Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center on November 8, 2014 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)Tech

    Inside the history of ChatGPT’s viral Studio Ghibli-style images: Founder once said he was ‘utterly disgusted’ by AI animation

    By The Associated Press, Matt O'Brien, and others
  • A robot dog from Boston DynamicsTech

    American robot firms, including Tesla and Boston Dynamics, warn that without a national strategy ‘the U.S. will not only lose the robotics race but also the AI race’

    By Didi Tang, Matt O'Brien, and others
  • FILE – Elon Musk arrives before the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool Photo via AP, File)Tech

    Federal judge denies Elon Musk’s request to block OpenAI for-profit conversion—but she’d be happy to hold a trial

    By Matt O'Brien, Barbara Ortutay, and others
  • Ross Gerber puts his hand to his face while on a panelPolitics

    Investment firm CEO who wrote down his stake in X to zero says he expects Elon Musk to fail in Washington: ‘The federal government is going to eat him up and spit him out’

    By Matt O'Brien, Bernard Condon, and others
  • Sam Altman stands at the presidential podium with Trump off to the sideTech

    OpenAI is combing through over a dozen U.S. states for ideal spots to establish ‘somewhere between 5 to 10’ Stargate AI data centers

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press