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  • PARIS, FRANCE – MAY 22: Co-founder and CEO of Anthropic, Dario Amodei, an artificial intelligence safety and research company attends the Viva Technology show at Parc des Expositions Porte de Versailles on May 22, 2024 in Paris, France. Viva Technology, the biggest tech show in Europe but also in a unique digital format, for 4 days of reconnection and relaunch thanks to innovation. The event brings together startups, CEOs, investors, tech leaders and all of the digital transformation players who are shaping the future of the Internet. The annual technology conference, also known as VivaTech, was founded in 2016 by Publicis Groupe and Groupe Les Echos and is dedicated to promoting innovation and startups. (Photo by Chesnot/Getty Images)AI

    Anthropic’s landmark copyright ruling is a victory for the AI industry—but the company is still on the hook for piracy claims

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press
  • Alexandr Wang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Scale AITech

    Meta ramps up AI efforts by paying $14.3 billion for 49% of Scale and hires its CEO Alexandr Wang for ‘superintelligence’ team

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press
  • Banners on the Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library at the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to divert billions in grant dollars away from Harvard University and give those funds to trade schools across the US, escalating his clash with the elite institution. Photographer: Sophie Park/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesAI

    OpenAI and Microsoft are teaming up with Harvard’s libraries to train AI models on 600-year-old books

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press
  • the logo of Reddit, Inc. is displayed on a smartphone screen, with the company's latest stock market performanceTech

    Reddit sues Anthropic for allegedly sneaking user comments to train Claude AI

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press
  • Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., wears Orion augmented reality (AR) glasses during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. Meta Platforms Inc. debuted its first pair of augmented reality glasses, devices that show a combined view of the digital and physical worlds, a key step in Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg’s goal of one day offering a hands-free alternative to the smartphone. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesAI

    Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta just inked a 20-year deal with a nuclear power giant to fuel his AI ambitions

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press
  • 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