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AI’s boost to the U.S. economy is nearing its peak, Goldman says, as Apollo finds ‘zero financial payoff’ outside Big Tech

Apollo’s Torsten Slok rocked Wall Street with his take that AI returns just aren’t there, then Goldman’s Jan Hatzius flagged two major downsides to growth.

By Nick LichtenbergOctober 26, 2026

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has two Gen Z kids—and his AI warning for the entire generation is: ‘You can’t run away from it, and you can’t wish it away’

With two Gen Z children of his own, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says AI can help young people get ahead—but human judgment and ingenuity remain essential.

By Preston ForeOctober 26, 2026

SoftBank weighs a $50 billion AI bet on Malaysia, equal to a tenth of the country’s GDP

Malaysia has recorded $94B of data-center investments between 2021 and mid-2026; Softbank’s investment plan would lift that total by more than half.

By Jay GanglaniOctober 26, 2026

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AI is giving cybercrime a makeover, and this startup just raised $15 million to fight back

Overwatch’s CEO says AI is merging fraud, hacking and money laundering into one threat.

By Allie GarfinkleOctober 26, 2026

Biotech firm Rakuten Medical wants to bring its novel ‘lightsaber’ cancer cure to the U.S.

In the short-term, the firm is looking to enter markets close to home—including Taiwan, Macau, Singapore, Hong Kong and Saudi Arabia.

By Angelica AngOctober 26, 2026

Billy Evans’s ‘Theranos 2.0’ startup has patents, investors, and a missing CTO—but no product

As “You Can See Everything” turns Billy Evans into the year’s most unlikely documentary villain, his Austin startup Haemanthus faces a simple question: What has it built?

By Bilin LinOctober 25, 2026

Tech leaders want to use religion to teach AI right from wrong. But that can prioritize certain traditions and distort others, anthropologist warns

“What I think ChatGPT should do is reflect that weighted average, or whatever, of humanity’s moral view,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said last year.

By Krysta Fauria and The Associated PressOctober 25, 2026

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A person with a bicycle walks past advertisement for Meta Muse.

AI agents are shopping like never before—and tools like Mastercard’s ‘Pay for Machines’ could turbocharge the trend

The sudden emergence of personal agents like Muse is a “turning point” for agentic commerce, Mastercard’s Head of Product says.

By Jeff John RobertsOctober 26, 2026

Fortune Archives: The unnerving fragility of our digital world

A devastating health care hack exposed the fault lines running through the systems we take for granted. AI is raising the stakes.

By Indrani SenOctober 25, 2026

Looters hit 3,000 French businesses. Within hours, the haul was trending on Vinted under the riot’s date

“Since this weekend, our teams have taken immediate action to identify and remove listings linked to the looting,” secondhand marketplace Vinted said.

By Sasha RogelbergOctober 23, 2026

Scammers used AI to clone her daughter’s voice and fake a kidnapping. A voice expert says every family now needs a safe word

A marketing professor who studies voice and persuasion says a familiar voice lowers our defenses. Here’s the simple fix she recommends.

By Muskaan ArshadOctober 24, 2026