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How a 23-year old former OpenAI researcher turned a viral AI prophecy into profit, with a $1.5 billion hedge fund and outsized influence from Silicon Valley to D.C.

Leopold Aschenbrenner is a Wall Street novice. So why have some Silicon Valley bigwigs trusted him with billions?

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Jamie Dimon warns leaders not to ‘put their head in the sand’ about AI. ‘It is going to affect jobs’

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Billionaire investor Marc Andreessen says AI destroying jobs and making everyone poor is a ‘fallacy’—and even if that did happen, prices would drop

Billionaire investor Marc Andreessen says AI destroying jobs and making everyone poor is a ‘fallacy’—and even if that did happen, prices would drop

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How business leaders can survive a ‘phenomenal’ AI bubble

How business leaders can survive a ‘phenomenal’ AI bubble

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Section 230 protected social media companies from legal responsibility for misinformation. AI chatbots could be about to change that.

Section 230 protected social media companies from legal responsibility for misinformation. AI chatbots could be about to change that.

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Investors can’t hold back their AI bubble jitters anymore as gold pushes beyond $4,000 per ounce

Investors can’t hold back their AI bubble jitters anymore as gold pushes beyond $4,000 per ounce

By Elaine Kurtenbach, Matt Ott and The Associated Press
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75% of gains, 80% of profits, 90% of capex—AI’s grip on the S&P is total and Morgan Stanley’s top analyst is ‘very concerned’

75% of gains, 80% of profits, 90% of capex—AI’s grip on the S&P is total and Morgan Stanley’s top analyst is ‘very concerned’

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Zelda Williams says ‘stop sending me AI videos of Dad’ because ‘TikTok slop puppeteering’ tarnishing dead people’s legacies is ‘not what he’d want’

Zelda Williams says ‘stop sending me AI videos of Dad’ because ‘TikTok slop puppeteering’ tarnishing dead people’s legacies is ‘not what he’d want’

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A world without data centers (404: your life not found)

A world without data centers (404: your life not found)

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Small hot-air balloons smuggling tens of thousands of cigarette packs force Lithuania to close Vilnius Airport for hours

Small hot-air balloons smuggling tens of thousands of cigarette packs force Lithuania to close Vilnius Airport for hours

By Liudas Dapkus and The Associated Press
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Raising $100 million is easier than $1 million — a tragedy for early-stage companies

Raising $100 million is easier than $1 million — a tragedy for early-stage companies

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Murphy Door CEO’s small-business rule that turned the firefighter’s side hustle into $60 million in revenue

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One common thread at some of the companies seeing the most success with AI: Woman CEOs

One common thread at some of the companies seeing the most success with AI: Woman CEOs

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Raising $100 million is easier than $1 million — a tragedy for early-stage companies

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How business leaders can survive a ‘phenomenal’ AI bubble

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Multimillionaire serial entrepreneur cried the first time she made ‘real money’—but not in a good way: ‘Wealth doesn’t erase your problems. It magnifies them’

Multimillionaire serial entrepreneur cried the first time she made ‘real money’—but not in a good way: ‘Wealth doesn’t erase your problems. It magnifies them’

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Google pushes AI deeper into its empire of search, shopping, and work products at its developer conference

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Accenture CEO: ‘If your dreams don’t scare you, they’re not big enough’—and she has the motto on a plaque in her home
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Accenture CEO: ‘If your dreams don’t scare you, they’re not big enough’—and she has the motto on a plaque in her home

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A new AI for making predictions shows the power of more narrowly-focused foundation models

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Elon Musk says he’ll do ‘a lot less’ political spending in the future: ‘I think I’ve done enough’

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May 20, 2025
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Musk commits to Tesla CEO role and plans political pullback

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May 20, 2025
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Aarthi Ramamurthy unveils Schema Ventures’ $20 million first fund

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Meet Amazon’s 38-year-old supply chain guru, helping CEO Andy Jassy navigate tariff chaos with a giant fleet of planes, trucks, and robots

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Exclusive: Two Gen Z college dropouts just raised $41 million for their ‘vertical banking’ startup Slash  
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Exclusive: Two Gen Z college dropouts just raised $41 million for their ‘vertical banking’ startup Slash  

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Barry Diller admits he underestimated Steve Jobs and reveals one of the ‘most powerful epiphanies of my life’
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OpenAI ex-chief scientist planned for a doomsday bunker for the day when machines become smarter than man

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May 20, 2025
Trump signs bipartisan Take It Down Act to fight ‘revenge porn’ and deepfakes. Here’s what’s in it
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Trump signs bipartisan Take It Down Act to fight ‘revenge porn’ and deepfakes. Here’s what’s in it

By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
May 20, 2025
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Why AI isn’t fully replacing jobs—but is still reshaping the workforce

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May 20, 2025
Exclusive: Circle cofounder raises $18 million to build ‘AI-native bank’
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Exclusive: Circle cofounder raises $18 million to build ‘AI-native bank’

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Klarna hits 100 million users as revenue and onetime costs jump
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Klarna hits 100 million users as revenue and onetime costs jump

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May 20, 2025
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Trump signs AI deepfake bill into law

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‘Circularity problem’ over Mike Lynch’s $630 million estate finally resolved as HPE moves closer to settling multibillion-dollar claim

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Microsoft employee shouts over Satya Nadella’s keynote to protest claims of ‘Israel’s war crimes powered by Azure’

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May 20, 2025
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European bank UBS is seeing strong demand for AI-generated video avatars of its analysts

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May 20, 2025
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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
May 20, 2025
The EU should cut actual red tape, not AI safeguards
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The EU should cut actual red tape, not AI safeguards

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Duolingo CEO says AI is a better teacher than humans—but schools will still exist ‘because you still need childcare’

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May 20, 2025
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Startup working on ‘reversible computing’ chip for AI says initial tests show a 50% energy savings

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Honda walks back EV investment, sales targets on poor demand

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Indeed CEO Chris Hyams says AI won’t steal your job, but it will definitely change it

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This Moderna leader uses AI to resolve conflict on the executive team—all before it even happens 
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This Moderna leader uses AI to resolve conflict on the executive team—all before it even happens 

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai says there won’t be just one winner in the AI race
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai says there won’t be just one winner in the AI race

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Anthropic issues ironic warning to job applicants—don’t use AI when applying to our roles

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