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Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis said he was “surprised” that OpenAI was already moving to introduce advertising within its AI chatbots. In an interview with Axios at Davos, the AI leader answered a question about using advertising to monetize AI services, saying the idea is something Google’s team is considering “very carefully.” Hassabis also said that despite how important advertising is to Google’s core business, his team feels no pressure from the tech giant to make decisions about advertising “on the fly.” The DeepMind co-founder’s remarks came on the heels of Friday’s news that OpenAI will launch Test ads as…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Thursday that he won’t defend the tech giants known as the Magnificent Seven, even though most of them got off to a slow start in 2026.”I think ultimately the money will go back to most of the (Mag7) companies because these companies have so much means and so much money. They’re run by people who are too smart to bet on it,” Kramer said on “Mad Money.”The Mag 7 cohort consists of: Amazon, alphabet, apple, microsoft, meta platform, Nvidia and tesla. AI chip manufacturer broadcom Kramer noted that other stocks are sometimes lumped into that group…
Venezuelan lawmakers on Thursday backed a plan to make it easier for foreign companies to participate in the country’s oil industry, the latest move by the city of Caracas to meet US President Donald Trump’s demands. For almost two decades, much of the country’s oil industry has been nationalized under the government-controlled oil company PDVSA, with foreign oil companies only allowed to operate in limited joint ventures with public companies. Reforms to the country’s hydrocarbons law, announced last week by acting President Delcy Rodríguez, would allow foreign companies to manage oil fields at their “own risk and expense,” Venezuelan lawmaker…
Kaia Gerber says growing up looking at naked photos of her mother Cindy Crawford was a ‘gift’Kaia Gerber Showing love to her biggest muse. of palm royale The actor shared how he views his mother’s notable moments Cindy CrawfordHer career as a model, especially nude photo shoots, taught her that: The importance of body positivity From a young age. “For me, they were artistic. They weren’t vulgar. They weren’t objectifying,” said Kaia, 24. Harper’s Bazaar In an interview published on January 21, she added that it was “a product of growing up in a home where there was no shame…
Sell 75 shares of Qnity Electronics stock for approximately $102. Following the transaction, the Jim Cramer Charitable Trust will own 975 shares of Kuniti stock, reducing its stake from approximately 2.7% to 2.5%. Following the parabolic movement in Qnity Electronics stock over the past few weeks, we are locking in the stock’s upside. Shares of the company, which supplies advanced materials to the semiconductor industry, may be down about 1% on Thursday, but are still up more than 4% for the week, 24% since the beginning of the year and 28% since a big purchase in November. The outlook for…
It’s been nearly two years since Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella predicted that knowledge work (the white-collar jobs held by lawyers, investment bankers, librarians, accountants, IT, etc.) would be replaced by AI. However, despite the great advances made with basic models, changes in knowledge work have been slow to emerge. Models have mastered thorough research and agency planning, but for some reason, most white-collar jobs remain relatively untouched. This is one of the biggest mysteries in AI, and thanks to new research from training data giant Mercor, we finally have some answers. New research examines how leading AI models drawn from…
Before Blake filed suit against Justin Baldoni in December 2024, she checked in with Taylor on Dec. 4 and admitted in a text message included in a court filing unsealed on Jan. 20, 2026, “I’ve been feeling like a bad friend lately because I was a sad piece of shit who only talked about myself for months.” According to the filing, in response to Blake taking responsibility for any bad blood, Taylor responded, “I’m exhausted from all aspects of my life, and I’ve noticed a slight change in the way Justin speaks to me over the last few months. Yes,…
(This is The Best Stocks in the Market , brought to you by Josh Brown and Sean Russo of Ritholtz Wealth Management.) Josh — First Solar (FSLR) has been a difficult long-term investment over the past two decades as the industry has been forced to rapidly re-prioritize to meet millions of challenges along the way. If it wasn’t competition from China, it was tax threats, dramatic changes in the funding landscape, disruption of ESG themes, and literally anything else you can think of. Solar power as an investment idea is far from easy for believers. Don’t get me wrong. If…
The creators of the open source project vLLM have announced that they are moving the popular tool to VC-backed startup Inferact, which has raised $150 million in seed funding at a valuation of $800 million. The round was co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed Venture Partners, confirming TechCrunch’s previous report that vLLM raised funding from a16z. Inferact’s debut reflects the recent commercialization of the SGLang project as RadixArk, which, as we reported on Wednesday, has secured capital led by Accel at a valuation of $400 million, according to sources. As the focus of AI shifts from training models to deployment…
Dilara Irem Sankar | Anadolu | Getty Imagesspotify It adds even more atmosphere.The music streamer on Thursday unveiled “Prompted Playlists,” an artificial intelligence-driven feature that lets users build custom mixes using their emotions and memories.”We always hear from our listeners that they love playlists, but creating one yourself can be daunting,” said Surinna Ong, Spotify’s global editorial director, in a statement announcing the news.The feature is currently in beta for premium subscribers in the US and Canada and will be rolled out through the end of this month. The company began testing in New Zealand in December.According to the release,…