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Biggest risk to the economy now? Goldman says it’s a stock market correction
U.S. economist Pierfrancesco Mei worries that a 10% stock market pullback in the first half could cut GDP growth by half a percentage point, in one scenario.
Software stocks rebound as Anthropic announces new partnerships
Cybersecurity and software names have sold off heavily in recent weeks as investors fretted about potential disruption from artificial intelligence.
Savannah Guthrie offers $1 million reward for missing mother Nancy Guthrie
Nancy Guthrie, whose daughter Savannah Guthrie is a co-anchor of the “Today” show on NBC, was last seen entering her Arizona home on Jan. 31.
Waymo opens robotaxi service to ‘select riders’ in Houston, Dallas, San Antonio and Orlando
Fresh off of a $16 billion funding round, Waymo is expanding its footprint in Texas and Florida.
Nvidia earnings report collides with Wall Street skepticism over AI spending
Nvidia is the only megacap tech stock to notch gains this year as investors have turned cautious on the hefty amounts of spending on AI infrastructure.
Senators tell CFTC to make clear ban on prediction market contracts involving deaths
A letter to Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Michael Selig cites three Polymarket contracts related to a NASA launch, Venezuela and Ukraine.
Anthropic joins OpenAI in flagging ‘industrial-scale’ distillation campaigns by Chinese AI firms
Anthropic accused three Chinese artificial intelligence enterprises of engaging in coordinated distillation campaigns, the latest American tech firm to do so.
Intel partners with AI chip startup SambaNova after acquisition talks reportedly failed
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan first invested in SambaNova in 2017. Now the chipmaker he runs is putting more capital behind the startup.
Making it rain: Why more and more countries are turning to cloud seeding
Cloud seeding programs are now taking place in more than 50 countries across the globe, according to the World Meteorological Organization.
As Wall Street punishes software stocks over AI concerns, Canva gets more acquisitive
Cavalry offers motion graphics tools for designers, while MangoAI could help Canva provide tools for making new video ads.
Tesla sues California DMV to reverse ruling that company engaged in false advertising on FSD
California’s DMV previously ruled that Tesla falsely promoted its cars’ self-driving capabilities.
Amazon to spend $12 billion in Louisiana on AI data centers
The project comes as Amazon has committed up to $200 billion this year on AI investments, which include data centers, chips and networking equipment.
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