Nvidia set to overtake Apple as world’s second-most valuable company

By Medha Singh (Reuters) – Nvidia could soon surpass Apple to become the world’s second-most valuable company, as the kingmaker behind the AI revolution takes on the iPhone maker that has ruled Wall Street for decades. The reliance of virtually all artificial intelligence applications such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT on Nvidia’s high-end chips has helped the…

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Paramount’s special committee agrees to recommend Skydance deal, WSJ reports

(Reuters) – A special committee of the Paramount Global’s board agreed to recommend a deal with Skydance Media, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. A potential deal could end months of speculation over Paramount’s fate. Reports on takeover offers from Skydance Media and a consortium of Apollo Global…

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Billionaire investor Ackman considering backing Trump in US election, source says

By Carolina Mandl (Reuters) -Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman is considering endorsing Donald Trump as the former U.S. president seeks to return to the White House, a source familiar with the matter said. Ackman plans to announce which candidate he will endorse on the social media network X, the source said, confirming an earlier…

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Failed Wall Street trades rate roughly stable under faster settlement

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The rate of U.S. failed trades stood at 1.90% on Wednesday, a big test day for the recently implemented faster settlement cycle, roughly stable from Friday’s number, Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) showed this morning. Market participants were expecting it to increase to 4.1% after T+1 implementation, from 2.9%, according…

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Salesforce plummets as weak forecast sparks concerns of AI competition

By Kanchana Chakravarty and Arsheeya Bajwa (Reuters) -Salesforce shares slumped about 18% on Thursday, after its lowest-ever quarterly revenue growth forecast raised fears that high interest rates and rival AI offerings were hampering demand at the cloud-based software firm. The company could lose more than $48 billion in market value if losses hold, as it…

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OpenAI responds to warnings of self governance by former board members, the Economist reports

(Reuters) – OpenAI’s board on Thursday pushed back on allegations from its former members that concerns over artificial intelligence safety at the startup necessitated Sam Altman’s shocking ouster last year. OpenAI’s board members in an article published in the Economist said the review into the events found the previous board’s decision did not arise out…

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Meta identifies networks pushing deceptive content likely generated by AI

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Meta said on Wednesday it had found “likely AI-generated” content used deceptively on its Facebook and Instagram platforms, including comments praising Israel’s handling of the war in Gaza published below posts from global news organizations and U.S. lawmakers. The social media company, in a quarterly security report, said the accounts posed…

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