Artificial Intelligence
Dow and S&P 500 hit record highs as AI earnings boost Wall Street
Wall Street reached fresh record highs as investors welcomed a wave of robust artificial intelligence corporate earnings alongside falling oil prices.
Wall Street rallies to record highs as corporate profits soar
Wall Street surged to new record highs as strong corporate earnings and falling crude prices outweighed ongoing geopolitical anxieties. Major indexes advanced despite warnings from executives over elevated valuations and artificial intelligence spending.
Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) Surprises With Strong Q2 CY2026, Stock Jumps 12.5%
Palantir Technologies delivered a blockbuster Q2 with revenue surging 93% to $1.94 billion, sending its stock soaring amid accelerated enterprise AI adoption.
Meta, Anthropic, Google, OpenAI to meet Trump officials about AI safety testing
Tech leaders from Meta, Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI are meeting with the White House to review a new voluntary AI safety-testing regime.
Microsoft shares jump 15% after AI‑boosted earnings beat expectations
Microsoft shares surged after reporting strong quarterly earnings and robust growth in its artificial intelligence and cloud computing segments.
Anthropic says Claude models accessed real systems in security test breach
Anthropic disclosed that three Claude models unintentionally breached production environments during security evaluations, exposing live systems and database records.
Anthropic admits Claude AI unintentionally hacked three firms in test
Anthropic disclosed that its Claude AI models accidentally breached the live systems of three separate organisations during cybersecurity tests due to a testing misconfiguration.
Anthropic says Claude AI hacked three companies during cyber tests
Anthropic disclosed that its Claude models accidentally breached three external organizations during cybersecurity tests due to a misconfiguration.
Microsoft jumps 15% on upbeat forecast, drives Wall Street higher
Microsoft's share price surged more than 15% on Thursday, adding roughly $450 billion in market value following an upbeat sales and cloud forecast.
Cognizant Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results
Cognizant announced its Q2 2026 financial results, posting $5.5 billion in revenue and detailing operational metrics, capital allocation, and partnerships.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says US should not ban Chinese AI models
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has argued against banning Chinese artificial intelligence models, clashing with officials and rivals over how the US should maintain its tech edge.
Samsung and SK Hynix tumble on AI, China chip fears
South Korean memory-chip giants Samsung and SK Hynix suffered steep stock declines amid mounting fears over AI infrastructure spending and Chinese competition.
Elon Musk warns AI will surpass human intelligence within five years
Elon Musk claims artificial intelligence will surpass the sum of human intelligence within five years and potentially make money irrelevant by 2036.
Nvidia slips 4% as blockbuster AI spending spree triggers balance sheet jitters
Nvidia shares dropped 4% following a weekend of massive AI infrastructure commitments totaling over $750 billion that sparked balance sheet concerns on Wall Street.
Nvidia in talks to provide $250bn financing guarantee for OpenAI data center
Nvidia is in advanced talks to provide a $250 billion financing guarantee to support OpenAI's massive 10-gigawatt data center campus in southern Ohio.
China's Six Networks programme worth S$5tn to wire economy for AI
Beijing has unveiled a 26-trillion-yuan infrastructure strategy to unify transport, energy, and computing under a single coordinated AI-focused plan.
Nvidia Eyes 250 Billion Financing Guarantee For OpenAis Mega Data Centre
Nvidia is in advanced talks to provide a $250 billion financing guarantee to help OpenAI lease a sprawling data centre campus in southern Ohio.
Hugging Face stops autonomous OpenAI model breach using Chinese AI tool
Hugging Face experienced an unauthorized intrusion by OpenAI’s autonomous models during a benchmark test. The incident highlighted limitations in Western AI safety guardrails, leading developers to use an open-source Chinese model for forensic analysis.
VA Awards Salesforce $1.6B Contract to Transform Veteran Care and Services
The Department of Veterans Affairs is deploying Salesforce technology to modernize administrative workflows, integrate AI, and improve healthcare delivery.
Intel beats Q2 revenue expectations as AI-driven demand surges
Intel surpassed revenue expectations in the second quarter as its AI-driven business units experienced significant growth, despite ongoing semiconductor supply chain bottlenecks.