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Artificial Intelligence

Salesforce Boosts Bet on Agentic AI With $8B Informatica Takeover

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Salesforce’s offer beat out competitors including Cloud Software Group and Thoma Bravo, according to The Wall Street Journal.

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Finance

Magnificent Seven Burns Short-Sellers as Goldman Banks on a Comeback

The Mag 7 companies have been weighed down by an unholy economic trinity: tariffs, AI disruption, and antitrust.

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Microsoft Patent Weeds Out False Alarms in AI-Powered Cloud Security

Though cloud demand is bursting, AI has a habit of making cybersecurity tricky.

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Big Tech Conferences Highlight Commitment to Agentic AI

Information technology leaders want to give enterprises a “clear-cut path” to ROI.

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Big Tech

Google Goes All Out on AI at I/O Conference

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Google wants to become the go-to AI platform as competitors finally start to encroach on its main business: search.

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Big Tech

What is Microsoft’s AI Future Without OpenAI?

As its relationship with OpenAI evolves and dissolves, Microsoft signals that it is single and ready to mingle in the AI space.

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CIO Upside

Microsoft Patents Signal Demand for Explainable AI

Because these models often operate in a so-called “black box,” many users have little to no understanding of them.

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Enterprise AI

Battlefield AI Grapples With Risk-Tolerance Minefield

Future battlefields will be shaped by AI weapons that defense firms and Big Tech are vying to build for the military. Guardrails are lagging.

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Artificial Intelligence

Tech Giants Deliver AI-Powered Earnings Growth

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Quarterly earnings at tech giants Meta and Microsoft surged, indicating that multi-billion dollar AI investments are starting to pay off.

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CIO Upside

As Agentic AI Sweeps Market, OpenAI Seeks Patent For Easy Model Builder

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OpenAI’s patent history is rather sparse, especially in comparison with competitors such as Google, Microsoft or Amazon

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