Microsoft partners with HarperCollins to train AI on books: A $5K-per-title deal offers new data for AI but renews questions about compensation and AI’s effect on creativity.

Google and Meta landed slightly below expectations in Q3, allowing a collection of hungry competitors to inch ahead. But overall, the ad industry remains healthy. Sports events drove streaming and CTV to record gains, and retail media continues to be the sector’s fastest-growing ad channel.

With revenues soaring 94% to $35.1 billion, it dominates AI hardware, but Big Tech’s in-house chip ambitions could challenge its position.

By processing AI locally, Adobe’s SlimLM reduces cloud computing costs and privacy concerns.

A forced sale could upend Google’s ad revenue streams, alter the search landscape, and open the browser market to new competition.

Resilience initiatives and advanced AI features aim to secure cloud services and cement its role in critical business and government tech.

Uncertain returns drive interest in scalable infrastructure, with power demands outpacing consumer buy-in.

Its genAI tool fails to meet user expectations, with internal teams and customers frustrated by limited functionality and concerns over rushed development.

Critical flaws in its flagship AI hardware force Nvidia into a rushed redesign, threatening delayed shipments and sparking doubts about the AI industry’s breakneck expansion.

His track record of investigating Silicon Valley hints at regulatory shake-ups, though ethical controversies may cloud his confirmation path.

Amazon’s program democratizes access to compute resources and raises concerns about aligning corporate goals with academic freedom.

Hampered by unclear monetization strategy and rising costs, Apple’s AI push faces steep adoption barriers.

Its record infrastructure spending shows a commitment to AI’s “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity.

AI and ad revenues lift Microsoft’s fiscal Q1: Company’s AI-powered ad platforms draw advertisers amid enterprise cloud gains.

The tool could shift users away from Google and Bing, embedding AI search across Meta’s ecosystem and unlocking fresh ad revenue streams.

Microsoft alleges Google is behind a front group to weaken its cloud business in Europe, signaling deepening animosity as both face mounting antitrust probes

By automating interviews and job offers, the fast casual giant aims to improve recruitment efficiency, but risks of bias loom large.

Anthropic’s AI can use computers like a human in an effort to boost productivity, but operational flaws reveal the challenges of AI in daily workflows.

Netflix cuts its expensive AAA gaming division, indicating anxieties about long-term, high-cost games projects. Focusing on smaller IP-based projects could better align with its business model.

In a heated battle for AI dominance, Microsoft unveils new agents after Salesforce mocks Copilot as a throwback to “Clippy 2.0.