The AI apps winning over corporate America
Anthropic, OpenAI, and Cursor have the fastest-growing AI apps in the enterprise, but Microsoft and Google remain dominant.
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Articles by Alistair Barr
Microsoft blinked a little in the AI capex race. Wall Street loved it.
Wall Street sent Big Tech a new message: AI spending alone isn't enough. Microsoft's restraint sparked a massive stock rally.
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The humbling of Leopold Aschenbrenner: The market doesn't care how smart you are.
Leopold Aschenbrenner's hedge fund collapse shows how even brilliant investors can get crushed when markets turn.
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AI's power crunch could get a boost from old EV batteries
AI is straining America's power grid. One solution: Millions of retired EV batteries could become a low-cost source of energy storage.
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Thank you, Xi: Cheap Chinese AI may be the best thing to happen to American tech companies.
Cheap Chinese AI models are giving America's software companies a boost, lowering costs, lifting margins, and reviving SaaS stocks.
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ServiceNow cut hundreds of jobs to streamline operations. One staffer called it a 'very tough day.'
Amid industry pressure, ServiceNow, overseen by CEO Bill McDermott, reduces workforce while focusing on AI investment and operational efficiency.
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Don't like AI? Linux's creator says go fork yourself
Linus Torvalds says Linux developers should embrace AI coding tools or fork the project, ending a heated open-source debate.
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AI's new North Star: Intelligence per dollar
AI's new North Star isn't smarter models. It's delivering the most useful intelligence for every dollar spent.
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ServiceNow pushes back on AI threats, reporting a 25% jump in subscription revenue
ServiceNow reports Q2 results, raises guidance, and says its AI business topped $1 billion in annual contract value.
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OpenAI is launching new corporate software that takes it beyond the AI model war
OpenAI's new Presence product signals its push beyond AI models into business software and AI-powered work.
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China's 'open' AI is a terrible business, and nothing like open-source software
China's AI models are impressing developers but losing investors. The problem? Open-weight AI is a much worse business than open-source software.
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AI is everyone's job now
AI is spreading beyond tech as employers add AI skills to jobs in healthcare, HR, sales, education, trucking, and more across the US and Europe.
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What happens when AI starts gambling on soccer?
Can AI predict the future? A World Cup betting contest reveals which models make the smartest wagers.
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Big Tech earnings season and the capex spiral
Big Tech's AI spending is soaring, but higher capex may reflect inflation as much as expansion this earnings season.
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IBM gets sucked into the AI-powered memory chip vortex
IBM's warning shows how AI infrastructure and cybersecurity spending are reshaping technology budgets.
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OpenAI is breaking Silicon Valley's unwritten code. That's why Apple is so angry.
OpenAI is defying Silicon Valley's oldest playbook, helping explain why Apple is fighting so hard.
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AI giants learn what everyone else on the modern internet already knows
Anthropic's distillation complaints expose an awkward question: does AI's fair use argument cut both ways?
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AI is rewriting the Big Tech org chart. See which roles are getting hit the most.
AI is reshaping Big Tech hiring. Engineers now make up a larger share of hires as design, product, and marketing roles shrink.
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My colleague wanted a nerdy, niche tool for his MacBook. Codex whipped it up in minutes.
Business Insider's Stephen Council used OpenAI Codex to build a custom Mac clipboard app in minutes—no coding required.
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Oh dear, did someone steal something from Apple?
Apple says OpenAI stole its trade secrets. Here's how Apple has faced similar accusations from rivals in the past.
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