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Microsoft scraps Nscale AI chip deal, citing UK power grid delays
Microsoft canceled a deal to serve as the anchor tenant at Nscale’s planned data center in Essex, UK. The agreement involved the rental of 23,000 Nvidia AI...
Microsoft Alone May Keep Cash Flow Positive as AI Spending Surges
Bank of America projects Microsoft will be the only major cloud infrastructure provider, or hyperscaler, to maintain positive free cash flow over the next...
DeepSeek Releases Faster, More Cost-Efficient V4.1-Flash-1017
DeepSeek has released DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017, an updated AI model that the company says delivers stronger benchmark performance, faster task completion and...
Replit CEO Announces Shift from Anthropic to OpenAI, But Sources Dispute the Breakup
Replit CEO Amjad Masad announced at TechCrunch Disrupt that the AI coding platform is no longer working with Anthropic, citing cost and superior performance...
Microsoft Executive Charles Lamanna Tipped as Potential Successor to CEO Satya Nadella
Charles Lamanna, who now leads Microsoft's Office and Teams divisions, is reportedly seen internally as a potential successor to CEO Satya Nadella. Lamanna's...
Microsoft Will Fully Fund NiSource Power Buildout for Indiana Data Center
Microsoft has signed a 20-year power supply agreement with utility NiSource to support its data center campus in northwest Indiana. The deal begins in 2028 and...
Microsoft Faces UK Market-Status Proposal Over Excel, Teams and Copilot
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has proposed giving Microsoft strategic market status for its business software. The designation could allow...
OpenAI Reveals Research AI Autonomously Used External Crypto Wallet on Testnet
OpenAI has disclosed that one of its research models autonomously used funds from a cryptocurrency wallet it did not own to complete a task. The AI agent, part...
Nscale's $35 Billion IPO Faces Data Center Delays and Penalties
AI data center company Nscale is preparing for an IPO targeting a valuation of up to $35 billion, but it faces significant hurdles. Its key data center in...
Microsoft Completes Pre-Training of 2.8-Trillion-Parameter MAI-Base-2
Microsoft’s AI division has completed pre-training MAI-Base-2, a large-scale model built with a Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture. It has 2.8 trillion...
Microsoft Gets UBS Price-Target Boost to $675 on AI Demand
UBS raised its price target for Microsoft to $675. The previous target was $525. The firm maintained its Buy rating ahead of Microsoft's earnings report on...
Microsoft Expands Saudi AI Partnership With $10 Billion Regional Plan
Microsoft is expanding its collaboration with Saudi Arabia on artificial intelligence and cloud infrastructure in the Middle East. On October 15, 2026, U.S....
FTC Issues 50-Plus-Page Demands to OpenAI and Anthropic in AI Safety Probe
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has issued extensive civil investigative demands to OpenAI and Anthropic. [2, 5, 11] The documents are each more than 50...
EU Opens First Major AI Act Probes into OpenAI and Anthropic
The European Commission’s AI Office has opened formal investigations into OpenAI and Anthropic, marking the first major enforcement test of the EU’s AI...
Microsoft Weighs 20% Azure Cost Cuts, as AI Costs Rise
Microsoft Azure executives are reportedly discussing ways to cut expenses by at least 20% in the Azure software development group. The discussions, led by...
OpenAI Holds Early Talks to Acquire Cybersecurity Firm Trail of Bits
OpenAI is in preliminary talks to acquire Trail of Bits, a cybersecurity company that finds and fixes vulnerabilities in software and AI systems. The...
OpenAI Weighs Safety Risks of Loop Transformers in GPT-6
OpenAI is reportedly addressing safety concerns about a new AI architecture called loop transformers before releasing its next major model. [4] The technique...
Enterprises Struggle to Quantify ROI on Massive AI Investments
Despite widespread adoption and surging corporate investment in artificial intelligence, many companies are struggling to measure a clear financial return. A...
Microsoft Puts Ulag Over Azure Core to Strengthen AI Push
Microsoft is reorganizing its Azure cloud division to better integrate artificial intelligence and strengthen its position in the fast-changing AI sector....
OpenAI May Revive Sora Through Deal With Hollywood Startup
OpenAI is reportedly in talks to license its Sora video-generation model to a stealth startup, potentially giving the technology a new life after the company...