Project Stargate, Apple's 'fork in the road,' TikTok buyers, and quantum computing: Tech news roundup
Elon Musk bashes the $500 billion ‘Stargate’ deal between OpenAI and SoftBank — and backed by Trump
Elon Musk is already casting doubt on OpenAI’s new, up to $500 billion investment deal with SoftBank (SFTBY) and Oracle (ORCL), despite backing from his allies — including President Donald Trump.
Quantum computing could go big this year. Here’s a glossary to get you started
When Google (GOOGL) unveiled its latest quantum chip in December, it said Willow achieved an almost three-decade-long challenge in the world of quantum computing.
What to know about ‘Stargate,’ the $500 billion AI infrastructure project touted by Trump
After scrapping the Biden administration’s executive order on artificial intelligence, President Donald Trump announced a half-a-trillion-dollar AI infrastructure plan alongside some of the technology’s top leaders.
From Elon Musk to MrBeast, here are some of TikTok’s potential buyers
With the future of popular social media app TikTok on the line, a number of potential buyers have come out of the woodworks to potentially snap up the platform — and its 170 million monthly U.S. users.
Google-backed, AI-developed drugs are headed to trial by 2026, DeepMind CEO says
Drugs developed by Alphabet’s drug discovery subsidiary and designed by artificial intelligence are expected to head to trial by the end of the year, according to a Google (GOOGL) executive.
Apple faces a ‘fork in the road year,’ analysts say
As Apple (AAPL) stock takes a tumble to kick off 2025, analysts at Wedbush don’t see cause for concern.
“We believe the panic and bear frenzy around Apple is way overdone” heading into next week’s December earnings report, analysts led by Dan Ives said in a research note Wednesday.
Researchers just stumped AI with their most difficult test — but for how long?
Despite facing increasingly harder tests, artificial intelligence models have been advancing quickly and passing even PhD-level exams with high scores, making it somewhat difficult to track just how good they’re getting. But it seems the AI models have met their match — at least for now.
Tech leaders praise Trump’s rollback of Biden’s ‘AI red tape’
Some of President Donald Trump’s executive orders from his first day in office are being applauded by tech industry leaders.
NetChoice, a trade organization representing tech companies such as Amazon (AMZN), Google (GOOGL), and Meta (META), said Trump’s rollback of Biden administration regulations on U.S. energy production and “artificial intelligence (AI) red tape” are “critical” for the U.S. to lead in technological development.
OpenAI’s agent that can do work for you is here
OpenAI has launched a research preview of its artificial intelligence agent, Operator, which can perform tasks on the web on behalf of users.
Operator uses its own browser, and can interact with a webpage by typing, clicking, and scrolling, OpenAI said. Users can have Operator do tasks such as completing online forms and grocery shopping, according to the startup.