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The tech billionaires have a rocky history, and Musk's comments about funding for the project, which could attract $500 billion prompted a pointed response from OpenAI leader Altman.

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U.S. President Donald Trump is set to engage in a discussion with El Salvador’s President and Bitcoin lover Nayib Bukele at 3 PM.

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U.S. President Donald Trump makes a virtual address to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. President Donald Trump said Thursday he will approve the construction ...

President Donald Trump said he would ask Saudi Arabia and other OPEC nations to “bring down the cost of oil” and reiterated his threat to use tariffs to bring manufacturing back to the U.S.

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Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw emphasized India's aspiration for global AI leadership, paralleling its IT service success. At the World Economic Forum, he highlighted India's balanced approach to AI ...

Anthropic's CEO believes that AI can surpass most humans by 2027, but there are implications to this happening.

Alexandr Wang, CEO of Scale AI, speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box outside the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 23rd, 2025. Alexandr Wang, whose company Scale AI provides training data to ...