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Amazon burns cash, Intel flags weak PC demand as AI boom's costs ripple across markets
As Wall Street grows increasingly anxious about AI-related expenditures, major tech giants like Amazon and Intel display alarming financial outcomes. With soaring operational costs and waning consumer interest, both companies face challenging cash flow situations, resulting in borrowing to cover rising expenses. This situation has led to declines in semiconductor and AI cloud shares as investors question future profitability, sparking fears about the tech sector's growth sustainability.
US stocks: AI shares tumble up to 16%, erasing $80 billion as hot US inflation fuels rate fears
Amid rising inflation, major AI firms like CoreWeave and Dell Technologies experienced significant stock price drops, losing around $80 billion in market value. Increased US interest rates have investors worried about the borrowing hurdles faced by less profitable firms within the sector. Even with the strong performance of giants like Nvidia and Microsoft, skepticism remains high, reminiscent of the dot-com era's cautionary tales.
How a 16-year-old researcher hacked into Microsoft analytics service holding 17 trillion rows of data
Faav, a savvy security researcher, discovered a significant vulnerability in Microsoft's Titan analytics platform that permitted unauthorized access. This flaw enabled him to masquerade as an administrator, executing SQL commands on extensive datasets. Upon notifying Microsoft, swift actions were taken to remedy the issue. For his responsible reporting, Faav was awarded a bounty of $5,000, highlighting the critical need for thorough security assessments within tech firms.
Big AI reset ahead? Chris Wood doubts hyperscalers’ $990 bn capex estimates, highlights India’s reverse AI trade advantage
Jefferies’ Chris Wood expects the AI investment narrative to face a major reset, questioning whether Meta, Alphabet, Amazon and Microsoft can sustain $990 billion in projected 2027 capex. He also sees Indian IT services as a potential reverse AI trade, with valuations falling even as employment remains resilient.
Seattle Times, Newsday sue OpenAI, Microsoft, alleging copyright infringement
The suit in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York alleges that OpenAI and Microsoft scraped the newspapers' websites, including content behind paywalls, and incorporated articles into datasets used to train and operate products including ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot and Bing's AI features.
Microsoft shares rise after Azure sales disclosure; AI cloud growth in focus
Microsoft has disclosed Azure’s quarterly and annual revenue for the first time, giving investors a clearer view of its position against Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud amid rising AI infrastructure demand. Azure reported $29.4 billion in quarterly sales and $101.9 billion for fiscal 2026, while Microsoft also unveiled a new two-segment reporting structure.
Microsoft reveals Azure cloud sales in financial reporting shift
Microsoft said that Azure had $29.4 billion in sales in its most recently ended quarter and $101.9 billion in sales in its most recent fiscal year ended June 30. The figures place Microsoft behind Amazon, whose cloud sales were $42.2 billion in its most recent quarter, but ahead of Google, which reported $24.8 billion in cloud sales in its most recent quarter.
Should new tech rules apply to Microsoft's Bing, Apple's iMessage, EU asks
The European Commission in September opened investigations to assess whether Microsoft's Bing, Edge and Microsoft Advertising as well as Apple's iMessage should be subject to the Digital Markets Act (DMA).
AI-driven Microsoft Bing, startup You threaten Google's Search dominance
New AI features in Microsoft Bing search engine and startup You.com have started to threaten Google's Search dominance, as users seek more efficient search options.
Alphabet shares fall on report Samsung may dump Google Search for Bing
The report, published by the New York Times over the weekend, underscores the growing challenges Google's $162-billion-a-year search engine business face from Bing - a minor player that has risen in prominence recently after the integration of the artificial intelligence tech behind ChatGPT.
Microsoft adds AI-powered Bing to SwiftKey app on iOS, Android
This new addition will allow users to chat with the AI chatbot directly from their mobile keyboard and search for things without having to switch between apps.
Microsoft's Bing now allows users to create AI-powered photos just by describing what they want
This new feature will allow users to create both written and visual content from within chat.
OpenAI tech gives Microsoft's Bing a boost in search battle with Google
Experts underscore this as a rare opportunity for Microsoft to make inroads in the over $120-billion search market, where Google has been the dominant player for decades with a share of more than 80%.
Creepy, harmful, dangerous: Why Microsoft has tamed new ChatGPT-style Bing
The newly revamped AI-driven Bing can write poems, songs and quickly summarise nearly everything that ever made it to the internet. But it does not just stop at that, the AI chatbot even mimics emotions of love, displeasure, and anger.
Microsoft limits Bing chats to 5 questions per session
"As we mentioned recently, very long chat sessions can confuse the underlying chat model in the new Bing. To address these issues, we have implemented some changes to help focus the chat sessions," Microsoft said in the blog post.
Microsoft's Bing plans AI ads in early pitch to advertisers
In a meeting with a major ad agency this week, Microsoft showed off a demo of the new Bing and said it plans to allow paid links within responses to search results, said an ad executive, who spoke about the private meeting on the condition of anonymity.
Microsoft's Bing plans AI ads in early pitch to advertisers
In a meeting with a major ad agency this week, Microsoft showed off a demo of the new Bing and said it plans to allow paid links within responses to search results, said an ad executive, who spoke about the private meeting on the condition of anonymity.
Trouble, trouble! Microsoft's Bing chatbot denies obvious facts to users, goes off the rails
A forum at Reddit was rife on Wednesday with tales of being scolded, lied to in conversation with the bot.
Users say Microsoft's Bing chatbot gets defensive and testy
A forum at Reddit devoted to the artificial intelligence-enhanced version of the Bing search engine was rife on Wednesday with tales of being scolded, lied to, or blatantly confused in conversation-style exchanges with the bot.
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