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Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc and X (formerly Twitter) Ceo speaks at the Atreju political convention organized by Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy), on December 15, 2023 in Rome, Italy. Antonio Masiello | Getty ImagesTesla reported revenue and profit for the fourth quarter that missed analysts'...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said artificial general intelligence, or AGI, could be developed in the "reasonably close-ish future."AGI is a term used to refer to a form of artificial intelligence that can complete tasks to the same level, or a step above, humans.Altman said AI isn't yet replacing jobs at the scale that man...

A host of companies including Ecosia, Qwant and Shibsted have signed an open letter accusing Big Tech "gatekeepers" of not doing enough to engage effectively with them and others.The firms have called on the European Commission and the European Parliament to do everything in their power to ensure the gatekeepers com...

Amazon continues to trim its headcount after a year of mass layoffs. Beginning at the end of 2022 and continuing through 2023, Amazon initiated the largest layoffs in its history, cutting more than 27,000 jobs across almost every area of the company.Team,We've taken significant steps towards our long-term vision of ...

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, at the Hope Global Forums annual meeting in Atlanta on Dec. 11, 2023.Dustin Chambers | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesOn Monday, OpenAI, the artificial intelligence startup behind viral chatbot ChatGPT, clapped back at The New York Times in a statement over the news outlet's recently filed lawsui...

Jeff Lawson, founder, CEO and chairman of Twilio, speaks at a press conference during the Mobile World Congress on March 1, 2017 in Barcelona, SpainJoan Cros Garcia/Corbis | Corbis News | Getty ImagesTwilio co-founder Jeff Lawson on Monday said he is stepping down as CEO of the enterprise communications software com...

Apple's iPhone sales in China were down more than 30% year over year for the first week of the year, while competitors like Huawei have "remained much stronger," according to a note from Jefferies analysts Sunday.The analysts said Huawei gained the most smartphone market share in China in 2023, rising by about 6% ye...

Elon Musk — the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX and owner of X, formerly Twitter — speaks during the New York Times annual DealBook summit in New York City, Nov. 29, 2023.Michael M. Santiago | Getty ImagesThe U.S. National Labor Relations Board has filed a complaint against SpaceX, alleging that Elon Musk's defense contract...