A.I. models are becoming more than just chatbots—an important step in their evolution that will have repercussions for the global economy in 2026 and beyond, says Marco Argenti, Goldman Sachs’ chief information officer. “In my 40 years in technology, 2025 saw the biggest changes I have seen in my career,” Argenti says. “And what’s crazy is…
Jeff Bezos’ space company, Blue Origin, is the latest entrant into the booming satellite internet business. This week, it announced TeraWave, a megaconstellation project promising to deliver data speeds of up to 6 terabits per second (Tbps) anywhere on Earth—technology that could also lay the groundwork for future data centers in space. The move is…
OpenAI’s Jan. 16 announcement that it will introduce ads in some ChatGPT plans surprised even its closest competitors. Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis told Axios in Davos this week that while advertising has funded much of the consumer internet, “there’s a question about how ads fit into the [chatbot] model.” Hassabis added that Google has…
Much has been said about A.I.’s potential to replace jobs. But Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is more concerned about A.I. creating a labor shortage—at least in the short term. As tech companies race to build data centers across the U.S. and around the world, they will need tradespeople such as plumbers, electricians and construction workers…
A.I. assistants feel friendly because they remember. They keep a running list of preferences, pet peeves and half-finished ideas, enough to finish your sentence or book your flight. That convenience hides the real question: If your A.I. can remember you, who else can? Until recently, generative A.I. chatbots had shallow or fragmented memory, resetting context…
The Gates Foundation is teaming up with OpenAI on a $50 million initiative to strengthen A.I.-powered health care across Africa. The effort will begin in Rwanda and aims to reach 1,000 primary health clinics over the next two years. Much of the attention around A.I. in health care has focused on drug discovery, Gates noted…
As ChatGPT moves to encompass the full scope of health care, others are taking a more nuanced approach. One is Headlamp Health, whose new intelligence platform, Lumos AI, aims to advance a research field that has long stalled for drug developers, clinical trial researchers and clinicians working to solve complex mental health challenges in even…
The national security risks of selling A.I. chips to China far outweigh the benefits of spreading U.S. technology worldwide, according to Dario Amodei. The Anthropic founder and CEO is pushing back against recent policies that frame such sales as a way to integrate the technology of leading U.S. companies, such as Nvidia, into global ecosystems….
Automating the day-to-day work of customer service representatives, such as answering questions and troubleshooting issues, has long been one of enterprise A.I.’s most overworked promises. Early chatbots often failed to grasp basic context, and voice systems relied on rigid decision trees that collapsed the moment a customer strayed off script. “A.I.-powered CX (customer experience)” has…
Over the decades, financial markets have delivered repeated reminders that liquidity is never guaranteed. It may appear stable on paper, embedded neatly into models and stress tests, but in real-world conditions, liquidity behaves very differently. It is situational, fragile and often disappears precisely when it is needed most. Time and again, analysts and portfolio managers…
