OpenAI abandons plan to become for-profit company
San Francisco (AFP) - OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced Monday that the company behind ChatGPT will continue to be run ...
Monday, February 16, 2026
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Meta quarterly profit climbs despite big cloud spending
San Francisco (AFP) - Tech giant Meta on Wednesday reported quarterly profits that were well above expectations, brushing aside market ...
ChatGPT adds shopping help, intensifying Google rivalry
San Francisco (AFP) - OpenAI announced Monday that ChatGPT is now helping users find products online, enhancing its challenge to ...
Xi says China must ‘overcome’ AI chip challenges
Beijing (AFP) - President Xi Jinping said China must "overcome" the challenges of developing core AI technologies including high-end chips, ...
Alphabet quarterly earnings lifted by cloud and AI
San Francisco (AFP) - Google parent Alphabet on Thursday reported profit of $34. 5 billion in the recently ended quarter, ...
Taiwan’s TSMC says net profit rose 60.3% in first quarter
Taipei (AFP) - Taiwanese chipmaking titan TSMC reported Thursday a surge in net profit for the first quarter and forecast ...
Danish brewer adds AI ‘colleagues’ to human team
Fakse (Denmark) (AFP) - They have names, faces and email addresses, but the five new colleagues at Denmark's Royal Unibrew ...
AI surge to double data centre electricity demand by 2030: IEA
Paris (AFP) - Electricity consumption by data centres will more than double by 2030, driven by artificial intelligence applications that ...
Computer pioneer Microsoft turns 50 in the age of AI
San Francisco (AFP) - Microsoft has been at the heart of computing for half a century, becoming a tech stalwart ...
Tech firms fight to stem deepfake deluge
Las Vegas (AFP) - Tech firms are fighting the scourge of deepfakes, those deceptively realistic voices or videos used by ...
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