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OpenAI reportedly finds evidence that more of its agents ran amok
Much has been made of the incident in which one of OpenAI’s agents broke out of its sandboxed test environment and proceeded to hack the AI hosting platform Hugging Face. OpenAI has since launched an investigation into how the incident…
Clear Street launches pre-IPO platform, lists AI giant Databricks
Close-up of Databricks company logo on building facade, Rincon Hill, San Francisco, June 7, 2024.Smith Collection/ gado | Archive Photos | Getty ImagesClear Street, the prime brokerage startup that recently shelved plans for its own IPO,…
Amazon collected $600 million in Trump tariff refunds
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds a printout of a news article picturing Amazon founder and Executive Chairman Jeff Bezos that reads 'Amazon partnered with China propaganda arm,' during the daily briefing in the White…
Reddit is testing a new way to watch — and listen to — its viral posts
Reddit is taking a cue from TikTok to bring viral stories to life through video. On Thursday’s second-quarter earnings call, the company said it’s been working on a new “video Reddit” experience that would not only allow users to watch…
South Korea’s Kospi, Samsung, SK Hynix: meltdown to record rebound
TOPSHOT - Currency dealers monitor exchange rates in a foreign exchange dealing room at the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul on February 2, 2026. South Korea's benchmark index Kospi tumbled more than five percent on February 2, in line…
Anthropic says its own AI models breached three companies during security tests
Anthropic said Thursday that an internal investigation uncovered three incidents in which its AI model Claude breached the systems of three organizations while conducting cybersecurity tests. The investigation, and disclosure, comes…
Amazon (AMZN) Q2 earnings report 2026
Amazon reported surging cloud growth during the second quarter, pointing to strong artificial intelligence demand, and the company boosted its capital spending forecast for the year. The stock shot up more than 10% in extended trading.…
Dili raises $21.7 million to bring AI compliance to the infrastructure boom
We already know that making AI work will mean bringing a lot of new data centers and power infrastructure online. But all those infrastructure projects may also need a bit of help from AI.
On Thursday, a new AI compliance company…
5 things to know before the stock market opens Thursday
This is CNBC's Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox.Happy Thursday. Fans of Starbucks' Refreshers are in luck: The coffee chain will start testing sparkling versions called "spritzers" in…
Microsoft (MSFT) Q4 earnings report 2026
Microsoft shares moved 8% higher in extended trading on Wednesday after the software maker disclosed strong fiscal fourth-quarter revenue and called for steady 2026 capital expenditures.Here's how the company did relative to LSEG…
Mark Zuckerberg predicts that billions of people will have personal AI agents in five years
Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is trying to sell investors on his prediction for the future — one where billions of people will have their own personal AI agents in the next five years. (Let’s hope that future also comes with data…
Altman to meet with White House’s Wiles ahead of AI framework deadline
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told CNBC on Wednesday that he has seen the proposed framework for implementing President Donald Trump's executive order on artificial intelligence, and that he will meet with Susie Wiles, the White House chief of…
As AI content floods the internet, Pangram raises $9M to detect it
New York-based AI detection startup Pangram is on a mission to combat the AI slop infestation spreading across the internet, and it just raised $9 million on a bet that demand for tools that distinguish human-generated content from…
Chip sell-off: SK Hynix, Samsung Electronics, SoftBank, ASML
A semiconductor wafer is on display at Touch Taiwan, an annual display exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan April 16, 2025. Ann Wang | ReutersTechnology stocks in Asia and Europe extended their sell-off on Wednesday, with semiconductor names…
SK Hynix second-quarter profit hits new high — but misses estimates
The logo of SK hynix is displayed on a glass wall during the 2026 World IT Show in Seoul on April 22, 2026. Jung Yeon-je | Afp | Getty ImagesSK Hynix on Wednesday posted another record quarterly profit, but missed analysts'…
Bot-detection startup Spur nabs $200M from Insight
Spur Intelligence, a cybersecurity startup based in Lake Mary, Florida, has raised a $200 million round led by Insight Partners.
Spur, founded by two former Defense Department engineers in 2017 — five years before ChatGPT’s public…
EBay, former execs to pay $56M in blogger harassment and stalking case
Signage at eBay headquarters in San Jose, California, U.S.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesEBay and several former executives have agreed to pay nearly $56 million in a settlement with a Massachusetts couple who were the…
Lyft and Baidu enter London’s robotaxi battleground as testing begins
Chinese tech giant Baidu has started testing autonomous vehicles in London as part of its partnership with Lyft and Freenow, the German taxi and multi-mobility app that Lyft now owns. Baidu is the latest in a string of companies to test…