President Donald Trump and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Just Delivered Fantastic News for Oracle Investors
Oracle looks like a big winner from the new Stargate Project. The tech giant began working more closely with OpenAI last summer. Oracle is outgrowing leaders like Amazon in cloud-infrastructure revenue.
OpenAI in focus after launching direct competitor to Amazon-backed Anthropic
OpenAI announced a preview of Operator, an artificial intelligence agent, that will collaborate with a wide range of commerce-driven companies.
OpenAI Introduces Operator To Automate Specific Tasks
OpenAI added to its ChatGPT a feature to automate tasks such as planning vacations, filling out forms, making restaurant reservations and ordering groceries. TakeAway Points: Operator, dubbed “an agent that can go to the web to accomplish tasks for you,
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Anthropic Snags Another $1B From Amazon; OpenAI Joins Data Center Push
Competitors Anthropic and OpenAI continue to refuse to take a back seat to each other when it comes to headline-grabbing news. We take a look at what they're up to now.

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OpenAI seeks to block Indian media groups from copyright lawsuit
OpenAI trying to contain major media copyright suit in India
OpenAI sought to block major Indian media companies owned by billionaires Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani from joining a copyright lawsuit that has the potential to set a precedent around fair use in the country,
OpenAI urges Delhi court to dismiss book publishers' copyright plea
Democratic lawmakers pen letter accusing Meta, OpenAI, Google and more of trying to 'buy favor' with Trump
Meta, Apple, Google and other tech companies have been named in a letter penned by Democratic lawmakers, accusing them of cozying up to President-elect Trump.
OpenAI chief Altman says DeepSeek's R1 model 'impressive'
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called Chinese startup DeepSeek's R1 AI model "impressive" on Monday, but emphasized that OpenAI believes greater computing power was key to their own success.
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FTC examines AI deals between Microsoft & OpenAI, Amazon, Google & Anthropic
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Friday found that the partnerships between Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Alphabet's (NASDAQ:GOOGL)(NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google with OpenAI ...
This Week in AI: OpenAI gains an invaluable infrastructure advantage
In this edition of TC's AI newsletter, This Week in AI, we talk about OpenAI's new Stargate joint venture and what it means for AI rivals.
FTC raises antitrust concerns over Microsoft $13bn investment in OpenAI
The commission noted that the investment may extend Microsoft's dominance in cloud computing into the emerging AI market.
Microsoft Has A Unique Consumer AI Opportunity, With Or Without OpenAI
Microsoft gains $4.5 billion of annual revenue for every $1 increase in monthly fees from Microsoft 365/Office users. Read why MSFT stock is a Buy.
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DeepSeek says its newest AI model, Janus-Pro, can outperform OpenAI's DALL-E
Microsoft Probing If DeepSeek-Linked Group Improperly Obtained OpenAI Data
Microsoft Corp. and OpenAI are investigating whether data output from OpenAI’s technology was obtained in an unauthorized manner by a group linked to Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek,
OpenAI investigating whether DeepSeek improperly obtained data
OpenAI is examining whether Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup DeepSeek improperly obtained data from its models to build a popular new AI assistant, a spokesperson confirmed to The Hill. The ChatGPT maker said it is “reviewing indications that DeepSeek may have inappropriately distilled” its models.