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OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever launches rival AI firm Safe Superintelligence
Corning stock surges thanks to AI boost for its optics business
Microsoft has exited OpenAI board
AMD has bought a European AI lab for $665mln
Yandex founder launches AI business Nebius
IBM shares rise quickly as AI-boosted financials beat expectations
Microsoft hit as strong financials failed to meet high AI expectations
AMD stock soared as AI demand sees financials exceed expectations
Lloyds Bank upped its AI efforts, hiring Amazon exec
Meta raised $10.5bn in bond market to fund further AI investments
UK watchdog quibbles with Amazon’s Anthropic investment
Amazon-backed AI firm Anthropic sued by authors
Telescope.io launches AI tools for stock trading firm IG
Get ready for the aiPhone: OpenAI acquires Jony Ive startup for $6.4bn
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