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Live blog recap: Nvidia's blowout earnings send the Nasdaq higher
Shares jumped 8.7% in their biggest single-day move since April 2025 as Wall Street digested a 15th straight beat-and-raise quarter.
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Research
Stanford's 2026 AI Index: 88% of organizations now use AI, but gains are lopsided
The annual report finds corporate AI investment jumped 130% to nearly $582 billion, even as PwC data cited in the study shows…
Research
New preprint tests whether AI agents can actually do open-ended research
Princeton's Sayash Kapoor built a framework to evaluate AI research agents directly, and found a wide gap between narrow task performance and…
Investigations
FTC opens inquiry into seven companies over AI chatbots and child safety
OpenAI, Meta, Alphabet, Snap, Instagram, X.AI and Character Technologies must answer how their companion chatbots are tested and monitored around minors.
Documentaries
'The AI Doc' heads to Netflix after becoming one of Sundance's most talked-about premieres
Oscar winner Daniel Roher's documentary weighs AI as either humanity's salvation or existential risk, featuring Sam Altman, Demis Hassabis and AI critics…
Documentaries
'Ghost in the Machine' turns its cameras on AI hype and calls it a 'Molotov cocktail'
Director Valerie Veatch's Sundance documentary traces AI's rise through the arc of technological history, earning a 76% critics' score.
Video
YouTube doubles the bar for new creators to get monetized
Starting in 2027, Partner Program applicants will need 8,000 watch hours or 20 million Shorts views — twice today's thresholds.
Video
YouTube is reportedly paying top creators millions to stay off Netflix
Bloomberg reports the platform is dangling guaranteed payments and production financing — and allegedly freezing out creators who sign with rivals.
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Starship's tenth test flight reaches orbit despite damage to both stages
SpaceX deployed Starlink simulators and relit a Raptor engine in space, but a chill-line issue triggered an explosion during Ship 37's reentry.
Analysis
Why 'AI that researches itself' is further off than the hype suggests
A new preprint from Princeton's Sayash Kapoor argues today's models can sharpen existing algorithms but aren't close to running open-ended research on…
Editorial
Opinion: AI guardrails that fold under a simple lie aren't guardrails
Cisco Talos found attackers defeating AI coding tools just by claiming authorization. The industry's safety messaging hasn't caught up to that reality.
Editorial
Opinion: Should a judge actually break up Google's ad business?
The DOJ wants Google to divest its ad exchange. Google says lighter rules will do. Both sides have a real case.