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How Tech’s Biggest Companies Are Offloading the Risks of the A.I. Boom

The data centers used for work on artificial intelligence can cost tens of billions to build. Tech giants are finding ways to avoid being on the hook for some of those costs.

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In A.I. Boom, Venture Capital Firms Are Raising Loads More Money

Lightspeed Venture Partners, a Silicon Valley venture firm, has amassed more than $9 billion to invest in artificial intelligence. That is its biggest haul.

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Roomba Maker iRobot Files for Bankruptcy, With Chinese Supplier Taking Control

Founded in 1990 by three M.I.T. researchers, iRobot introduced its vacuum in 2002. Its restructuring will turn the company over to its largest creditor.

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX Valued at $800 Billion, as It Prepares to Go Public

A sale of insider shares at $421 a share would make Mr. Musk’s rocket company the most valuable private company in the world, as it readies for a possible initial public offering next year.

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Elon Musk Tests Europe’s Willingness to Enforce Its Online Laws

Backed by White House officials, the tech billionaire has lashed out at the European Union after his social media platform X was fined last week.

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Can OpenAI Respond After Google Closes the A.I. Technology Gap?

A new technology release from OpenAI is supposed to top what Google recently produced. It also shows OpenAI is engaged in a new and more difficult competition.

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Disney Agrees to Bring Its Characters to OpenAI’s Sora Videos

The deal is a watershed for Hollywood, which has been trying to sort through the possible harms and upsides of generative artificial intelligence.

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Meta’s New A.I. Superstars Are Chafing Against the Rest of the Company

An us-versus-them mentality has emerged between Meta’s top artificial intelligence team and longtime lieutenants to Mark Zuckerberg.

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Does the Job of C.E.O. or Private Investor Come First? Intel’s Chief Is Juggling That Question.

Lip-Bu Tan, who was appointed chief executive of Intel in March, is also a longtime venture capitalist. His dual roles have caused some consternation.

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Taiwan Invokes National Security Law to Protect TSMC Trade Secrets

An executive left TSMC for Intel. Taiwan’s government says that could threaten its national security.

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