Artificial Intelligence

• Google Plans to Double Spending Amid A.I. Race - Profits jumped 30 percent to $34.5 billion last quarter, and the tech giant is increasing its capital spending this year to as much as $185 billion.
• Bedrock, an A.I. Start-Up for Construction, Raises $270 Million - The year-old company, founded by veterans of the autonomous vehicle business Waymo, is seeking to automate excavators and other building equipment.
• AMD shares drop as forecast comes up short of some expectations - AMD's first-quarter forecast fell short of what some analysts were hoping for amid an AI spending boom.
• Chaos in Minneapolis Exposes an Internet at War With Truth - Technological advances and an erosion of trust have transformed the way news unfolds online, distorting shared reality.
• ‘They Couldn’t Break Me’: A Protester, the White House and a Doctored Photo - President Trump and the White House regularly circulate imagery that has been manipulated by A.I. But the photo of Nekima Levy Armstrong was different.
• Elon Musk Merges SpaceX With His A.I. Start-Up xAI - The deal further intermingles Mr. Musk’s companies and creates the most valuable private company on earth.
• Nvidia shares are down 2% after a report that its OpenAI investment stalled. Here's what's happening - Nvidia's Jensen Huang criticized OpenAI's business strategy as the chip giant plans to invest up to $100 billion into the AI startup, per reports.
• Move Fast, but Obey the Rules: China’s Vision for Dominating A.I. - Beijing wants to lead the world in developing cutting-edge artificial intelligence, but it also wants companies to adhere to an increasingly complex set of rules.
• The Richest 2026 Players: A.I., Crypto, Pro-Israel Groups and Trump - All have amassed enormous war chests, new filings show, making them the financial wild cards of this year’s midterm elections and feared political spenders.
• Silicon Valley is driving users to ditch keyboards and spend hours talking to their tech - People to ditch their keyboards for microphones.