The lending giant’s shares jumped on the news that it is buying First Republic. But investors are watching to see if the deal ends the regional banking crisis.
Category: Microsoft Corp
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When A.I. Chatbots Hallucinate
Ensuring that chatbots aren’t serving false information to users has become one of the most important and tricky tasks in the tech industry.
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First Republic Struggles to Find a Deal as Biden Officials Weigh a Response
The troubled lender is working on a lifeline, but time is running out.
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With Microsoft-Actvision Deal Block, How Often Do Mergers Fall Apart?
British officials blocked Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision, raising the question how often deals fall apart?
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China’s Search Engines Have More Than 66,000 Rules Controlling Content, Report Says
Researchers from the Citizen Lab, a cybersecurity research group, found that the most diligent censor in China is Microsoft’s search engine Bing, the only foreign search engine operating in the country.
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U.K. Watchdog Blocks Microsoft’s Bid to Buy Activision
The British antitrust watchdog blocked the takeover attempt, in a decision that will be closely watched in Washington and Brussels.
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U.K. Blocks Microsoft’s Activision Bid, a Blow to the Tech Giant
The decision barring the takeover of a big video game publisher is a major loss for Microsoft, which also faces pushback from U.S. regulators.
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Microsoft Beats Financial Expectations Despite Worries About Economy
Quarterly revenue was up 7 percent and profits were up 9 percent as the company embarked on an aggressive plan to embrace artificial intelligence.
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Reddit Wants to Get Paid for Helping to Teach Big A.I. Systems
The internet site has long been a forum for discussion on a huge variety of topics, and companies like Google and OpenAI have been using it in their A.I. projects.