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Why the A.I. Boom Is Unlike the Dot-Com Boom

9 December 2025 at 11:31
Silicon Valley is again betting everything on a new technology. But the mania is not a reboot of the late-1990s frenzy.

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Ben Horowitz, a major A.I. venture capitalist, in 2019. “The clearest sign that we are not actually in a bubble is the fact that everyone is talking about a bubble,” he said.

New York Times Sues A.I. Start-Up Perplexity Over Use of Copyrighted Work

Filed in federal court on Friday, the suit joins more than 40 other court disputes between copyright holders and A.I. companies.

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The A.I. start-up Perplexity, led by Aravind Srinivas, has also been sued by Dow Jones, the owner of The Wall Street Journal.

Self-Driving Taxis Are Catching On. Are You Ready?

With the arrival of Amazon’s Zoox robot taxi in San Francisco to compete with Waymo, autonomous services are gaining momentum. But there are pros and cons.

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A Zoox driverless vehicle on a San Francisco street.

Jeff Bezos Creates A.I. Start-Up Where He Will Be Co-Chief Executive

17 November 2025 at 14:03
Called Project Prometheus, the company is focusing on artificial intelligence for the engineering and manufacturing of computers, automobiles and spacecraft.

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The new artificial intelligence project partly financed by Jeff Bezos is entering an increasingly crowded market.

OpenAI Signs $38 Billion Cloud Computing Deal With Amazon

3 November 2025 at 14:07
After signing agreements to use computing power from Nvidia, AMD and Oracle, OpenAI is teaming up with the world’s largest cloud computing company.

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Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, at the White House in September.

A.I. Spending Is Accelerating Among Tech’s Biggest Companies

31 October 2025 at 05:02
Despite the risk of a bubble, Google, Meta, Microsoft and Amazon plan to spend billions more on artificial intelligence than they already do.

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Google is among several big technology companies increasing their spending on data centers.

Amazon’s Profit Is Up 38% on Strong Performance

30 October 2025 at 18:03
After unexpectedly strong sales and profits across its consumer and cloud businesses, the tech giant said another strong quarter might be ahead.

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Amazon’s cloud computing complex in New Carlisle, Ind. The company reported that sales for that division were up 20 percent from a year earlier.

Amazon to Cut 14,000 White-Collar Jobs

28 October 2025 at 07:10
The company is looking to slash costs by “reducing bureaucracy, removing layers, and shifting resources” as it continues to spend aggressively on artificial intelligence.

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Amazon is looking to cut billions of dollars in its operating expenses

Cal State Invited Tech Companies to Remake Learning With A.I.

Spurred by titans like Amazon and OpenAI, California State wants to become the nation’s “largest A.I.-empowered” university.

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Participants of the California State University AI Camp 2025 at California Polytechnic State University campus.

Amazon’s AWS Disruption Creates Outages for Hundreds of Websites for Hours

20 October 2025 at 21:33
Amazon Web Services, a major provider of cloud services, cited a problem at its data center in Northern Virginia. The outage highlighted the fragility of global internet infrastructure.

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The Amazon Web Services pavilion at a trade fair in Hanover, Germany, in March.

AI Data Centers Create Fury From Mexico to Ireland

As tech companies build data centers worldwide to advance artificial intelligence, vulnerable communities have been hit by blackouts and water shortages.

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When Microsoft opened a data center in central Mexico last year, nearby residents said power cuts became more frequent. Water outages, which once lasted days, stretched for weeks.
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