Deutsche Bank is using artificial intelligence to accelerate corporate lending decisions, reducing the time required for some smaller business applications from weeks to minutes. The initiative highlights how established banks are integrating AI into core operations while maintaining oversight of credit risk, cybersecurity and accountability. ◉ Faster lending decisions: Some decisions for smaller corporate borrowers
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SpaceX’s reported $40 billion debt financing for advanced AI chips highlights the enormous cost of expanding computing capacity, while raising new questions about credit access, capital intensity and the long-term economics of artificial intelligence. ◉ $40 billion for chips: Elon Musk says SpaceX has secured debt financing to purchase graphics processing units used in AI
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Short description: Alphabet, Microsoft and Amazon enter a critical earnings week as investors demand clearer evidence that the artificial intelligence boom can generate sustainable profits. With global spending on data centres and computing infrastructure accelerating, the focus is shifting from AI adoption to revenue growth, operating margins and returns on capital. ◉ AI investment reaches
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Short Description Artificial intelligence enters a decisive week as Microsoft, Alphabet and Amazon prepare to report earnings amid unprecedented investment in computing infrastructure. With data-centre spending rising, electricity demand increasing and investors questioning the financial returns from AI, the technology sector faces a critical test: can commercial growth keep pace with the cost of building
A new voice-AI model from Block is pushing conversational technology closer to the rhythm of human speech. Called Dessa, the research system can listen and respond directly through audio, handling interruptions and expressive vocal cues without relying on the conventional text-first pipeline. Its demonstrations point to new possibilities for digital assistants—and renewed questions about how
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Robotics and physical artificial intelligence are emerging as major destinations for venture capital, as investors look beyond software and toward machines capable of performing work in the physical world. Robotics and physical AI startups attracted a reported $33.4 billion in funding during the first half of 2026. The acceleration reflects growing confidence that advances in
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South Korea’s financial sector is moving beyond experimenting with artificial intelligence and into direct investment in the companies building it. JB Financial Group’s latest deal with Upstage illustrates how banks are seeking not only to adopt AI tools, but also to help shape the technology and business models that could transform financial services. A $30
South Korean AI infrastructure company Elice Group suffered a sharp stock-market debut on October 20, with shares falling as much as 32% below their initial public offering price. The sell-off came despite strong demand for the offering, which raised approximately $150 million, highlighting a growing divide between enthusiasm for artificial intelligence and investors’ willingness to
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US stock futures moved higher on Monday, October 19, as artificial intelligence shares recovered from the previous week’s sell-off. Gains in Nvidia, Broadcom and CoreWeave helped lift sentiment ahead of the opening bell, while lower oil prices and declining Treasury yields provided additional support. The recovery comes after renewed pressure on AI-related equities raised questions
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Artificial intelligence is moving deeper into pharmaceutical research, changing how companies identify drug targets, design molecules and decide which experiments to run. The opportunity extends beyond speeding up laboratory work: AI could help pharmaceutical companies reduce costly research bottlenecks and improve the odds of developing medicines that succeed in clinical trials. A new industry analysis
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Europe’s industrial heavyweights are making multibillion-dollar bets on artificial intelligence, seeking to turn decades of engineering expertise and factory data into a competitive advantage as demand for AI data centres accelerates. Schneider Electric, Siemens and ABB are pursuing different strategies. Schneider is expanding aggressively into industrial software, Siemens is combining engineering with advanced simulation and
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Artificial intelligence is moving closer to the heart of investing, with AI agents increasingly capable of researching stocks, developing trading strategies and potentially placing orders on behalf of investors. Charles Schwab CEO Rick Wurster believes the technology could make investing more efficient, but warns that handing an AI system unrestricted control over a portfolio is
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