Artificial intelligence has become one of the most complicated investment stories of the modern technology cycle. Consumers remain divided, with concerns about job displacement, privacy, misinformation and the reliability of increasingly powerful models. Yet beneath that uncertainty, an enormous amount of capital continues to flow into the companies building the physical and financial infrastructure required […] The post AI’s Real Gold Rush Is Happening Behind the Screens appeared first on Tekedia.

Anthropic is considering launching a new artificial intelligence model to counter OpenAI’s growing momentum following the release of GPT-6 Astra, three people familiar with the company’s plans told Reuters, as the AI developer prepares for a potential initial public offering and weighs how aggressively to spend on new products. The deliberations come at an awkward […] The post Anthropic Weighs New AI Model As OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra Threatens Enterprise Lead appeared first on Tekedia.

WSO2 today announced the general availability of WSO2 Agent Manager, an open control plane that governs AI agents across any framework, model, or deployment, helping enterprises put agents in production with confidence and regain control of agent sprawl. Fully open source and deployable anywhere, Agent Manager gives enterprises complete sovereignty over how they manage their […]

Paramount and 12 US states challenging its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery could reach a settlement as soon as this weekend, with independent monitoring of CNN’s content and commitments on theatrical film releases among the terms under discussion, according to people familiar with the talks cited by Reuters. The negotiations could remove a […] The post Paramount, States Weigh CNN Oversight In Possible Deal To Clear $110bn Warner Bros. Takeover appeared first on Tekedia.

Wall Street’s enthusiasm over strong corporate earnings and the AI investment boom may face a tougher test next year, as Goldman Sachs warns that the forces responsible for a large share of the S&P 500’s earnings growth in 2026 are unlikely to provide the same lift in 2027. Ben Snider, Goldman’s chief U.S. equity strategist, […] The post Goldman Sachs Warns AI Earnings Boom Is Losing Steam as S&P 500 Faces 2027 Reality Check appeared first on Tekedia.

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman has warned that the artificial intelligence industry could be heading toward a point where sophisticated systems become difficult for their creators to control, adding his voice to a growing group of technology leaders calling for greater restraint and stronger safeguards around frontier AI. “It’s surreal that I have to say […] The post Microsoft AI Chief Suleyman Warns Controlling Advanced AI Will Be a ‘Really, Really Big Challenge’ appeared first on Tekedia.

China’s artificial intelligence boom could deepen and prolong the economy’s long-running imbalance between strong industrial supply and weak domestic demand, a central bank adviser said, highlighting a growing tension between the country’s push to expand high-tech production and its struggle to get households spending more. Huang Yiping, a member of the People’s Bank of China’s […] The post China’s AI Boom Risks Worsening Supply-Demand Imbalance, Central Bank Adviser Warns appeared first on Tekedia.

China’s market regulator has opened investigations into several major online travel and hotel-booking platforms, including units of Meituan and Alibaba, over suspected violations of unfair competition laws, widening Beijing’s scrutiny of an industry it sees as important to both consumer spending and digital-market competition. The Beijing branch of the State Administration for Market Regulation is […] The post China Widens Online Travel Crackdown, Investigates Meituan and Alibaba Units appeared first on Tekedia.

Think running an online store is cheap? Most new retailers do. Free store rent. No store employees. Low electricity costs. Here’s the problem: Money doesn’t vanish…. it just moves.  If you don’t know where it goes your profit slowly leaks away one petty expense at a time. This post explains exactly where your money goes […] The post The Economics of Running an Online Store: Where the Money Really Goes appeared first on Tekedia.

I have been building things since my days at FUT Owerri, where we launched the university’s first campus FM radio station. In industry, I served as a global lead ASIC design engineer, helping to develop the inertial sensors used in the early versions of the iPhone. I also invented a wafer-level chip-scale packaging technology for […] The post ContiSX Opens Pre-order for ContiSX Phones appeared first on Tekedia.

Volkswagen is considering more than 4,000 additional job cuts at Porsche as part of its most sweeping restructuring yet, highlighting the depth of the crisis facing the German automaker as weak Chinese demand and a costly shift in electric vehicles weigh on its most prestigious brands. Documents detailing a recent agreement by Volkswagen’s supervisory board […] The post Volkswagen Plans More Than 4,000 More Porsche Job Cuts as Profit Crisis Deepens appeared first on Tekedia.

TikTok and its Chinese parent ByteDance have hit a setback in their proposed $400 million settlement with the U.S. Justice Department after a federal judge indicated he would reject a key part of the agreement involving a long-running privacy consent decree. U.S. District Judge George H. Wu in Los Angeles said Friday that he was […] The post Judge Signals Setback for TikTok’s $400 Million U.S. Privacy Settlement appeared first on Tekedia.

Artificial intelligence could raise productivity across Europe by about 1% over the next five years, but the gains are likely to be uneven and could widen inequality, put additional pressure on electricity networks and deepen Europe’s reliance on foreign technology, according to an International Monetary Fund paper. The paper, prepared for an informal meeting of […] The post IMF Says AI Could Lift Europe’s Productivity 1% But Deepen Inequality and Energy Strain appeared first on Tekedia.

Artificial intelligence is no longer simply a tool for generating images. It is becoming a subject through which artists are questioning memory, ecology, identity, ownership and humanity’s responsibility toward technology. A series of exhibitions and cultural events involving artists including Ryan Koopmans, Alice Wexell, Auriea Harvey and Refik Anadol illustrates how rapidly AI and digital […] The post AI Art Enters a New Era of Memory, Ecology and Onchain Culture appeared first on Tekedia.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has firmly rejected predictions that artificial intelligence could end the world by 2030, stating there is a 0% chance of that outcome. In an exclusive interview with CBS News Huang said he questioned the motivations behind some of the more alarming AI predictions, suggesting political interests could drive them, attempts to […] The post Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Says There’s Zero Chance AI Ends the World by 2030 appeared first on Tekedia.

Volkswagen has warned of up to €10 billion ($11.5 billion) in one-off costs, most of them linked to struggling sports car unit Porsche, deepening a crisis at the world’s second-largest automaker and underscoring the growing pressure on Europe’s industrial giants from a rapidly changing global market. The profit warning comes just two weeks after Volkswagen […] The post Volkswagen Flags €10 Billion Costs As Porsche Crisis Deepens And China Pressure Intensifies appeared first on Tekedia.

Palantir CEO Alex Karp has reignited one of the most contentious debates surrounding artificial intelligence: whether calls for stronger AI safety regulation are primarily about protecting society from powerful technologies or, as Karp argues, protecting AI companies from the legal consequences of what their systems may eventually do. Karp’s criticism targets what he describes as […] The post AI Safety, Liability and the Nationalization Debate appeared first on Tekedia.

The total cryptocurrency market capitalization has climbed by more than $210 billion since the U.S. Senate failed to advance the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act. Bitcoin rebounded above the $81,000 mark, trading as high as $81,907, and extending a sharp recovery that has triggered a strong rally in crypto-linked stocks. The recovery comes after Bitcoin […] The post Crypto Market Cap Gains Over $210 Billion Since CLARITY Act Failed in Senate appeared first on Tekedia.

Humanoid robots could become capable of carrying out most general-purpose tasks from verbal instructions as early as next year, but putting machines to work reliably inside homes will take significantly longer, according to the co-founder and chief scientist of Chinese robotics company Spirit AI. The prediction comes as China’s humanoid robotics industry shifts its focus […] The post Chinese Robotics Firm Says Humanoids Could Follow Verbal Instructions For Most Tasks By 2027, Reaching a “ChatGPT Moment.” appeared first on Tekedia.

How to Buy Dangote Refinery Shares Without Getting Scammed The Dangote refinery share sale opened on Monday, September 14. Within 30 minutes, Bamboo was seeing about 10 times its normal traffic, and Cowrywise and InvestNaija users also had trouble getting in. If you want to buy Dangote refinery shares online, the app is the easy part. The harder part is everything around it: the […] TechCity

Egypt’s bourse has granted a temporary listing to MNT Tech Holding for Financial Investments, the parent of fintech unicorn MNT-Halan, clearing the main regulatory hurdle before a Cairo debut. The EGX listing committee signed off at its 14 September meeting, covering issued capital of EGP160 million (about $3 million) split into 1.6 billion shares at […] The post MNT-Halan has six months to pull off Egypt’s biggest tech IPO appeared first on Tech In Africa.