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Asian benchmarks decline after AI worries send Wall Street tumbling

TOKYO — Japan’s stock benchmark tumbled more than 6% after trading opened Friday, and other Asian stocks also declined following a widespread sell-off of issues related to artificial intelligence on Wall Street.

OpenAI is stepping back from NDAs for data center projects

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Airbnb is working on an AI travel agent

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Nvidia CEO called in by lawmakers over ties to alleged Chinese spy

They are seeking answers on Nvidia's protocols to protect itself from foreign adversaries.

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Markets are reeling in the aftermath of the midterms as investors, already nervous about the artificial intelligence build-out, weigh the implications of voter hostility toward data centers. Thursday saw the largest one-day destruction of value, about $2.5 trillion, in the history of the Nasdaq.

Open AI makes pledges on data center operation after midterm backlash

Paraguay’s president, Santiago Peña, resigned Thursday after millions of his country’s citizens lost access to their bank accounts because of the implosion of a digital lender to which he had until recently been tied.

Airbnb says it's launching an AI travel agent in the first half of 2027

Airbnb says its upcoming AI agent will help travelers plan trips, compare options, manage bookings, and get assistance throughout their stay.

And I say, hey-ey-ey, hey-ey-ey, I said, hey, what’s going on?

Today I was on the phone with someone who suggested maybe the AI bubble was bursting and that was what was going on with AI stocks. Well, maybe! I don’t know! I’ve seen a lot of attempts to explain why the market was up yesterday and is down today and this is the best one of the bunch.

Perplexity launches its own take on AI agents for work

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Google: Schools can keep search while skipping Gemini, but AI search is non-negotiable

Google is technically offering schools more choice but not the choices anyone wants.

Lawsuit: Man introduced his wife to ChatGPT. She used it to plan his murder.

Bitter energy drinks turned out to be ChatGPT-steered poisoning, lawsuit says.

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