Andreessen Horowitz co-founder Marc Andreessen says public anxiety about artificial intelligence is colliding with a very different reality in how people actually behave. In a new interview with Jen Kha, Andreessen says surveys and polls show widespread fear about AI’s impact, even as adoption accelerates beneath the surface. “If you run a survey or a poll of what, for example, American voters think about AI, it’s just like, they’re all in a total panic. It’s like, ‘Oh my God, this is terrible. This is awful. It’s gonna kill all the jobs, gonna ruin everything,’ the whole thing.” But when he…
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says calls for economic and technological decoupling between the United States and China ignore how deeply connected the two countries already are. In a new interview on the No Priors YouTube channel, Jensen Huang says he is optimistic that the relationship between Washington and Beijing can improve under a more pragmatic framework. Huang says he believes the Trump administration approaches China with realism rather than ideology. “I am optimistic that our relationship with China will improve. That President Trump and the administration have a really, really grounded and common-sense attitude about and philosophy around how to…
Former Coinbase CTO Balaji Srinivasan says advances in AI coding tools could fundamentally change how apps are built, distributed and monetized. In a new post on X, Srinivasan says Claude Code could unlock a wave of local and decentralized applications by making it easy to clone many cloud-based apps into versions that run entirely on a user’s own device. Claude Code is Anthropic’s agentic coding tool that lives in users’ terminals and helps them turn ideas into code. He says the shift is an extension of the “file over app” philosophy, which prioritizes portability and user control. “In 2026, Claude…
A top JPMorgan strategist is warning investors that the biggest risk in markets is not what people expect, but where excess has quietly built up. In a new Fox Business interview, JPMorgan Asset Management chief global strategist David Kelly says the stock market is pricing in too much optimism relative to the underlying economy, creating vulnerability if an unexpected shock hits. Kelly begins by stressing that surprise, not forecasted risk, is what historically drives major market downturns. “Something could go wrong. Frankly, something always goes wrong. People feel too gloomy about the economy, I get that. But I think the…
OpenAI is pushing ChatGPT deeper into personal health, rolling out a dedicated space designed to help users understand medical information and prepare for real-world care. In a new thread on X, OpenAI announces the launch of ChatGPT Health, a separate environment inside ChatGPT built specifically for health-related conversations. The company says the goal is to help users navigate healthcare decisions, not replace medical professionals. “Introducing ChatGPT Health — a dedicated space for health conversations in ChatGPT. You can securely connect medical records and wellness apps so responses are grounded in your own health information. Designed to help you navigate medical…
Anthropic is preparing another massive capital raise that would nearly double its valuation in a matter of months, underscoring the continued acceleration of funding at the top end of the AI market. According to people familiar with the matter, Anthropic plans to raise $10 billion at a pre-money valuation of roughly $350 billion, up sharply from the $183 billion valuation attached to its last major round just four months ago, the Wall Street Journal reports. The raise would mark Anthropic’s third megadeal in the past year and follows a $13 billion investment completed in September that cemented the company as…
Recent US college graduates are facing a structurally tougher job market, as artificial intelligence and a sharp pullback in tech hiring are squeezing entry-level opportunities. In a research briefing, Oxford Economics finds that rising unemployment among recent college graduates is not a cyclical blip, but the result of a deeper shift in how companies hire, particularly in technology and professional services. The report focuses on workers aged 22 to 27 with at least a bachelor’s degree and shows that this group has played an outsized role in the rise in unemployment since mid-2023. Although recent graduates account for only about…
Altimeter Capital says the AI trade is entering a phase where stock selection matters more than narratives, as infrastructure spending accelerates at a scale the market still underestimates. In a new CNBC interview, Brad Gerstner says the firm’s largest exposure is concentrated in AI infrastructure across chips, cloud platforms and data center operators. He reveals the core of Altimeter’s positioning, naming the companies where the firm sees the strongest risk-reward. “This is a stock picker’s market. So our biggest bet is in AI infrastructure: Nvidia, TSMC, Hynix, Samsung, Amazon, Microsoft, CoreWeave, Google. We think that we’re still very early in…
A YouTube creator with millions of followers says a highly sophisticated impersonation scam led multiple companies to ship $50,000 in e-bikes to a fraudster posing as him. In an update shared with his 2.73 million YouTube subscribers, Berm Peak’s Seth Alvo says the scammer successfully pretended to be him in detailed business negotiations, exploiting trust and familiarity built over years of public content. “Someone pretended to be me, and they successfully defrauded multiple bike companies, convincing them by email to ship tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of costly e-bikes to an address in North Carolina.” Alvo says impersonation attempts…
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI has secured one of the largest private funding rounds in technology history, signaling an aggressive escalation in the global race for frontier AI compute. xAI announces that it completed an upsized Series E funding round, raising $20 billion, exceeding its original $15 billion target as demand from investors surged. The round was backed by a mix of institutional and strategic capital, including Valor Equity Partners, StepStone Group, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Qatar Investment Authority, MGX and Baron Capital Group. Strategic investors in the round include Nvidia and Cisco, underscoring the central role hardware…
