Rob Sechan recommends buying Alphabet Inc on CNBC's Halftime Report Final Trades, citing its strong performance and low price. Ericsson and Alphabet teamed up for new software platform. NB Private Wealth's CIO picks iShares U.S. Energy ETF. Schlumberger, UnitedHealth also mentioned.
Demis Hassabis of Google Deepmind predicts AI will require universal high income to distribute wealth. Debate rages on with both supporters and critics.
As of January 2025, the global nuclear arsenal has grown to 12,241 warheads, with Russia and the U.S. possessing nearly 90% of them. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) warns that a new arms race is looming, made more dangerous by rapid technological advancements such as AI.
Reddit is now the second most-cited source in Google's AI Overviews, but analysts warn that the resulting traffic—mostly from logged-out users—may do little to boost the company's ad revenue or profitability.
Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) Google is planning to end its business relationship with Scale AI after its rival, Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: META), acquired a 49% stake in the AI data-labeling startup.
Ben Mann believes transformative AI will arrive after passing the economic Turing test which evaluates AI's ability to perform economically valuable tasks.
