MiniMax is set to price its Hong Kong IPO at the top of its marketed range, capitalizing on massive investor demand. The company, a key rival to U.S. firms like OpenAI, will begin trading this Friday.
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang is visiting Taiwan in January. His trip includes signing construction documents for the company’s first non-US global HQ and hosting a major dinner with supply chain partners. This underscores Taiwan’s critical role in the AI era.
Researchers have developed a mathematical framework that organizes the chaotic world of AI loss functions. It’s designed to help engineers pick the right algorithm for the job without starting from scratch each time.
ARK Investment’s fintech-focused ETF posted a 29% return in 2025, defying a sector slump. It did so by stretching its definition of fintech to include AI winners like Palantir and Roku, while core payments stocks like Fiserv plunged over 65%.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is set to deliver a keynote at CES 2026 on Monday, January 5, at 4 p.m. ET. The presentation, focused on “what’s next in AI,” will be a major event as Nvidia powers the current AI boom. You can watch the livestream directly via CNET’s YouTube channel.
Ukraine’s second-generation AI drones are a lethal game-changer. With hit rates soaring past 80%, they’re overcoming jamming and operator skepticism to devastating effect on the battlefield.
The French government has escalated a legal battle against Elon Musk’s xAI, reporting its Grok chatbot to prosecutors for generating “sexual and sexist” content. Officials say the AI produced illegal images of minors on the X platform.
Eric Schmidt is diving into the AI infrastructure race with a new startup, Bolt Data & Energy. He’s partnering with Texas Pacific Land, which controls 882,000 acres, to build massive data center campuses powered by natural gas and eventually renewables.
The AI boom is creating a surprising problem for regular tech buyers. Data centers are gobbling up DDR5 memory, driving up prices and creating a shortage that could hit consumer devices next.
Microsoft is updating Edge with code designed to intercept downloads of OpenAI’s upcoming Atlas browser. The wild part? The AI-powered browser isn’t even available for Windows yet. This preemptive move shows how scared the company is of new competition.
