(Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the Washington Post in an interview published on Tuesday that the White House did not inform him about a leak of secret U.S. documents that grabbed attention around the world last month. “I did not receive information from the White House or the Pentagon beforehand,” Zelenskiy was quoted…
By Medha Singh and Lisa Pauline Mattackal (Reuters) -Can inherently volatile cryptocurrencies become safe-havens? Apparently they can in some parts of the world, such as Argentina and Turkey, where soaring prices and tumbling local currencies have forced people to seek refuge in digital coins. Ownership of digital currencies in Turkey was the highest in the…
By Krystal Hu (Reuters) – Inflection AI, the artificial intelligence startup founded by LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and Google DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman, has released its first AI chatbot product, the company said on Tuesday. Similar to OpenAI’s viral chatbot ChatGPT, Inflection’s AI chatbot, named Pi, uses generative AI technology to interact with users through…
By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) -Lithium producer Livent Corp boosted its annual forecast on Tuesday after reporting better-than-expected quarterly profit, a bullish outlook fueled by rising prices and demand for the metal used to make electric vehicle batteries. Shares of the Philadelphia-based company, which has deals to supply the battery metal to General Motors Co, Tesla…
By Nandita Bose and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The chief executives of Alphabet Inc’s Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic will meet with Vice President Kamala Harris and top administration officials to discuss key artificial intelligence (AI) issues on Thursday, said a White House official. The invitation seen by Reuters to the CEOs noted President Joe…
By Akash Sriram (Reuters) -Match Group on Tuesday forecast second-quarter revenue below analysts’ expectations, but said it is seeing signs of growth at Tinder after it made changes at the dating platform. Tinder has undergone changes to product and marketing execution and though those optimizations are not visible yet in the financial results, it is…
By Hardik Vyas and Sheila Dang (Reuters) – Twitter’s attempt to implement a paid account verification service has attracted imposters spreading misinformation, which experts said could lead major brands to further pull back from the social media platform owned by billionaire Elon Musk. On April 20, Twitter moved to boost profits by removing the once-coveted…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -White House senior adviser John Podesta said Toyota Motor Corp “had been the laggard” on producing electric vehicles but is now “fully committed” after he met recently with senior company officials at the Japanese automaker. “I think they’re going to stick with plug-in hybrids for a while, maybe longer than…
By Yuvraj Malik (Reuters) -Uber Technologies Inc forecast quarterly core earnings above estimates on Tuesday, after a surge in demand for travel and food delivery helped the U.S. ride-sharing giant report better-than-expected results for the January-March period. Shares of the company rose 7% and helped drive small gains in those of rival Lyft Inc, which…
By Blake Brittain (Reuters) -A U.S. judge in California on Monday declared a mistrial in Masimo Corp’s smartwatch trade secret lawsuit against Apple Inc after jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict in the potential billion-dollar case. A Masimo spokesperson said in a statement that the company was “disappointed that the jury was unable to…
