The battle of the AI chatbots has stepped up a notch after Chinese search giant Baidu unveiled its much-anticipated rival to ChatGPT. The company showed off Ernie (short for “enhanced representation through knowledge integration”), which analysts believe could be Beijing’s strongest competitor in a crowded field dominated by US firms. ChatGPT is made by the
In this article 92S-FF Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A logo for Chinese ride-hailing platform Didi is illuminated outside company headquarters on Jan. 21, 2022 in Hangzhou, China. Shen Longquan | Visual China Group | Getty Images Didi is planning to expand this year, the company said Thursday, as the regulatory crackdown on the
Atom Bank, the app-based lender, has kicked off a search for a new chair as preparations for a long-awaited public listing of its shares gather pace. Sky News has learnt that Atom Bank has hired Spencer Stuart, the headhunting firm, to identify a successor to Bridget Rosewell, who has chaired it since 2018. City sources
The government will have to find money to increase public sector pay or face consequences in its services, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has warned. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt outlined his spring budget on Wednesday, with promises of additional free childcare for working families and the scrapping of limits on pension pots to encourage people
Tesla Supercharger V4 has been revealed to have the potential to be twice as powerful as the previous generation. We are finally starting to get a little more information about the specs of the Supercharger V4, the latest generation of Tesla’s popular DC fast-charging station. Last year, we reported on Tesla’s Supercharger V4 design being revealed
Energy stocks were slammed Wednesday as U.S. oil prices plunged to their lowest levels since December 2021. The extent of the decline in West Texas Intermediate crude — down 5.5% to under $67 per barrel — seems overdone in an energy market that remains structurally undersupplied. However, we’re not ready to step in right here
Alphabet’s Glass being used in manufacturing Alphabet Google has stopped selling its Glass Enterprise smart glasses, the company announced on Wednesday on its website. Google will also stop supporting its software in September, the company said. The move is the end of the line for one of the first — and still one of the
The US says the drone which crashed into the Black Sea after encountering two Russian fighter jets will not provide intelligence of any value should Moscow attempt to recover its wreckage. Russian officials have said they will seek to find whatever is left of the MQ-9 Reaper, which was downed on Tuesday. Sergei Naryshkin, head
Marilyn Schaffer, CEO of XTM Inc. XTMIF PAID 7XT , was recently interviewed by Benzinga. XTM is an innovator in the fintech space. Its main offering is the Today platform that makes it simple and easy for businesses in the service industry and hospitality industries to pay their employees daily. That means workers get their
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Stop me if youve heard this one before: Well-placed Republican insiders are mobilizing to block Donald Trump from winning the GOP presidential nomination. For instance, Trump is conspicuously excluded from the roster of potential 2024 candidates whom the Club for Growth has invited to speak this weekend at a retreat the conservative group is hosting
Bitcoin is in the midst of a bump & run reversal which demands serious upside, argues Capriole CEO, Charles Edwards. 5221 Total views 11 Total shares Listen to article 0:00 Markets News Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFT Bitcoin (BTC) is setting up a classic trading move, which could see
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosis message at the annual South by Southwest festival could be summarized in three words: Follow the money. Pelosi uttered that specific phraseand similar versions of itseveral times during her interview with Evan Smith, a contributing writer at The Atlantic, as part of the magazines Future of Democracy summit this morning
BlackRock Inc BLK is reportedly selling its robo-advisory company FutureAdvisor to Ritholtz Wealth Management. What Happened: FutureAdvisor informed retail clients that the New York-based Ritholtz will acquire it, reported Insider, citing an email sent to clients. Ritholtz confirmed the companys acquisition but did not disclose the details of the deal, according to the report. After
Ford teases its new mid-size electric SUV, based on Volkswagen’s MEB platform, in a newly posted video. The EV is set for release a week from Tuesday, on March 21, 2023. Ford’s new MEB-based EV teased in new video After a big year in 2022, selling 61,575 EVs and growing to become the second largest
Russia announced that it would cut oil production by 500,000 barrels per day in March after the West slapped price caps on Russian oil and oil products. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images The International Energy Agency on Wednesday said Russia’s oil export revenues fell sharply in February, prompted by bans and price
Banking stocks are enduring fresh, steep losses on Wednesday as concern over the health of US banks crosses the Atlantic. Credit Suisse shares plunged to new record lows following comments by its largest investor that it could not provide the Swiss bank with more financial assistance. Switzerland’s second-largest bank, no stranger to crisis over the
In this article BTC.CM= Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Bitcoin is up 50% so far in 2023, beating major commodities and stock indexes. Industry insiders said the bank collapses have sent investors looking for alternatives to the traditional banking system and there is also anticipation of a slowdown in interest rate rises, which is
The US and Russia have different accounts of what caused an American drone to crash into the Black Sea on Tuesday. It is the first time the two powers have come into direct contact since the Ukraine war started last year. ‘Something clearly went wrong’; follow Ukraine latest American officials say two Russian fighter jets
Police in Vienna have put more armed officers on the streets after intelligence suggested a possible Islamist terror attack was being planned against churches. “There is a nonspecific threat of an assault against churches,” police in the Austrian capital tweeted. “If there is a concrete danger for the population at a concrete location, Vienna police