AI Builds Itself as the Spending Boom Accelerates

Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow breaks down Anthropic's finding that its Claude chatbot is leading 26% of its AI research and development, even as the global debate around AI heats up. Plus, SoftBank is closing out the week with nearly $21 billion in potential fresh borrowings as it builds out its AI financi…

OpenAI Reports New AI Safety Incidents; AI CEOs Weigh In on AI Debate

Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow breaks down OpenAI's new plan to track when things go wrong after revealing new cases of its AI models going off-script. Plus, Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi and machine learning pioneer Andrew Ng weigh in on the global AI safety debate; meanwhile in Silicon Valley, the immediate f…

Meta CEO Weighs In On AI Safety Debate

Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow breaks down Mark Zuckerberg's call for AI labs to rely on independent evaluators and advisers to ensure models are safe. Plus, OpenAI is said to be in early talks with investors about a new funding round that could value the ChatGPT maker at more than $1.2 trillion, and Impuls…

AI’s Biggest Players Debate a Frontier Slowdown

Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow breaks down calls from AI for a slower pace at the frontier, arguing safety needs time to catch up with increasingly powerful models. The debate is reaching Washington and Wall Street, with AI-linked stocks under pressure as investors weigh what slower development could mean f…

Oracle’s Cloud Growth; Debate Around AI Risks

Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow breaks down Oracle's latest results and how they are helping ease concerns around the company's massive AI infrastructure buildout. Plus, the debate around AI's societal risks and the backlash against the global data center build-out grow louder.

Apple’s Ternus Era Starts the iPhone Duo

Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow discusses Apple's iPhone Duo with Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, from its anticipated reception with consumers to what it means for Apple's new era under CEO John Ternus. Plus, the AI chip race is moving to inference, and Elon Musk's Boring Co. reaches a $23 billion valuation.

Apple Kicks Off Terns Era with First Foldable Phone

Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow is live from Apple Park in Cupertino for what could be the iPhone Maker's most consequential product launch in years, with John Ternus making his first major public appearance as Apple CEO - and all eyes on Apple's highly anticipated first foldable iPhone, marking the biggest …

Qualcomm Signs Deal to Provide Amazon With Custom AI Chips

Bloomberg’s Riley Griffin breaks down Qualcomm's deal signing up Amazon as a data center chip customer, an agreement that will span "multiple generations." Meanwhile, another deal falls apart after Anthropic decides against acquiring AI startup Decart AI; and all eyes are on Apple as the company ki…

Anthropic Builds Its War Chest Ahead of IPO

Bloomberg’s Lisa Mateo takes a look at Anthropic as it finalizes an expansion of its revolving credit facility to $15 billion before its anticipated public filing. Plus, a look at the latest US jobs report showing the IT sector shed 23,000 jobs in August; and Apple is kicking off the John Ternus er…

Special Edition: OpeanAI CEO Sam Altman Talks GPT-6 Astra Debut, Going Public

OpenAI CEO and co-founder Sam Altman discusses the rollout of GPT-6 Astra, the company's latest AI model, and says the tech industry has done a terrible job of communicating the benefits of AI. Speaking with Bloomberg Tech co-host Ed Ludlow as heard live on Bloomberg TV and Radio, Altman also says …