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Microsoft faces reality check on AI ambitions as Copilot and Foundry struggle to meet goals

Insiders claim it has scaled back sales quotas, Redmond says that's false
Winners & losers: It's hard to argue that we aren't in the midst of an AI bubble – analysts and AI CEOs largely agree. While there are no signs of a crash yet, Microsoft may be the first company to show signs that it overestimated enterprise and consumer interest.
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Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison is building a media empire, with stakes in TikTok, CBS, CNN and more

Editor's take: Larry Ellison has spent decades shaping Silicon Valley through Oracle, the software company he co-founded in 1977. Now 81, and with a fortune that recently placed him among the richest people in the world, Ellison is moving in a new direction: media ownership. His investments, alongside those of his son, David, suggest ambitions that extend well beyond the corporate software world he helped define.
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Intel and Nvidia team up on Intel x86 RTX SoCs for future gaming PCs

Nvidia is also investing $5 billion into Intel
What just happened? Intel has received another massive investment from an unlikely source: Nvidia. Team Green is purchasing $5 billion in Intel common stock at $23.28 per share, part of a collaboration that will see the two companies jointly develop x86 system-on-chips – called Intel x86 RTX SoCs – that integrate Intel CPUs and Nvidia RTX GPU chiplets for a wide range of PCs. Intel will also be building custom x86 data center CPUs for Nvidia to integrate into its AI infrastructure platforms.