Several AI applications can be seen on your smartphone screen, including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Microsoft Copilot, Meta AI, Grok, DeepSeek, and more.
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While money continues to flow into artificial intelligence companies, it is flowing out of AI stocks.
Again, it looks like a scenario where the left hand scratches the right hand; microsoft and Nvidia plans to invest a total of $15 billion in Anthropic, while OpenAI’s competitors have committed to purchasing computing power from two new stakeholders. At the moment, it seems like most of the AI news can be summarized as “company X invests in company Y, and company Y buys from company X.”
Okay, that’s unfair. In the world of AI, there are many developments that are aimed at development rather than investment. google announced the third version of its AI model, Gemini, and Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google’s AI arm DeepMind, said it “takes over platitudes and flattery to get real insights” (though I still want an AI chatbot to compliment my curiosity when I ask how to cut a pear, so I’m not sure if that’s a pro for me).
However, investors remain skeptical about AI. Major companies such as Nvidia, Amazon and microsoft US time Tuesday, the S&P 500 index fell for the fourth straight session in the red, its longest decline since August.
And if NVIDIA, which Sam Stovall, CFRA’s chief investment strategist, calls “a top company in a top industry in a top sector,” fails to meet investors’ expectations with its earnings report on Wednesday, the S&P 500’s decline could be even wider.
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The S&P 500 has fallen for the fourth day in a row. Other major indexes also fell in the state on Tuesday. Bitcoin Prices fell below $90,000 before recovering. Asia-Pacific markets fell on Wednesday, led by technology stocks.
Anthropic’s signature deals with Microsoft and Nvidia. Microsoft announced Tuesday that it will invest up to $5 billion in the startup, and Nvidia will invest up to $10 billion. Anthropic is valued at about $350 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.
Google has announced its latest AI model Gemini 3. Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said Tuesday that “fewer prompts” are needed to get the desired answer. The update comes eight months after Google introduced Gemini 2.5 and is expected to roll out in the coming weeks.
US senators have called for an investigation into virtual currency companies linked to Trump. World Liberty Finance, which is heavily owned and operated by the Trump family, sold tokens to North Korean hacking organizations and Iranian cryptocurrency exchanges, according to corporate watchdog groups.
(PRO) One company controls one corner of the AI supply chain. Goldman Sachs says the company could more than double its 2030 revenue forecast.
And finally…
People walk through a shopping mall in the Sanlitun district of Beijing, China, on April 4, 2025.
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