artificial intelligence

AI feels cheap right now—but that may be tech's biggest illusion. From ChatGPT to Claude, users pay about $20 a month for tools that rank among the most expensive software ever built. Yet newly surfaced financials, reported by the WSJ ahead of potential IPOs, suggest that pricing may be...

Anthropic announced a change in its pricing structure for Claude Code users who utilize third-party tools like OpenClaw.  Subscribers will now need to pay separately for the use of these tools, moving away from the previous model in which such usage was covered by subscription limits. The...

AI is quickly becoming the go-to explanation for layoffs across corporate America. From ServiceNow, Inc(NYSE:NOW) to Block, Inc (NYSE:XYZ), and even voices like Larry Fink, the narrative is building: artificial intelligence is coming for jobs. Fink has even warned AI could drive unemployment higher...

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, released a 13-page document on Monday comparing the shift towards superintelligence to past major technological transitions like electricity or the combustion engine. It is a comprehensive proposal on how governments should tax, regulate, and redistribute wealth from AI...

Inside Anthropic employees are encouraged to openly debate the CEO and sometimes do so on Slack. Open Debate On Slack Channels On Sunday, at Anthropic, every employee, including CEO Dario Amodei, maintains a personal Slack "notebook" that others can view and comment on. Staff use the channels like...

Each week, Benzinga’s Stock Whisper Index uses a combination of proprietary data and pattern recognition to showcase five stocks that are just under the surface and deserve attention. Investors are constantly on the hunt for undervalued, under-followed and emerging stocks. With...

Venture investments saw "unprecedented spending" on AI compute and frontier labs, as investors poured $300 billion into 6,000 startups during the first quarter of this year. Notably, funding for startups in the first quarter of 2026 alone accounted for nearly 70% of the total venture capital...

The Commerce Department, on Wednesday, initiated a call for proposals to assist American companies to “deliver full-stack AI technology packages to international partners”. The submission window for applications is open until June 30. Companies are expected to...

A class action lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California yesterday, alleging that Perplexity AI shared users’ personal information with Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META) and Alphabet Inc.’s (NASDAQ:GOOG)(NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google, in violation of...

Three months ago, this would've sounded absurd. Today, it's math. Exxon Mobil Corp(NYSE:XOM) stock now trades at a higher forward P/E (price-to-earnings ratio) than Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA). Benzinga Pro data suggests their respective forward P/E ratios stand at 22.3x vs 21.4x (as on April 1)—...

Oracle Corp (NYSE:ORCL) dreams of AI, but even with more than $6 billion in profits, it’s still short on cash. The solution? Fire thousands of employees. Roughly 18% of the company’s global workforce reportedly received a 6 a.m. termination email on Tuesday from “Oracle...

The international smartphone market is bracing for a potential 31% slump in shipments over the coming year, a consequence of escalating memory chip costs fueled by the demand from AI hyperscalers, according to Jeffries. The firm noted a 70% quarter-on-quarter price surge in memory chips, driven by...

VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ:VEON) is positioning itself as one of the first telecom operators to turn sovereign AI from a policy concept into a profit engine.  VEON stock is moving. See the chart and price action here.  VEON CEO Kaan Terzioglu told Benzinga in an exclusive interview that the...

After one of the sharpest non-recession drawdowns in decades, cybersecurity stocks may finally be getting something they've lacked for months: insider conviction. According to JPMorgan analyst Brian Essex, the clearest signal came from Nikesh Arora. The Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:PANW) CEO...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) turns 50, evolving from a near-bankrupt company in the 1990s to a $3.6 trillion tech giant. According to Wedbush analyst Dan Ives, the next chapter won't focus on hardware but on AI. Ives highlights Apple's unmatched legacy, from the Macintosh to the iPhone, and its edge in...