OpenAI accuses DeepSeek of distilling US models to gain advantage, Bloomberg News reports
(Removes Microsoft Refinitiv Instrument Code from paragraph 1) Feb 12 (Reuters) - OpenAI has warned U.S. lawmakers that Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek is using sophisticated methods to extract results from leading U.S. AI mod...
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Expedia forecasts upbeat 2026 bookings on demand from business clients
By Anshuman Tripathy and Aishwarya Jain Feb 12 (Reuters) - Online travel platform Expedia forecast 2026 gross bookings and revenue above Wall Street expectations on Thursday, betting on strong demand from business clients. The Vrbo-parent expects gr...
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Bangladesh's BNP wins parliamentary election
DHAKA, Feb 13 (Reuters) - The Bangladesh Nationalist Party crossed the halfway mark to win the parliamentary election on Friday, a local TV station showed, as ballots were counted in a pivotal vote that is expected to restore political stabi...
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JPMorgan's commercial and investment bank names Halamish as COO to lead AI strategy, memo shows
Feb 12 (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase's commercial and investment bank has appointed insider Guy Halamish as chief operating officer to oversee data and AI strategy across the division, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters. Banks and companies a...
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NBC sees 93% Winter Olympics ratings spike through first 5 days
NBCUniversal has seen an average of 26.5 million viewers during the first five nights of the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics, the most to this point since the 2014 Sochi Games, it announced Tuesday. That translates into a 93% increase from the same peri...
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Trump cannot end deportation protections for South Sudanese nationals, US judge rules
BOSTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday blocked U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from ending temporary protections from deportation that had allowed hundreds of South Sudanese nationals to live and work in the United S...
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Oil prices down $2 a barrel on supply forecast
By Erwin Seba HOUSTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Oil prices dropped $2 a barrel on Thursday due to falling demand, retreating fears of renewed Middle East conflict and expected increases in supply. Brent crude oil futures were down $2, or 2.88%, at $67.40 a ...
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US senators sharply question Trump officials about Pretti shooting, use of force
By Ted Hesson Feb 12 (Reuters) - The top Republican and Democrat on a U.S. Senate committee played video showing the lead-up to the shooting of U.S. citizen Alex Pretti to Trump immigration officials at a hearing on Thursday, sharply questioning whethe...
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US Senate blocks Homeland Security funding, raising likelihood of shutdown
By Richard Cowan, David Morgan and Nolan D. McCaskill WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday blocked legislation that would fund the Department of Homeland Security past a Friday deadline, as Democrats pressed to rein in the Trump ...
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Anthropic valued at $380 billion in latest funding round
Feb 12 (Reuters) - AI startup Anthropic said on Thursday it has raised $30 billion in its latest funding round, which was co-led by investors including D. E. Shaw Ventures, ICONIQ and MGX, valuing the Claude chatbot maker at $380 billion. Insatiable ...
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