U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (L) talks with Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Dr. Mehmet Oz while President Donald Trump delivers remarks in the Oval Office at the White House on November 6, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Andrew Harnik / Getty Images A Medicare pilot program will allow private companies to use artificial intelligence to review older Americans' requests for certain medical care - and will reward the companies when they deny it.
I think Alphabet and Microsoft can top that figure by the end of 2026. Here's what my prediction would mean for shareholders: Alphabet is currently worth $3.8 trillion. The stock must increase 29% for the company to achieve a market value of $4.9 trillion. Microsoft is currently worth $3.6 trillion. The stock must increase 36% for the company to achieve a market value of $4.9 trillion.
The press release sent today emphasized USPTO Director John Squires' commitment since his first day in office to ensuring that emerging technologies will not be hampered by judicial interpretations of U.S. eligibility law that have made it harder to enforce patents. On the day he was sworn in as the 60th USPTO Director, Squires issued the first patents of his term, both in technology sectors that often face increased scrutiny about patent eligibility during patent prosecution and in the courts.
When it comes to Chinese internet giant Baidu ( NASDAQ:BIDU), I think investors stand to get AI-powered growth at a very reasonable price. Additionally, with a 0.43 beta, investors might be able to enjoy a less choppy ride once the next market-wide correction in U.S. markets finally happens. At the time of this writing, shares of Baidu trade at 10.8 times trailing price-to-earnings (P/E). Good luck finding anything that cheap that's remotely tied to the AI trade.
Some of the world's most powerful and well-connected leaders converged in Manhattan on Wednesday, and one subject dominated the room: artificial intelligence. Three years after ChatGPT launched, revolutionizing the way the world thinks about and uses AI, the arms race is bigger than ever - perhaps too big. At the annual New York Times DealBook Summit, leaders from BlackRock's Larry Fink to Lai Ching-te, the President of Taiwan, were asked about the state of the AI industry and the potential for an AI bubble, a hot topic in Silicon Valley and on Wall Street over the past few months.
Artificial intelligence has fueled a multi-trillion-dollar stock market surge over the past few years, propelling companies like Microsoft ( NASDAQ:MSFT ) and Nvidia ( NASDAQ:NVDA ) to record valuations. Investors poured funds into AI on promises of transformative efficiency and new revenue streams, driving the S&P 500 's tech-heavy gains. Yet doubts about AI's staying power are mounting as evidence shows limited returns on investment. Meta Platforms ( NASDAQ:META ), for instance, implemented an AI hiring freeze in August after aggressive poaching, signaling a pause amid restructuring and bubble fears.
Data disruption. For example, many of the agency IT forecasts and dashboards have been dark since March. DOGE's impact. The organization may have wound down much of its operations, but its impact will be felt for a long time. Government-wide Software-as-a-Service agreements. These are proliferating and the General Services Administration is leading here with its OneGov strategy. Artificial intelligence. These technologies are accelerating, but with few guardrails.
Rather than thinking about it solely as a job replacement tool, how do you think about reducing someone's workload by 50%? Can we now free a merchant up who's spending 50% of their time building spreadsheets, responding to emails, communicating with suppliers? If AI can take that task away, can you now take 50% of that merchant's time, and they can focus on sales-driving initiatives? That's what we're trying to understand.
Governments are budgeting for increased AI spending to address mission-critical national security needs and other operations. BigBear.ai (NYSE: BBAI) is a leader in providing generative AI tools for national security and defense. It's positioning itself to capitalize on this surging demand with its recent acquisition of AskSage. AskSage could be a game changer in accelerating the company's growth. It offers a platform that combines AI models and AI agents to perform tasks autonomously and is purposefully built for handling sensitive data.
The internet, which was made available to the public in 1991, has rapidly transformed, from a free, creative web to one consolidated by tech giants. Artificial intelligence now fills search results, smothering human voices, while social media has become a carousel of advertisements and AI content. Exhausted by doomscrolling, many creators are quitting the platforms altogether.
Welcome to Vibe Coding Video Games with Python. In this book, you will learn how to use artificial intelligence to create mini-games. You will attempt to recreate the look and feel of various classic video games. The intention is not to violate copyright or anything of the sort, but instead to learn the limitations and the power of AI. Instead, you will simply be learning about whether or not you can use AI to help you know how to create video games.
The California Gold Rush left an outsized imprint on America. Some 300,000 people flocked there from 1848 to 1955, from as far away as the Ottoman Empire. Prospectors massacred Indigenous people to take the gold from their lands in the Sierra Nevada mountains. And they boosted the economies of nearby states and faraway countries from whence they bought their supplies. Gold provided the motivation for California a former Mexican territory then controlled by the US military to become a state with laws of its own.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become one of the most transformative technologies of the 21st century, influencing almost every aspect of modern life, and education is no exception. In recent years, AI has played a vital role in reshaping how we teach, learn, and interact within digital learning environments. The integration of Artificial Intelligence into eLearning systems has revolutionized the educational landscape, enabling smarter, more adaptive, and deeply personalized learning experiences for students around the world.
It can't be seen or touched, but it's shaking up markets and attracting investment. Artificial intelligence (AI) has become the object of desire for Big Tech, which is pouring astronomical sums into its development, fueled by record profits. The other side of this frenzy is workforce reductions, with automation as the backdrop, announced by multinationals like Amazon, Meta, and UPS, which, incidentally, threaten to extend
In the highly competitive and rapidly evolving landscape of U.S. K-12 education, curriculum publishers face a unique set of challenges. School districts and educators increasingly request more than just content. They seek solutions that genuinely address the diverse learning needs of every student, drive measurable outcomes, and demonstrate clear value in an era of constrained budgets and heightened accountability. For publishers navigating this complex environment, the traditional one-size-fits-all approach to educational materials is becoming a liability, not a strength.
Given the inflationary forces at play in recent decades, achieving a seven-digit portfolio isn't what it once used to be. In fact, most personal finance experts recommend that baby boomers have, on average, around $900,000 saved for retirement in order to maintain most individual's lifestyles over the course of retirement. Of course, those planning some fancy vacations or spending money at a greater rate will need well over $1 million to fulfill these goals.