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Nvidia on top, Palantir stock soars, and Meta's bee problem: AI news roundup

Nvidia on top, Palantir stock soars, and Meta's bee problem: AI news roundup

Plus, Trump's election win could take the U.S.-China chip war to a new level

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A majority of Big Tech stocks got a boost on Wednesday after former President Donald Trump won his reelection bid. But Trump’s comeback could escalate the chip war between the U.S. and China.

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Read about that and more in this week’s AI news roundup.

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President-elect Donald Trump during a campaign rally at Lancaster Airport on November 3, 2024 in Lititz, Pennsylvania.
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Since President-elect Donald Trump’s first term in office, the U.S. has wielded its trade-restriction and sanctioning powers in an effort to curb China’s technological advances. Now that he’s headed back to the White House, the semiconductor war between the U.S. and China could escalate.

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President-elect Donald Trump and Melania Trump at an election night watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center on Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Photo: Evan Vucci (AP)

A majority of Big Tech stocks were on the rise Wednesday after former President Donald Trump won his reelection bid against Democratic nominee Kamala Harris.

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An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on March 25, 2024 in Seattle, Washington.
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After a daily flight route change lost it customers, one U.S.-based airliner is turning to artificial intelligence to figure out flight schedules.

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Nvidia (NVDA) is back on top as the world’s most valuable publicly traded company ahead of the U.S. presidential election.

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Palantir CEO Alex Karp at the Senate AI Insight Forum at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on September 13, 2023.
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Shares of Palantir (PLTR) rose over 20% on Tuesday morning after the data analytics software company reported third-quarter earnings and outlook far above Wall Street’s expectations.

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Nuclear will power AI data centers in the future, Northern Data exec says
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An employee walks past an Applied Materials machine in a clean room at the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems IPMS on September 13, 2023 in Dresden, Germany.
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As the U.S. continues to strengthen restrictions on advanced technology in China, U.S.-based chip equipment manufacturers are reportedly telling suppliers to find alternatives to Chinese-made components.

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Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Jan. 31, 2024, in Washington, D.C.
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Meta’s (META) plan to join the tech race for nuclear power has reportedly been foiled by bees.

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SK Hynix at the Korea Electronics Show in Seoul, South Korea, on Oct. 8, 2019.
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An Nvidia (NVDA) partner in South Korea saw its shares surge Monday after it said the U.S.-based chipmaker wants chips faster.

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Screenshot: Perplexity

Perplexity, an AI search company, wanted you to use artificial intelligence to track election results.

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