Trump’s latest executive order attempts to punish states that regulate artificial intelligence technology, a policy that has triggered division in the GOP.

The bipartisan group of senators sent letters to eight companies: Anthropic, Character.AI, Google, Luka, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI and xAI.

OpenAI on Thursday launched its GPT-5.2 artificial intelligence model, after CEO Sam Altman reportedly issued an internal "code red" in early December pausing non‑core projects and redirecting teams to accelerate development in response to Google's Gemini 3.

AI spending is front and center again for investors. Oracle plunged Thursday, with top hardware makers including Nvidia and Broadcom also dropping.

SoundHound AI's focus on meaning over plain old transcription is the key quality that sets it apart from its deep-pocketed rivals. As I'm writing this on Dec. 10, 2025, the stock has gained a hair-raising 864% in three years, and I would argue that the growth story is just getting started.

“With advancements in AI, scams will continue to grow in sophistication, frequency, and impact,” the senators wrote in the letter. “In the early phases of a scam, criminals can use generative AI to quickly identify and then collect details on their targets, enabling them to create tailor-made scams.”

AI’s spatial capabilities remain far from the human level, but tremendous progress has been made, writes Fei-Fei Li

The current largest company in the world is Nvidia ( NVDA 3.05%). It has a market cap of $4.5 trillion and has a decent lead over some of its big tech peers. Nvidia is the clear favorite to maintain its position as the world's largest company at the end of 2026, but Alphabet ( GOOG 1.29%) ( GOOGL 1.41%) is also a strong candidate.