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Mag 7 Earnings & DeepSeek: What Should Investors Know?
DeekSeek appears to have put a big dent in what everyone believed was a source of competitive advantage in the AI race for Tech leaders like Microsoft MSFT, Alphabet GOOGL, Amazon AMZN, and others. And if we go by how Microsoft and Meta described the evolving AI competitive landscape on their respective Q4 earnings calls last week, we will most likely hear comparable commentary from Amazon and Alphabet as they come out with their December-quarter results this week.
Microsoft is forming a new unit to study AI's impacts
Microsoft says that it's creating a new unit, the Advanced Planning Unit (APU), within its Microsoft AI business division that will help the company understand the societal, health, and work implications of AI the company hopes to build.
Microsoft cracks down on low-performing workers, fires some without severance: report
The cloud-computing company has started firing low-performance workers as it tries to keep up with cutthroat rivals in the tech industry.
LinkedIn lawsuit over use of customer data for AI models is dismissed
A proposed class action accusing Microsoft's LinkedIn of violating the privacy of millions of Premium customers by disclosing their private messages to train generative artificial intelligence models has been dismissed.
Meta Platforms Vs. Microsoft: The DeepSeek And Agentic AI Showdown
Both Meta Platforms and Microsoft have outperformed expectations in their latest Q4 2024 and FY Q2 2025 earnings updates, respectively. And while both have provided softer-than-anticipated revenue prospects for the current quarter, only Meta has continued to win the hearts of investors while confidence in Microsoft faltered. The divergence of market's post-earnings response for both stocks highlights the value attributable to generative AI's next frontier development -- namely, customizable agents.
2 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks That Could Help Make You a Fortune in 2025
DeepSeek just took the market by storm, launching a large-language artificial intelligence (AI) model very similar to OpenAI's ChatGPT but at a fraction of the development cost, at least according to the Chinese start-up behind the technology. DeepSeek's mobile app has already been downloaded by millions, surpassing ChatGPT's download volumes across several major platforms.
Why Microsoft's investment in AI should start to pay off in 2025
Hardware development and software support makes the tech giant a formidable contender.
2 AI Stocks to Buy Before They Soar to $4 Trillion in 2025, According to Certain Wall Street Analysts
As the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution enters its third year, certain Wall Street analysts expect Nvidia (NVDA 0.77%) and Microsoft (MSFT -6.18%) to make history by becoming the first $4 trillion companies.
Microsoft & Meta Earnings: Are DeepSeek Assumptions Premature?
DeepSeek news earlier in the week spooked many investors in the AI trade, with many related stocks taking nosedives as a result.
Meta and Microsoft defend AI capex spend post-DeepSeek
Nvidia shares under pressure as the AI landscape shifts post-DeepSeek. Now Tech giants Meta and Microsoft are justifying large AI investment amid questions raised by DeepSeek over how much it costs to train cutting-edge models.
Microsoft, Meta AI spend: Tech players are still 'winning bigger'
Meta Platforms (META) and Microsoft (MSFT) latest earnings results prove the Big Tech giants are continuing to invest in AI data centers. Given the recent market volatility around AI names, should investors be rethinking their artificial potential stakes and start repositioning their portfolios?
Microsoft Stock Slumps as Azure 'Execution Issues' Make Analysts Wary
Microsoft (MSFT) shares tumbled Thursday after the company's weaker-than-expected fiscal second-quarter cloud growth prompted some analysts to lower their price targets for the Magnificent Seven stock.
