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The Dow Jones Industrial Average Is So Back. Here Are the Stocks Sending It to New Highs.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average Is So Back. Here Are the Stocks Sending It to New Highs.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is poised to become the first major U.S. stock index to set a record since the Federal Reserve started raising interest rates.Investors on Wednesday drove the blue-chip index up more than 225 points to 36805, after Federal Reserve officials penciled in three interest-rate cuts next year at the conclusion of their December meeting. The rally puts the benchmark on the cusp of topping its previous closing high of 36799.65 set on Jan. 4, 2022. The 30-stock index has risen for six consecutive weeks and is up 10% this year through Tuesday.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
ChatGPT Creator OpenAI to Pay Politico Parent for Using Its Content 
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ChatGPT Creator OpenAI to Pay Politico Parent for Using Its Content 

Updated Dec. 13, 2023 1:01 pm ETNews-publishing giant Axel Springer has inked a multiyear licensing deal with ChatGPT creator OpenAI, a significant milestone as media companies push for compensation for the use of their content in artificial-intelligence tools. Under the agreement, OpenAI will pay to use content from Axel Springer publications, which include Politico and Business Insider in the U.S. and European properties Bild and Welt, to populate answers in ChatGPT and train its AI tools. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Microsoft Targets Nuclear to Power AI Operations
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Microsoft Targets Nuclear to Power AI Operations

Dec. 12, 2023 10:00 am ETMicrosoft is betting nuclear power can help sate its massive electricity needs as it ventures further into artificial intelligence and supercomputing.The technology industry’s thirst for power is enormous. A single new data center can use as much electricity as hundreds of thousands of homes. Artificial intelligence requires even more computing power.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Stocks Edge Higher Ahead of Inflation Data, Fed Meeting
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Stocks Edge Higher Ahead of Inflation Data, Fed Meeting

Gains across a swath of stocks on Monday offset declines in big technology shares, keeping major indexes steady ahead of coming inflation data.Monday extended a recent trend: Since a lower-than-expected inflation reading last month, investors have piled into the stocks of moderately sized companies, while cooling on the giant tech firms that had previously driven this year’s rally.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Stocks Edge Higher Ahead of Inflation Data, Fed Meeting
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Stocks Edge Higher Ahead of Inflation Data, Fed Meeting

Gains across a swath of stocks on Monday offset declines in big technology shares, keeping major indexes steady ahead of coming inflation data.Monday extended a recent trend: Since a lower-than-expected inflation reading last month, investors have piled into the stocks of moderately sized companies, while cooling on the giant tech firms that had previously driven this year’s rally.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Microsoft-OpenAI Partnership Draws Scrutiny From U.K. Regulator
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Microsoft-OpenAI Partnership Draws Scrutiny From U.K. Regulator

Updated Dec. 8, 2023 12:15 pm ETU.K. regulators said they are examining Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI, marking a first push by one of the world’s most influential competition authorities to scrutinize the relationship between the tech giant and the artificial-intelligence company behind ChatGPT.Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority said Friday that it is seeking feedback on whether the partnership should be considered a de facto merger, in an initial step that could lead to a formal investigation.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Actors Recorded Videos for ‘Vladimir.’ It Turned Into Russian Propaganda.
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Actors Recorded Videos for ‘Vladimir.’ It Turned Into Russian Propaganda.

Internet propagandists aligned with Russia have duped at least seven Western celebrities, including Elijah Wood and Priscilla Presley, into recording short videos to support its online information war against Ukraine, according to new security research by Microsoft.The celebrities look like they were asked to offer words of encouragement—apparently via the Cameo app—to someone named “Vladimir” who appears to be struggling with substance abuse, Microsoft said. Instead, these messages were edited, sometimes dressed up with emojis, links and the logos of media outlets and then shared online by the Russia-aligned trolls, the company said. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8