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As wealth managers confront an AI reckoning, the tech is, for now, easing their workloads by picking up routine tasks, freeing up more time to advise clients (Bloomberg) [36d]
KPMG survey: only 26% of companies have a comprehensive view of their AI costs, while 50% have some visibility and 22% have none or only see costs after billing (Wall Street Journal) [36d]
Inside the early 2025 senior exec meeting where Apple admitted its AI failures; Tim Cook became intimately involved in Apple's AI roadmap around the same time (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg) [36d]
Memory chip vendors say CXMT's DDR5 prices match Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron, and it has a supply advantage in client markets as it is not prioritizing HBM (Hassan Mujtaba/Wccftech) [36d]
Q&A with Google DeepMind's Director of AGI Economics Alex Imas and Epoch AI's Phil Trammell on what remains scarce after AGI, redistributing AI wealth, and more (Dwarkesh Patel/Dwarkesh Podcast) [36d]
ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet applauds the EU's tech sovereignty plans but says substantial EU involvement in steering "strategic projects" is a cause for concern (Toby Sterling/Reuters) [36d]
Industry data: India's six largest IT companies grew combined revenue from $95.9B in FY23 to $103.1B in FY26, while headcount remained broadly steady at ~1.9M (Tanya Pandey/The Economic Times) [36d]
French carriers Bouygues Telecom, Orange, and Free-iliad sign an MOU with Altice France to acquire SFR for €20.35B, including debt, expected to close in H2 2027 (Reuters) [36d]
OpenAI plans to overhaul ChatGPT in the coming weeks, turning it into a superapp with coding tools and AI agents to serve as a gateway to higher-margin products (Cristina Criddle/Financial Times) [36d]
How LinkedIn is transforming into a "post-cringe" social network as it courts high-profile influencers, who are building audiences on corporate-friendly topics (Isabella Kwai/New York Times) [36d]