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Artificial Intelligence News 28 October 2025 - 29 October 2025

Microsoft Stock Soars on AI and Cloud Frenzy – Analysts Eye $600+ Price Targets

Microsoft Stock Skyrockets on AI Hype, Nears $4 Trillion as Big Earnings Hit

Microsoft’s Earnings: Strong, But Is the AI Hype Justified? As Microsoft’s first-quarter results roll in, the company is demonstrating robust growth and profitability even amid its heavy investment spree. Profit margins remain healthy for now, and the company returned substantial cash to shareholders (over $9 billion last quarter via dividends and buybacks) – showing it can reward investors while spending aggressivelyts2.tech. On the earnings call, analysts will be laser-focused on Azure’s growth rate and forward guidance. Microsoft had guided to ~37% Azure growth for this quarter, above consensus forecastsreuters.com, and early numbers suggest AI workloads are indeed driving a meaningful revenue
29 October 2025
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ChatGPT Crashes Worldwide — Downdetector Alarms, OpenAI Responds, Markets React

OpenAI’s Half-Trillion Restructuring Hands Microsoft a $135 B Stake – and Revs Up the ‘AGI Arms Race’

OpenAI Restructures at $500 B: Nonprofit Control Meets For-Profit Ambition In a milestone moment for the AI industry, OpenAI has officially restructured itself to unite a half-trillion-dollar for-profit business with its original nonprofit mission. The company announced on Oct. 28 that it “completed its recapitalization, simplifying its corporate structure”, with the nonprofit arm retaining control over the newly created OpenAI Group PBC (Public Benefit Corporation)openai.comeconomictimes.indiatimes.com. Under this novel setup, the OpenAI Foundation (nonprofit) holds a 26% stake valued around $130 billion and can appoint all board directors, effectively steering the shipmedium.commedium.com. Meanwhile, investors and employees own roughly 47%, and Microsoft holds 27% after
29 October 2025
Accenture’s Name Change Secret & AI Leap: How “Accent on the Future” Ignited 25 Years of Growth – and What’s Next for Its Stock

Accenture’s Name Change Secret & AI Leap: How “Accent on the Future” Ignited 25 Years of Growth – and What’s Next for Its Stock

“Accent on the future”: The 2000 Rebrand Breakthrough In late 2000 Andersen Consulting, under pressure from a legal split with Arthur Andersen, raced to find a new brand. A worldwide naming contest – dubbed “brandstorming” – called on 65,000 employees to submit and vote on options emegypt.net economictimes.indiatimes.com. Landor Associates and Accenture partners sifted through some 550 candidates (51 legally cleared) and distilled them to 50 finalists emegypt.net. At an October 2000 meeting (partially recorded on video), the name Accenture won by a landslide emegypt.net. It was chosen for its modern, professional ring – a blend of AC (from Andersen
29 October 2025
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Trump’s $80B Nuclear Power Shock: The Future of Energy and AI

Trump’s $80B Nuclear Power Shock: The Future of Energy and AI

Details of the Nuclear Pact Under the deal, the U.S. will help finance and fast-track licensing for new Westinghouse AP1000 reactors on U.S. soil reuters.com washingtonpost.com. Westinghouse — owned 51% by Brookfield and 49% by Cameco — will build the plants. In return for arranging loans and permits, the government gets a piece of the upside (20% of earnings above $17.5B) reuters.com. If Westinghouse ultimately IPOs at >$30B value, the U.S. could end up with a 20% stake reuters.com. This structure is intended to give taxpayers a return on investment once projects are profitable. The deal grew out of Trump’s
29 October 2025
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NYSE Skyrockets to Record Highs as AI Frenzy, Fed Rate Cut Bets Fuel Stock Surge

NYSE Skyrockets to Record Highs as AI Frenzy, Fed Rate Cut Bets Fuel Stock Surge

Wall Street Hits New Highs as Rally Accelerates Stocks extended their winning streak into mid-week, with the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) seeing across-the-board gains. On Tuesday, the Dow rose 0.34%, the S&P 500 0.23%, and the Nasdaq 0.80% – all closing at record peaksts2.tech. This adds to a robust multi-day run: U.S. indexes have advanced in eight of the past ten sessions, a sign of resilient risk appetite on Wall Streetts2.tech. “It certainly feels like momentum is on the side of investors over the last few days,” observed Mona Mahajan, an investment strategist at Edward Jones, noting traders have
29 October 2025
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Nasdaq Frenzy: Tech Titans’ AI-Fueled Surge Hits Records Ahead of Fed Cut & Earnings Bonanza

Nasdaq Frenzy: Tech Titans’ AI-Fueled Surge Hits Records Ahead of Fed Cut & Earnings Bonanza

Market Hits Record Highs on AI & Fed Tailwinds Wall Street’s enthusiasm is palpable as major indices surged to all-time highs ahead of Big Tech earnings. The Nasdaq Composite and S&P 500 both notched record closes to start the week, powered by investors “clinging to the positives” of strong earnings, AI innovation and an imminent Fed rate cutts2.techts2.tech. On Monday Oct. 27, the Nasdaq jumped about 1.9% to ~23,637reuters.comreuters.com, with heavyweight tech stocks leading the charge. Alphabet soared 3.6% that day after an analyst upgrade, helping the communication-services sector rally +2.3%reuters.comreuters.com. Chipmakers also ripped higher – Qualcomm spiked 11% after unveiling new
29 October 2025
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48 Hours Without AI: Why Some People Are Unplugging from Artificial Intelligence

48 Hours Without AI: Why Some People Are Unplugging from Artificial Intelligence

The Backlash: Why Some Are Saying No to AI Ellen Rugaber, a 16-year-old student from Virginia, might seem like a typical high schooler – except she refuses to use AI on principle. “It’s part of growing up to learn how to do your own work,” she says, noting that many of her classmates rely on tools like ChatGPT for homework nzherald.co.nz. Rugaber worries outsourcing her thinking to a machine would stunt her skills, and she’s uneasy about the biases and errors AI text generators can produce nzherald.co.nz. In her eyes, using AI to write an essay or solve a problem
29 October 2025
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Caterpillar’s Stock Rally Roars: AI Boom, $650 Target Fuel All-Time High

Caterpillar Stock Hits Record High on AI Data Center Boom – Experts Warn It’s “Priced for Perfection”

Record Rally on Strong Demand and Big Upgrades Caterpillar’s stock has been on fire. In mid-October, CAT surged on news of a major analyst upgrade and strategic announcements. On Oct. 14 the stock hit an intraday peak around $528.45, its highest-ever levelts2.tech. “Today’s jump added roughly $10 billion to Caterpillar’s market value in a single session,” noted one market reportts2.tech. Over the past year the shares have rallied from the mid-$200s to the mid-$500s, nearly doubling since their 52-week lowts2.techinvestopedia.com. This has made CAT one of the Dow Jones’s top performers in 2025, outpacing even Nvidia and Microsoftinvestopedia.com. Analysts credit
29 October 2025
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Meta’s Q3 Showdown: Can AI Spend and Ad Growth Drive Another Rally?

Meta’s Q3 Showdown: Can AI Spend and Ad Growth Drive Another Rally?

Meta’s Q3 Preview: Riding the AI Wave Meta will release its Q3 2025 earnings Wednesday after the close. Wall Street’s consensus sees ~$49.5 billion revenue and ~$6.7 EPS businessinsider.com ig.com. That implies roughly 22% organic growth – fueled by a rebound in ad spending and AI-driven ad targeting. (By comparison, in Q2 Meta reported $47.52B revenue, +22% YoY ig.com.) Management guided Q3 revenue at $47.5–50.5B ts2.tech, so analysts’ estimates are near the top end of that range. Investors will scrutinize advertising trends in the quarter. Meta’s business is still 98% ads, and “AI-powered recommendation models drove 5% more conversions on
29 October 2025
Nokia Stock Skyrockets on Major 5G Contracts – Analysts Eye Upside

Nokia Stock Skyrockets on AI Hype and Nvidia’s $1B Bet – 5G Deals Fuel Decade-High Rally

Nokia Soars as Nvidia Invests – AI Hype Ignites a Decade-High Rally Nokia’s stock price surged to its highest level since 2016 after news of Nvidia’s investment, capping a dramatic late-October rallyreuters.com. The share price nearly doubled from earlier in the month, closing up 20.8% on Tuesday and climbing further on Wednesdayreuters.com. Investors flocked to Nokia after Nvidia – the world’s leading AI chipmaker – agreed to take a $1 billion stake in the company, a move analysts call a “strong endorsement of Nokia’s capabilities” in next-gen networksreuters.com. Nvidia’s investment will make it Nokia’s second-largest shareholder (at ~2.9% ownership) and came
29 October 2025
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Microsoft (MSFT) Stock Update & Insight Report – 2 Oct 2025

Microsoft Soars Past $4 Trillion on AI Deals as Earnings Loom

MSFT Stock Flirts with Record Highs on AI Momentum Microsoft’s stock has been on a tear in late 2025, fueled by enthusiasm for its AI initiatives and strong business fundamentals. MSFT shares are trading near all-time highs, having climbed about 25% since January and roughly 60% year-over-yearts2.tech – dramatically outpacing the broader market. On October 28, the stock spiked on news of Microsoft’s expanded deal with OpenAI, briefly rallying almost 4% and touching an intraday high around $554. That surge propelled Microsoft’s market capitalization above the historic $4 trillion threshold for the first timeeuronews.com. The stock settled back to close up
29 October 2025
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Nvidia Stock Rockets Toward $200 on AI Boom — Analysts Predict Further Gains

Nvidia’s $5 Trillion AI Juggernaut: Stock Soars on Huge Chip Orders – Boom or Bubble Ahead?

NVDA Stock Soars on AI Hype and Optimism Nvidia’s share price has been on a tear, defying broader market jitters as investors pile into anything AI-related. The stock jumped nearly 3% on Monday (Oct. 27) and another 5% on Tuesday (Oct. 28), rallying to roughly $200 per share – just shy of its all-time intraday high around $195.62 set earlier this monthts2.techts2.tech. This week’s surge lifted Nvidia’s market capitalization back above $4.6 trillion, putting it within reach of an unprecedented $5 trillion valuationreuters.com. For context, no company has ever reached the $5 trillion mark – Nvidia is on the verge of making history
29 October 2025
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Meet Neo: The $20K Humanoid Butler Coming to Your Home (With a Big Catch!)

Meet Neo: The $20K Humanoid Butler Coming to Your Home (With a Big Catch!)

With its launch on Oct 28, Neo has become a symbol of both promise and reality in home robotics. It embodies the cutting edge of AI and mechanical engineering – and a hint of sci-fi-level convenience – but it also underscores how far we have to go. As 1X’s CEO and robotics experts alike note, Neo will improve over time through data and software updates, but for now early adopters are effectively helping to train the robot. In the words of one expert, Neo is a “bold glimpse of our robot-assisted future” – exciting, but not yet the household Rosie
29 October 2025
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Tech Titans Hit Stratospheric Highs: Apple & Microsoft Smash $4T, Nvidia Eyes $5T Amid AI Frenzy

Tech Titans Hit Stratospheric Highs: Apple & Microsoft Smash $4T, Nvidia Eyes $5T Amid AI Frenzy

Tech Stocks Rally to Record Highs U.S. equity indexes opened the week with a bang as investors piled into 2025’s biggest winners. On Oct. 27 the Nasdaq jumped 1.4% and the S&P 500 0.8%, both closing at fresh all-time highs ts2.tech. Optimism over a looming Fed rate cut and a potential U.S.–China trade deal boosted sentiment ts2.tech ts2.tech. Most critically, Big Tech led the charge: Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon and Meta (the so-called Magnificent Seven) are reporting earnings this week, and have collectively gained roughly $6 trillion in value this year ts2.tech. Investors point to strong fundamentals — about 87%
29 October 2025
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Market Mania: AI Frenzy and China Trade Hopes Send Stocks Soaring to Record Highs

Market Mania: AI Frenzy and China Trade Hopes Send Stocks Soaring to Record Highs

U.S. Markets Rally to Record Highs Wall Street’s rally continued on Tuesday, pushing all major indexes to new records reuters.com ts2.tech. The S&P 500 closed around 6,890, above its 6,800 milestone, while the Nasdaq Composite and Dow Industrials likewise hit fresh peaks. The advance was broad-based: by late afternoon, all three indexes had chalked up their 2nd or 3rd straight record close. “Momentum and earnings are pushing the market higher,” noted Peter Cardillo of Spartan Capital – a view shared by many investors who say strong corporate profits and policy shifts are fueling the buying reuters.com ts2.tech. Much of Tuesday’s
29 October 2025
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Teradyne Stock Soars 20% on AI-Fueled Earnings Beat and Bullish Forecast

Teradyne Stock Soars 20% on AI-Fueled Earnings Beat and Bullish Forecast

Teradyne Stock Skyrockets on Earnings News Teradyne’s stock skyrocketed after the company delivered much better-than-expected quarterly results and guidance. On Tuesday, October 28, TER shares surged ~21% in extended trading, climbing from the mid-$140s to roughly $175 – an all-time highreuters.com. This massive one-day move added to gains from earlier in the week, as traders bid up tech stocks ahead of Big Tech earnings. By Monday (Oct. 27), the Nasdaq had already hit fresh records on AI optimism and trade-deal hopes, with tech megacaps fueling a broad rallyts2.techts2.tech. Teradyne’s blowout report supercharged that momentum, making it one of the day’s
29 October 2025
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Seagate Stock Soars on AI Storage Boom: 160% YTD Rally After Blowout Earnings

Seagate Stock Soars on AI Storage Boom: 160% YTD Rally After Blowout Earnings

Earnings Beat Lifts Shares and Guidance Seagate’s latest results gave investors plenty to cheer. For the quarter ended in early October, the data-storage leader smashed expectations with $2.63 billion in sales (up 21% year-over-year) and $2.61 in adjusted earnings per share, well above analyst estimates of $2.55 billion and $2.40 respectivelyca.investing.com. This “blowout” earnings beat reflects a sharp rebound in demand for Seagate’s hard disk drives (HDDs) after a tough period. “We saw broad strength across our portfolio, especially in high-capacity drives for AI,” CEO Dave Mosley noted on the results call (per the company’s release). Even more encouraging was Seagate’s forward
29 October 2025
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Meet Neo, the $20,000 Humanoid Robot Ready to Move Into Your Home

Meet Neo, the $20,000 Humanoid Robot Ready to Move Into Your Home

Neo: A Humanoid Housekeeper Arrives After decades of humanoid robots appearing in labs and movies, the era of the at-home robot butler may finally be dawn­ing. On October 28, 2025, 1X Technologies announced it is taking orders for Neo, a human-sized robot intended to live in people’s homes and help with everyday choressifted.eufastcompany.com. Billed as “the world’s first consumer-ready humanoid,” Neo is essentially a robotic housekeeper – it can fold laundry, tidy up clutter, carry groceries, fetch items, and even load the dishwasher, according to the companybusinesswire.combusinesswire.com. The bipedal bot has two arms with dexterous hands (22 joints each, nearly as
29 October 2025
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Bloom Energy’s Big Break: $5B Brookfield AI Deal Sends Stock Surge – Experts Weigh In

Bloom Energy (BE) Stock Skyrockets on AI Mega-Deal & Earnings Blowout, Near 400% YTD Surge

AI Mega-Deal Powers Historic Rally Bloom Energy has been one of 2025’s hottest stocks, riding a wave of optimism around clean energy and artificial intelligence. The catalyst for the latest leg up was an eye-popping partnership with Brookfield Asset Management, announced mid-October. Brookfield committed up to $5 billion to deploy Bloom’s solid-oxide fuel cell systems as on-site power for next-generation AI data centersts2.tech. In effect, Bloom’s technology will supply reliable, local electricity for Brookfield’s planned “AI factories” – huge computing centers for AI that demand far more power than conventional grids can easily provide. Investors immediately cheered the deal as a
28 October 2025
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Palantir’s Shocking Reinvention: From Secretive Spy Tech to $400B Cult Lifestyle Brand

Palantir’s Stock Soars on AI Deals, Hitting Record High – Can the Rally Hold?

Red-Hot Stock Hits Record High in AI Rally Palantir’s stock has been on fire, relentlessly climbing to fresh highs as investors pile into AI-focused names. On Monday, PLTR surged to an intraday record of roughly $190 per sharets2.tech. It closed around $189 (a new all-time closing high) after a 2–3% jump for the daybarchart.combarchart.com. That capped an astonishing run – the stock is up about 300% year-to-date in 2025ts2.tech, vastly outperforming the broader market. By Tuesday, shares were trading flat around $188–$189 as the rally took a breatherbenzinga.com. Even so, Palantir remains just shy of its 52-week peak (approximately $192)
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Stock Market Today

Eli Lilly stock pops as FDA targets cheap weight-loss copycats — what to know before Monday

Eli Lilly stock pops as FDA targets cheap weight-loss copycats — what to know before Monday

7 February 2026
Eli Lilly shares rose 3.7% to $1,058.18 Friday after the FDA said it would act against telehealth firm Hims & Hers for marketing a $49 compounded weight-loss pill. The move followed a sharp selloff Thursday when Hims announced plans to sell a version of Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy. Investors remain uncertain how aggressively regulators will police copycat drugs and pricing in the obesity drug market.
Saudi Aramco share price set for Sunday test after Tadawul ends market-making deal

Saudi Aramco share price set for Sunday test after Tadawul ends market-making deal

7 February 2026
Saudi Exchange approved Merrill Lynch KSA’s exit as market maker for Saudi Aramco, effective Feb. 8. Aramco shares closed at 25.60 riyals Thursday, down 0.06, with 22.1 million traded. The Tadawul index fell 1.3% as Brent crude dropped to $67.93. Aramco set March official selling prices at $2.10 above Argus for North America and $0.65 above ICE Brent for Western Europe.
Meta stock ends week down about 6% as Wall Street fixates on $135 billion AI capex

Meta stock ends week down about 6% as Wall Street fixates on $135 billion AI capex

7 February 2026
Meta closed down 1.3% Friday at $661.46, capping a 6.4% weekly drop as investors questioned heavy AI spending. Amazon and Alphabet also fell after outlining major capital outlays. Meta’s Instagram suffered a brief outage this week. Legal risks persist, with trials involving Meta set for next week in Los Angeles and New Mexico.
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