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Artificial Intelligence News 30 December 2025

Meta’s Manus AI deal lifts META as S&P 500 slips in thin year-end trade; Fed minutes in focus

Meta’s Manus AI deal lifts META as S&P 500 slips in thin year-end trade; Fed minutes in focus

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 17:42 ET — After-hours U.S. stocks finished modestly lower on Tuesday, with Meta Platforms climbing on an AI acquisition that helped offset weakness in technology and financial shares. The S&P 500 fell 0.14% to 6,896.24, the Nasdaq Composite slid 0.23% to 23,419.08 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 0.20% to 48,367.06. Reuters The subdued close mattered because trading desks are heading into the final session of 2025 with holiday-thinned liquidity, a setup that can exaggerate price swings. Investors have also started to rotate within the market after last week’s rally pushed the S&P 500
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Meta buys AI startup Manus as it races to roll out task-running agents

Meta buys AI startup Manus as it races to roll out task-running agents

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 16:42 ET Meta Platforms said it will acquire Manus, a Chinese-founded artificial intelligence startup now headquartered in Singapore, as it accelerates efforts to roll out advanced AI features across its platforms. Financial terms were not disclosed, but a source with direct knowledge said the deal values Manus between $2 billion and $3 billion. Manus has said its agent outperforms OpenAI’s DeepResearch and it has a strategic partnership with Alibaba on AI models. Reuters The purchase matters because AI companies are shifting from chatbots to “agents” — software designed to plan and complete multi-step work, such
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GOOG stock steady after hours: Google’s Gemini 3 Flash push and what traders watch next

GOOG stock steady after hours: Google’s Gemini 3 Flash push and what traders watch next

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 16:33 ET — After-hours Alphabet Inc’s Class C shares (GOOG), which carry no voting rights, were up 0.1% at $314.55 in after-hours trading on Tuesday, after the regular U.S. session ended at 4 p.m. ET. The stock’s muted move comes as investors parse how quickly Google can translate fresh AI product rollouts into revenue growth, without letting data-center costs run away. Google laid out a late-December roundup of those AI updates on its company blog, and its Search team said a broad ranking change has finished rolling out. blog.google+1 Year-end positioning has also kept trading
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Microsoft stock ticks up as Nadella reshuffles top ranks for post-OpenAI AI push

Microsoft stock ticks up as Nadella reshuffles top ranks for post-OpenAI AI push

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 16:04 ET — After-hours Microsoft shares closed slightly higher on Tuesday after a report said Chief Executive Satya Nadella has reshuffled parts of the company’s senior leadership as it tries to sharpen its artificial intelligence push beyond OpenAI. Financial Times+1 The moves matter now because Microsoft’s AI strategy is increasingly judged on execution — turning data-center spending and developer tools into sustained cloud growth — while rivals step up their own offerings. The Financial Times said Nadella’s changes were aimed at speeding progress on Microsoft’s own models and product rollouts. Financial Times Macro added another
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Micron stock pulls back from record close as Fed minutes, AI memory crunch stay in focus

Micron stock pulls back from record close as Fed minutes, AI memory crunch stay in focus

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 4:12 PM ET — After-hours Micron Technology, Inc. shares ended down 0.6% on Tuesday at $292.74, a day after the memory-chip maker finished at a record $294.37. The stock traded between $298.53 and $292.03 during the session. The dip matters because Micron has become a key gauge for the industry’s newest bottleneck: high-bandwidth memory, a fast type of DRAM used in AI systems. The iShares Semiconductor ETF was little changed on the day. A shifting mix of demand is driving the debate. Research firm IDC said major suppliers have redirected capacity toward AI data-center parts
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Meta stock closes up on Manus AI agent deal — what investors are watching next

Meta stock closes up on Manus AI agent deal — what investors are watching next

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 16:04 ET — After-hours Meta Platforms, Inc. shares closed higher on Tuesday after the Facebook owner said it would acquire Chinese-founded artificial intelligence startup Manus, a move that put fresh focus on the company’s push into advanced AI features. Meta ended the regular session at $666.49, up 1.2%. Yahoo Finance+1 The purchase matters because “AI agents” — software designed to carry out multi-step tasks with limited instructions — are emerging as the next battleground for consumer and business AI, and investors are looking for clear product paths rather than research demos. Manus markets itself as
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Seagate stock edges lower as year-end AI trade cools; STX turns to January earnings

Seagate stock edges lower as year-end AI trade cools; STX turns to January earnings

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 15:01 ET — Regular session Seagate Technology Holdings plc shares were down 0.2% at $280.77 in afternoon trading on Tuesday, drifting after a year when the hard-drive maker became a marquee bet on AI-linked data-center spending. The stock has traded between $280.19 and $284.09 so far in the session, with about 694,000 shares changing hands. The soft patch matters because Seagate has been one of 2025’s standout infrastructure winners, leaving the stock more sensitive to shifts in sentiment around cloud budgets, storage pricing and the durability of the AI spending cycle. Investors are also closing
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Why Western Digital stock is down today: WDC slides as year-end rotation cools AI-hardware trades

Why Western Digital stock is down today: WDC slides as year-end rotation cools AI-hardware trades

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 3:00 PM ET — Regular session Western Digital Corp shares fell 1.7% to $176.55 on Tuesday, after opening higher and sliding through the afternoon. The stock touched $181.34 earlier in the session before dipping as low as $176.31. The pullback lands after a standout year for the data-storage maker, whose shares have surged about 303% in 2025, making it one of the S&P 500’s biggest gainers. That steep run has made the stock a frequent target for late-December portfolio reshuffling. Barron’s Broader U.S. indexes were little changed in choppy, light-volume trading, with investors repositioning inside
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AI stocks today: Nvidia AI21 buyout talk hits tape as Meta climbs on Manus deal

AI stocks today: Nvidia AI21 buyout talk hits tape as Meta climbs on Manus deal

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 13:31 ET — Regular session Nvidia shares were nearly flat on Tuesday after an Israeli report said the AI-chip leader is in advanced talks to buy startup AI21 Labs for as much as $3 billion. Nvidia was down about 0.02% at $188.18 in early afternoon trade. Reuters The M&A chatter is landing in a holiday-thin week when investors are reassessing crowded AI trades after a late-2025 tech rally stalled on Monday. Strategists say the rotation has looked more like year-end rebalancing than panic selling. Reuters Traders are also bracing for macro headlines that can swing
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Why Caterpillar stock is slipping today: AI data-center power bets meet year-end trading

Why Caterpillar stock is slipping today: AI data-center power bets meet year-end trading

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 10:59 ET — Regular session Caterpillar, Inc. shares dipped on Tuesday, down about 0.2% at $577.21, as U.S. stocks edged lower in thin year-end trading. The Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq were all slightly in the red, with investors also awaiting the Federal Reserve’s meeting minutes — the detailed record of its latest policy discussion. Reuters The modest move matters because Caterpillar has become a crowded way to express a bigger market theme: rising power demand from AI data centers, and what that means for industrial suppliers. That narrative has helped broaden the stock’s investor
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Google stock today: Alphabet (GOOG) ticks higher as Fed minutes loom and new Gemini AI tools roll out

Google stock today: Alphabet (GOOG) ticks higher as Fed minutes loom and new Gemini AI tools roll out

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 10:18 ET — Regular session Alphabet’s Class C shares (GOOG) rose 0.3% to $315.41 in morning trading on Tuesday, after touching $317.53 earlier in the session. The stock, which carries no voting rights, was last valued at about $2.94 trillion and traded at about 24 times trailing earnings. The move mattered because investors were positioning ahead of the Federal Reserve’s December meeting minutes, due at 2 p.m. ET. Minutes are the detailed record of a policy meeting and can shift expectations for where interest rates are headed — a key input for valuing growth stocks
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Palantir stock slips today as Fed minutes loom and AI-linked tech cools

Palantir stock slips today as Fed minutes loom and AI-linked tech cools

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 10:17 ET — Regular session Palantir Technologies (PLTR.O) slipped in morning trading on Tuesday, down $1.27, or about 0.7%, at $182.91. The stock has traded between $181.78 and $185.11 so far in the session. The pullback keeps the stock tethered to a broader retreat in high-growth tech shares as the final week of the year begins with a more defensive tone. Investors have been quick to lock in gains in names that surged on enthusiasm for artificial intelligence spending. That sensitivity matters now because markets are thinly staffed and volumes are lighter around year-end, which
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Stock Market Today

Kenvue stock price holds near $18 as Kimberly-Clark deal math tightens — what to watch next week

Kenvue stock price holds near $18 as Kimberly-Clark deal math tightens — what to watch next week

7 February 2026
Kenvue shares closed Friday at $18.13, up 0.33%, with about 63.5 million shares traded. The Kimberly-Clark offer values Kenvue at roughly $18.76 per share, leaving a deal spread of about 3%. Both companies’ shareholders approved the merger, which is expected to close in the second half of 2026 pending regulatory approvals. Kenvue’s dividend record date is Feb. 11, with earnings due Feb. 17.
IREN stock heads into Monday after 5% rebound as Microsoft AI financing stays in focus

IREN stock heads into Monday after 5% rebound as Microsoft AI financing stays in focus

7 February 2026
IREN shares closed up 5.1% at $41.83 Friday after reporting a $155.4 million quarterly loss and $184.7 million in revenue. The company announced $3.6 billion in GPU financing for its Microsoft contract, with $2.8 billion in cash as of Jan. 31. Bitcoin mining revenue fell, while AI cloud services rose. Traders await bitcoin’s weekend move and Monday’s market reaction.
Cadence Bank stock is stuck at $42.11 after Huntington deal — what CADE holders watch next week

Cadence Bank stock is stuck at $42.11 after Huntington deal — what CADE holders watch next week

7 February 2026
Cadence Bank shares have been delisted following Huntington Bancshares’ takeover, with each Cadence share converted into 2.475 Huntington shares. Huntington closed Friday at $19.27 and named Senthil Kumar as chief risk officer ahead of new regulatory requirements. The merger leaves Cadence as a brand under Huntington, with customer account conversions planned for mid-2026. Huntington executives will address investors at a UBS conference on Tuesday.
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