10 AI News You Should Take a Look At

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1. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 279

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) provides AI-powered services such as cloud solutions, productivity tools, and business applications to improve operations and security, while heavily investing in AI research and development.

Reuters reported on January 28 that President Trump stated that Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok and expressed interest in a bidding war for the app. Microsoft declined to comment, and TikTok and ByteDance did not respond immediately. Trump mentioned ongoing discussions about TikTok’s future, including a potential acquisition by Elon Musk, though Musk has not publicly addressed the offer. Additionally, AI startup Perplexity AI proposed a merger with TikTok, with the U.S. government potentially receiving up to half of the new entity. This marks the second time Microsoft has been linked to a TikTok acquisition after talks in 2020 were unsuccessful, the report stated.

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