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President Joe Biden listens as Vice President Kamala Harris speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 1, 2023, about National Small Business Week.
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This photo provided by OpenAI shows Mira Murati, Chief Technology Officer of OpenAI. Murati leads OpenAI's research, product and safety teams.
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Operations
Google Has the Next Move as Microsoft Embraces OpenAI Buzz
The pressure is starting to take a toll.
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The Pentagon is seen in this aerial view made through an airplane window in Washington, Jan. 26, 2020.
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Microsoft Surface equipment lies on the turf before an NFL football game between the Atlanta Falcons and the Cleveland Browns, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022, in Atlanta. Microsoft earnings are reported on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022.
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The Twitter icon is displayed on a mobile phone in Philadelphia on April 26, 2017. Twitter said in a statement Friday, April 15, 2022, that its board of directors has unanimously adopted a “poison pill” defense in response to Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s proposal to buy the company and take it private.
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Twitter Says Poison Pill Makes 'Coercive' Takeover Difficult
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The logo of Samsung Electronics is seen outside the Samsung Electronics Seocho building in Seoul, South Korea, on Oct. 25, 2020. Samsung Electronics on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021 reported its highest quarterly profit in three years as it continues to see robust global demand for its computer memory chips.
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