LinkedIn has published the ninth edition of its Top Startups ranking, which uses platform data to pick 20 promising French startups. Mistral AI holds first place for the third year running.
Federal Reserve chair Kevin Warsh said on the sidelines of the IMF meetings that AI could transform the world economy in depth. He sees it as a positive shift that could create wealth and make the economy more productive.
Email security firm Proofpoint is buying Varonis for about $6.3 billion in cash. The deal aims to help it monitor the sensitive data that AI agents increasingly have access to.
Google is rolling out several updates to make sources easier to click in its AI-generated answers. The changes come as publishers watch these features siphon off their traffic.
Traffic attributed to ChatGPT has dropped sharply in analytics, but actual visits have not fallen. ChatGPT has temporarily stopped adding UTM parameters to some links, making it harder for sites to tell where clicks come from.
As markets question whether AI will pay off, business buyers are growing wary of vendors who boast about it. The 'AI-powered' label is shifting from selling point to warning sign.