OpenAI and Anthropic increased their federal lobbying spending to a record $3.17 million in Q2 2026, up 23% from Q1, as they prepare for upcoming IPOs and the midterm elections. Anthropic spent $1.97 million, surpassing Nvidia, while OpenAI spent $1.2 million. Their lobbying focused on cybersecurity, copyright, cloud computing, and defense procurement. Meanwhile, major tech firms' lobbying remained steady, and defense contractors slightly reduced spending in the same period.
Nvidia has partnered with Cloverleaf Infrastructure, a data center developer, investing several hundred million dollars for a minority stake. Cloverleaf provides essential infrastructure like power sources for data centers, supporting Nvidia's AI har...
For investors around 40 with $60,000 invested and 25 years before retirement, three low-cost ETFs—Vanguard Mega Cap Growth (MGK), Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth (SCHG), and iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock (IXUS)—provide a balanced growth st...
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SPDR offers two ETFs tracking the S&P 500: the well-known SPY and the lesser-known SPYM. While both hold the same stocks in the same proportions and pay similar dividends, SPYM charges only 0.02% in fees compared to SPY's 0.0945%. This makes SPYM a c...
Nvidia's new research reveals that the software harness controlling an AI model is more crucial than the model itself for completing complex, long-horizon tasks. By using a custom harness with a supervisory component, Nvidia's Claude Opus 5 AI achiev...
