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Last Wednesday, during former President Joe Biden's farewell address, he warned that the U.S. could become an "oligarchy." Here's what it means

The images of President Donald Trump at his inauguration surrounded by the titans of the global tech industry is a warning of what could come: a global digital oligarchy dominated by a tiny tech elite.

DeepSeek, the Chinese startup that has managed to make a mockery of Silicon Valley’s capital-bloated AI oligarchy ... the company claimed—could best OpenAI’s DALL-E and Stability AI ...

Explore the pros and cons of the first round of technology developments from President Trump's first week in office. What impact will his bold tech moves have?

Oligarchy is not a word that you hear applied ... Along with Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg and OpenAI’s Sam Altman, among others. To be clear, a handful of unelected tech ...

Meta, Amazon and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman donated $1 million ... Biden’s use of the word “oligarchy” was no accident — it’s a direct reference to the form of government in Russia, whose ...

Meta, Amazon and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman donated $1 million ... Biden's use of the word “oligarchy” was no accident — it's a direct reference to the form of government in Russia, whose leader ...

Tech billionaires such as Tesla's Elon Musk of Tesla, Mark Zuckerberg of Meta, Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Shou Zi Chew of TikTok, Sam Altman of OpenAI ... U.S. could become an "oligarchy."

Big Tech’s ability to influence electoral outcomes and then work in concert with political power is perilous for political and economic competition.

As Elon Musk and his billionaire brethren take power in Trump’s second term, the lack of legal guardrails — and the fading power of Big Media — is becoming an existential crisis.

Earlier this week, for instance, the long-running feud between Elon Musk and Sam Altman—both once members of OpenAI’s board before Musk departed in 2018—veered into the realm of Trumpian ...