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The outage, which became one of the most significant technical disruptions in recent memory, led to a $380 million loss in revenue for Delta.

Plaintiffs allege Delta refused automatic refunds for canceled flights and offered partial reimbursements only if passengers waived legal claims.

The lucrative deal, known as the Information Services Agreement (ISA), mandates the use of Google as the default search engine on Apple devices.

His departure follows OpenAI's recent dissolution of its superalignment team, a group dedicated to ensuring human control over advanced AI systems.

The lawsuit alleges that CrowdStrike's assurances about its technology were materially false and misleading.

The lack of thorough testing is believed to have contributed to the widespread disruption affecting clients' computer systems worldwide.

Major US air airlines initially grounded all flights over a communication issue -- though American Airlines later said it had reinstated its flights. Airports across the world said check-in systems were down and services were being handled manually, with delays likely.

A major outage wrought havoc on global computer systems on Friday, grounding flights in the United States, derailing television broadcasts in the UK and impacting telecommunications in Australia.

The issue is affecting all flights from the airlines regardless of their destinations.

Microsoft has dropped its board observer seat at OpenAI following tight regulatory scrutiny.

Microsoft has ditched plans to take up an observer seat on the board of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, according to a letter seen by AFP on Wednesday, as antitrust regulators step up their scrutiny of the artificial intelligence market.

The California Civil Rights Department accused Microsoft of retaliating against employees who took parental, disability, pregnancy, or family-care leave.

Microsoft is to invest 2.2 billion euros ($2.4 billion) in a huge data center project in northeastern Spain, regional authorities said Wednesday as the area seeks to establish itself as a cloud storage hotspot.

Chipmakers, in particular, have benefited from the AI-centric market. One of those chipmakers is Nvidia, which briefly overtook Microsoft to become the most valuable company in the world.

Nvidia has transformed from a $300 billion company grappling with a chip surplus due to a cryptocurrency bust to a dominant force in the tech industry, with its products in high demand from other Silicon Valley giants.

Microsoft President Brad Smith will be facing a house panel to answer cybersecurity issues following Russian and Chinese hacks.

The FTC and the Justice Department have cleared the way for an antitrust investigation into Microsoft, Nvidia and OpenAI.

Elon Musk's AI company xAI raised $6 billion to advance its technology and bring products to market, with plans to build a supercomputer and expand research.

The EU has identified generative artificial intelligence as one of the main threats to elections being held across the 27-country bloc June 6-9.

The announcement came as Macron kicked off a day of meetings with foreign business leaders at the Chateau de Versailles, called "Choose France".

The announcements came on the eve of the seventh Choose France Summit, the aim of which is to attract foreign investors to the country. Macron will host it at the Chateau of Versailles near Paris.