The ChatGPT developer OpenAI has secured 40 billion dollars from investors for further growth. The unprecedented financial injection brings the total valuation to 300 billion dollars, as OpenAI announced.

Microsoft is presenting new virtual assistants with artificial intelligence for widespread use in industry at the Hannover Messe. The "Factory Operations Agent" is one of the software company's trade fair innovations.

The short message service X (formerly Twitter) once again recorded significant outages on March 30, 2025. According to the incident reporting portal DownDetector, several hundred thousands were received from affected users.

The Twitter successor X is also losing its formal independence in Elon Musk's empire. The platform will become part of his AI company xAI - and is likely to provide a lot of training material for the software.

Among other things, generative AI and greater network security are being promoted. A digital earth model is also being expanded in order to simulate extreme weather events even more accurately.

US President Donald Trump is serious about car tariffs. How could Europe defend itself against this? The German Foreign Minister sees a possibility with software updates for cell phones.

For years, Google refused to make artificial intelligence available for military purposes. Following a change in policy, it is now cooperating with a defense giant.

SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner SE published its annual report for 2024 today. The company successfully continued its growth trajectory amid dynamic market development.