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U.S. stock indexes advanced on Friday after strong earnings updates from Exxon and Intel offset worries over Amazon's slowdown warning, while economic data reinforced expectations that the Federal Reserve would hike interest rates next week.

As recently as February, generative AI did not feature prominently in EU lawmakers' plans for regulating generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies such as ChatGPT.

U.S. stock indexes advanced on Friday after strong earnings updates from Exxon and Intel offset worries over Amazon's slowdown warning, while economic data reinforced expectations that the Federal Reserve would hike interest rates next week.

U.S. stock indexes rose steadily on Friday after strong earnings updates from Exxon and Intel offset worries over Amazon's slowdown warning, while economic data reinforced expectations that the Federal Reserve would hike interest rates next week.

What happened Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) reported first-quarter results Thursday night and the stock is now dropping in response. After dipping by as much as 5% in morning trading, Amazon stock was still lower by 3.4% as of 2 p.m. ET.

Tech stocks were higher Friday afternoon, with the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) rising 0.6% and the Philadelphia Semiconductor index advancing 1.2%.

Earnings season has delivered plenty of surprises so far, with Consumer Staples titans utilizing their pricing power and big tech injecting positive sentiment into the market.

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U.S. stock indexes gained on Friday after strong earnings updates from Exxon and Intel dwarfed worries over Amazon's slowdown warning, while economic data bolstered expectations that the Federal Reserve would hike interest rates next week.

The ChatGPT chatbot was reactivated in Italy after its maker OpenAI addressed issues raised by Italy's data protection authority, the agency and the company confirmed on Friday.

Britain's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on Wednesday blocked Microsoft's $69 billion acquisition of 'Call of Duty' maker Activision Blizzard over concerns it would hinder cloud gaming.

Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) stock was already on the rise in 2023 (up 17%) when it reported earnings for the fiscal third quarter of 2023 (ended March 31) on April 25. After the report's release, its stock shot another 8% higher as investors celebrated its results amid what has be

U.S. stock indexes edged higher on Friday after strong earnings updates from Exxon and Intel mitigated the impact of Amazon's slowdown warning, while economic data bolstered expectations that the Federal Reserve would hike interest rates next week.

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Growth in Amazon.com Inc's lucrative cloud business is slowing and investors are worried. Shares fell 4% on Friday as Amazon's cloud business slowed in April after posting its weakest quarterly growth since the company began breaking out the unit's sales in 2015.

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Amazon.com Inc shares fell nearly 5% on Friday after the company warned its lucrative cloud services business slowed further in April, fuelling concerns that the long-time growth driver was struggling with a pullback in technology spending.

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