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Why Moonshot's Kimi K3 Matters Beyond China

Moonshot's Kimi K3 has reignited debate over China's role in the AI race, but Beringea Chief Investment Officer Karen McCormick says the bigger story is the growing availability of cheaper, open-weight AI models. She joins Bloomberg to explain why lower-cost AI is helping startups build faster, forcing frontier model providers to stay competitive, and accelerating AI adoption across industries. She joins Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech."

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SoFi Doubles Down on AI Despite Market Pullback

SoFi posted record quarterly revenue and raised its full-year sales outlook. SoFi CEO Anthony Noto discusses why the company is keeping its earnings guidance unchanged, how AI is boosting engineering productivity and customer service, and why SoFi is continuing to invest for long-term growth despite shifting expectations for interest rates. Noto joins Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech."

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US Military Escorting Oil and Gas Through Strait, Wright Says

Energy Secretary Chris Wright said that a new $100 billion data center campus built by NextEra energy and Brookfield will be powered by a nuclear and gas supply built on federal lands and will provide its own water. Wright also discussed the state of energy prices as the Iran war heats back up, and said it's not possible to forecast where gas prices will be by Labor Day.

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Ford Shares Climb as Profit-Rich SUVs Drive Outlook Higher

Ford Motor Co. raised its profit outlook for the second time this year as consumers continue to snap up the automaker's high-margin sport-utility vehicles. The rosier forecast, revealed late Tuesday as the automaker reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings, shows how Ford is cashing in on resilient demand for SUVs and pickups, echoing a similar move by rival General Motors Co. last week.  Bloomberg's Craig Trudell joins to discuss.

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New Age of Missiles, Drones Reshapes Battlefields Around The World

The world is on the cusp of a third missile age, with conventional ballistic weapons proliferating at unprecedented speed in the wake of widespread, battlefield-warping deployment in Iran and Ukraine.  Paul Scharre, Executive Director at the Center for a New American Security, discusses this new age of military technology and his Foreign Affairs piece, "Losing the War of the Future: How New Technologies Threaten America's Military Advantage."

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