Nvidia launches AI agent safeguards alongside record buyback Tech Nvidia has launched new safeguards designed to stop AI agents breaking out of controlled environments, after a series of security incidents have fuelled calls for tighter oversight of the technology. The chip giant said its Open Agent Safety Platform could have prevented OpenAI agents from breaching Hugging Face earlier this year, when thousands of agents [...]
As it happened: FTSE 100 falls but Nasdaq soars after Nvidia sales boom FTSE 100 Live Welcome back to the City AM FTSE 100 liveblog. The UK’s blue chip index suffered heavy losses on Thursday, as murky US inflation data overshadowed Nvidia’s sales triumph. While headline inflation fell back, the Fed’s preferred measure – the Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index (PCE) – is still running hot at 3.7 per cent. Investors [...]
As it happened: Antofagasta leads FTSE 100 rally; oil falls as US-Iran deal ‘close’ FTSE 100 Live Welcome back to the City AM FTSE 100 liveblog. The UK’s blue-chip index slipped on Wednesday morning, dragged down by oil majors BP and Shell, before recovering later in the day to be level with Tuesday’s close. Brent crude – the international benchmark – fell by more than two per cent on Wednesday to $86 [...]
As it happened: Stocks jittery as Iran war drags on; Reeves unveil cost-of-living package May 21, 2026 Welcome back to the City AM liveblog. Donald Trump has warned Iran there are two options that could see the US finishing the war in Iran, with one that will “see a few people killed as opposed to a lot”. He added: “We could do it either way.” It’s the latest threat from the White [...]
This is why Nvidia’s results failed to woo investors February 26, 2026 Nvidia’s earnings juggernaut continued this week with another quarter of rapid growth, record revenues and guidance ahead of expectations. Yet the reaction from Wall Street was muted, reflecting the scale of expectations now set for the world’s most valuable listed company. The chip giant reported fourth-quarter revenue of $68.1bn (£50.3bn), up 73 per cent year [...]
Revolut investors eye $100bn price tag in push for new share sale February 25, 2026 Revolut is weighing a fresh secondary share sale in the second half of 2026 as investors at the fintech giant hope to secure the $100bn price tag ahead of its highly-anticipated public debut. The London-born digital bank is in early talks over a transaction that would give new investors the opportunity to buy into the [...]
FTSE 100 Live: Index hits record as HSBC, St James’s stock rally February 25, 2026 Good morning and welcome back to the City AM liveblog. There’s a number of factors weighing on global markets at the moment, and yet the FTSE 100 was able to close Tuesday’s session unscathed. It came despite President Donald Trump’s new 10 per cent tariffs coming into effect, sending some jitters across global indexes. But [...]
Nvidia results to test strength of rocketing AI spend February 23, 2026 In the wake of the recent Anthropic-driven sell-off in software stocks, Nvidia’s earnings report on Wednesday will serve as a key litmus test for the extraordinary growth fuelling the AI buildout. The chip behemoth, now almost synonymous with the AI boom, is expected to post revenue of between $65.6bn (£48.48bn) and $65.9bn for the quarter [...]
Nvidia’s golden quarter dares markets to call AI a bubble November 20, 2025 Nvidia’s latest earnings blew straight through Wall Street expectations, delivering the kind of numbers that force investors to park away thoughts of an AI bubble. The notorious chip maker’s latest results, a blockbuster $57bn quarter that tore through Wall Street expectations, injected a jolt of confidence into rattled global markets, pulling the FTSE 100 and [...]
Alibaba unveils new AI chip as Nvidia’s China headache deepens August 29, 2025 China’s tech giants are racing to plug the gap left by Washington’s export bans, with Alibaba rolling out a new AI processor designed to replace Nvidia’s restricted H20 chip. The e-commerce titan, now also the country’s largest cloud-computing group, said the chip is more versatile than its predecessors and is aimed squarely at domestic AI [...]