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Alibaba-affiliate Ant combines Chinese and U.S. chips to slash AI development costs
Alibaba-affiliate Ant Group is using both Chinese and U.S.-made semiconductors to make its AI more efficient, according to a source familiar with the matter.CNBC - 4d -
Alibaba launches new open-source AI model for 'cost-effective AI agents'
Alibaba Cloud has launched its latest AI model in its "Qwen series," as large language model competition in China continues to heat up.CNBC - 1d -
U.S. blacklists over 50 Chinese companies in bid to curb Beijing's AI, chip capabilities
The export restrictions come at a time when tensions between Washington and Beijing have been rising with the Trump administration ratcheting up tariffs against China.CNBC - 2d -
How Jack Ma’s pivot to AI rehabilitated Alibaba
The Chinese tech giant is establishing a lead in a fiercely competitive sector, and its billionaire founder is back in favourFinancial Times - Mar. 17 -
Nvidia's Huang says faster chips are the best way to reduce AI costs
"Speed is the best cost-reduction system," Huang said Tuesday, after his keynote speech at Nvidia's GTC conference.CNBC - Mar. 19 -
The concern with CoreWeave’s 250,000 Nvidia chips ahead of its IPO
CoreWeave sells access to Nvidia graphics processors as a service, allowing developers to rent chips by the hour so they can develop more advanced AI models.CNBC - 1d -
People 'underestimate' the importance of Chinese President Xi's entrepreneur meeting: Alibaba's Tsai
Alibaba Chairman Joe Tsai said Chinese President Xi Jinping's meeting with entrepreneurs boosted confidence and has been underestimated.CNBC - Mar. 12 -
Alibaba has staged a quiet $100 billion rally — AI and Jack Ma's return are at the heart of it
Alibaba founder Jack Ma has returned to the spotlight as China's political environment for tech improves. Alibaba's successes in AI have also shone through.CNBC - 10h -
Alibaba has staged a quiet $100 billion rally — AI and Jack Ma's return are at the heart of it
Alibaba founder Jack Ma has returned to the spotlight as China's political environment for tech improves. Alibaba's successes in AI have also shone through.CNBC - 10h -
Alphabet aims to slash cost of new nuclear with small reactor deployments, CIO says
Alphabet's Google unit struck a deal last October to buy power from small modular reactors under development by Kairos Power.CNBC - Mar. 10 -
Jack Ma’s AI comeback
Alibaba is establishing a lead in a fiercely competitive sectorFinancial Times - Mar. 18 -
Chinese Companies Rush to Put DeepSeek in Everything
From video game developers to a nuclear power plant, companies across China are adopting DeepSeek’s AI models to boost stock prices and flaunt their national pride.Wired - Mar. 12 -
Nvidia Bets Big on Synthetic Data
Nvidia has acquired synthetic data startup Gretel to bolster the AI training data used by the chip maker's customers and developers.Wired - Mar. 19 -
Alibaba's Tsai discusses AI's potential: 'Equity research analysts can be completely replaced'
"Mundane research" can be done by machines, but human beings will still play a role, Alibaba's Chairman Joe Tsai said Wednesday at CNBC’s CONVERGE LIVE.CNBC - Mar. 12 -
Alibaba launches new version of AI assistant tool as competition heats up
The launch comes as its latest effort to gain an edge amid growing competition in AI application front, further intensified by the emergence of DeepSeek.CNBC - Mar. 13 -
Hot New Thermodynamic Chips Could Trump Classical Computers
Guillaume Verdon is building a new kind of chip to accelerate AI. His alter ego wants to accelerate humanity itself.Wired - 4d -
Micron gets boost with surging AI memory-chip sales; shares jump on earnings beat
Shares of memory-chip maker Micron Technology Inc. jumped in extended trading Thursday after the company’s fiscal second quarter showed that it is still seeing a boost from AI, with its ...MarketWatch - Mar. 20 -
The Fight Over Trump’s Proposed Port Fees on Chinese Ships
The U.S. maritime industry says that the proposed fees would cost jobs and raise consumer prices. Democrats and some unions say it will help reshore shipbuilding.Inc. - 2d -
The Discord Social SDK enables developers to tap into Discord’s social infrastructure at no cost
Discord, the communications for games company, has launched the Discord Social SDK, a toolkit that enables developers of all sizes to tap into Discord’s social infrastructure to drive their game’s ...VentureBeat - Mar. 17 -
Chinese tea chain Chagee files for U.S. initial public offering
Chinese tea chain Chagee filed for a U.S. initial public offering on Tuesday, seeking to trade on the Nasdaq using the ticker “CHA.”NBC News - 1d -
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Says AI Is in the Middle of ‘an Inflection Point’
Nvidia’s Huang unveiled new Rubin AI chips at GTC 2025 and also outlined AI’s ‘extraordinary progress.’Inc. - Mar. 18 -
Nous Research just launched an API that gives developers access to AI models that OpenAI and Anthropic won’t build
Nous Research's new API for "unrestricted" Hermes 3 and DeepHermes-3 AI models features toggle-on reasoning and a developer-first approach.VentureBeat - Mar. 12 -
Chinese developer Sunac unveils unprecedented second restructuring
Move by mainland property group highlights continuing debt problems in depressed sectorFinancial Times - 3d -
OpenAI’s New Developer Tools Make Building AI Agents Easy
Here’s how one company is already using the tools designed to help businesses create helpful AI agents.Inc. - Mar. 14 -
Eye Opener: Trump administration slashes half the Department of Education's workforce
The Trump administration slashes half the Department of Education's workforce, causing uncertainty over the agency's future. Also, the U.S. says it will resume security support for Ukraine after ...CBS News - Mar. 12 -
Man gets prison in U.S. for helping pressure Chinese expat to return home
A real estate businessman who aided a Chinese effort to pressure an expatriate to return home has been sentenced to over a year in a U.S. prison.NBC News - Mar. 21 -
The cost of U.S. imports jump in February. Is it the Trump tariff effect?
The cost of imports rose faster than usual in February, perhaps a result of U.S. companies rushing to bring in foreign goods ahead of President Donald Trump’s tariffs.MarketWatch - Mar. 18 -
Y Combinator startups are fastest growing, most profitable in fund history because of AI
Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan says for about a quarter of the current YC startups, 95% of the code was written by artificial intelligence models.CNBC - Mar. 15 -
Nvidia announces Blackwell Ultra and Rubin AI chips
Nvidia’s sales are up more than sixfold since its business was transformed by the release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in late 2022.CNBC - Mar. 18 -
Researchers develop AI tool that could speed up coeliac disease diagnosis
Cambridge study finds algorithm is as effective as a pathologist in detecting disease – and much quicker. AI could speed up the diagnosis of coeliac disease, according to research.. Coeliac disease ...The Guardian - 21h -
Rune Aero uses Nvidia GPUs to cut virtual wind tunnel costs by 80%
Rune Aero is using Nvidia GPUs to cut virtual wind tunnel costs by 80%, bringing down costs of developing airplanes.VentureBeat - Mar. 18 -
What you need to know about Manus, the new AI agentic system from China hailed as a second ‘DeepSeek moment’
Manus AI is designed as a multi-agent system, meaning it combines several AI models to handle tasks independently.VentureBeat - Mar. 10 -
Chinese students slam GOP bill that would ban them from U.S. schools, say it's ‘new Chinese Exclusion Act’
Several Chinese students slammed legislation that was introduced last week by Republican lawmakers that seeks to keep them out of American schools.NBC News - Mar. 19 -
How AI Lets You Build a Business Without a CTO
AI-powered development tools are replacing the need for technical co-founders.Inc. - Mar. 20 -
Ray Dalio warns that mounting U.S. debt problems could lead to ‘shocking developments'
Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio on Wednesday warned that a "very severe" supply-demand problem regarding U.S. debt could lead to shocking developments.CNBC - Mar. 12 -
Republicans' reckless assault on clean energy will cost them
The GOP spending bill is a slash-and-burn blueprint for enacting President Trump’s extreme agenda, and it will throw American industries and families into chaos.The Hill - Mar. 14 -
In a big step for Syria, U.S.-backed Kurdish forces will merge with government army
The Kurdish-led coalition that with U.S. troops fought Islamic State, will integrate with the Syrian government forces previously affiliated with Al Qaeda.NBC News - Mar. 11 -
OpenAI urges U.S. to allow AI models to train on copyrighted material
OpenAI is asking the U.S. government to make it easier for AI companies to learn from copyrighted material, citing a need to “strengthen America’s lead” globally in advancing the technology.NBC News - Mar. 13 -
Could Starmer's regulation shake-up mean a 'bonfire of the quangos'?
The PM will pledge to slash the costs of regulation with an "active government" in a speech later.BBC News - Mar. 13 -
SingularityNET and Star Atlas partner to combine Web3 games and AI Agents
SingularityNET, a founding member of the ASI Alliance, has partnered with ATMTA, maker of Star Atlas, the Web3 space exploration online game.VentureBeat - 1d