Nvidia defends chip sales to China while dismissing AI safety concerns as 'doomerism' from competitors, as US government weighs stricter export controls.
The New York Times • Sep 9
CORPORATE GEOPOLITICS REGULATION
Nvidia announces new Rubin CPX chip system designed for AI video generation and software creation tasks, expanding its dominance in specialized AI hardware.
Bloomberg • Sep 9
CORPORATE TECH AI
OpenAI leadership faces internal and external opposition to converting from non-profit to for-profit structure, with campaigns threatening the company's massive valuation plans.
Wall Street Journal • Sep 9
CORPORATE NEOCORP FINANCE
Ant Group's tech arm tokenizes $8.4 billion worth of Chinese renewable energy infrastructure, creating globally accessible green energy investment tokens for wind turbines and solar panels.
Crypto News • Sep 9
CORPORATE CRYPTO FINANCE
Finnish startup ReOrbit secures €45 million Series A funding to develop 'sovereign' satellites, offering European nations full ownership and control over their satellite communications.
TechCrunch • Sep 9
CORPORATE GEOPOLITICS INFRASTRUCTURE
Nepali PM K.P. Sharma Oli resigns following deadly protests by young anti-corruption activists frustrated with corruption and lack of economic opportunities, plunging the country into political uncertainty.
Reuters • Sep 9
GEOPOLITICS INEQUALITY SOCIAL
Washington terminates agreements with European countries to fight disinformation from Russia, China and Iran, abandoning coordinated efforts against state-sponsored fake news campaigns.
Financial Times • Sep 8
GEOPOLITICS CYBERWAR MEMETIC
Writers test the 'Friend' AI necklace that eavesdrops on conversations and provides snarky commentary, revealing the social awkwardness and privacy concerns of always-on AI companions.
WIRED • Sep 8
SURVEILLANCE PRIVACY SOCIAL
UK's Electoral Commission reveals it took three years and £250,000 to recover from Chinese cyber attack that accessed 40 million voters' private details, exposing massive security failures.
BBC • Sep 8
GEOPOLITICS PRIVACY CYBERWAR
ASML invests 1.3 billion euros in French AI startup Mistral AI's Series C round, making it Europe's most valuable AI company at 10 billion euro valuation.
Reuters • Sep 7
CORPORATE GEOPOLITICS FINANCE
Microsoft Azure services experiencing disruptions due to damaged underwater internet cables in the Red Sea region.
Bloomberg • Sep 6
NEOCORP GEOPOLITICS INFRASTRUCTURE
World Liberty Financial froze 272 wallets including Justin Sun's, claiming user protection while on-chain data suggests market manipulation was the real cause of price drops.
CoinDesk • Sep 6
CORPORATE CRYPTO FINANCE
Despite lower IT unemployment numbers, the overall technology job market continues to contract with fewer opportunities available.
Wall Street Journal • Sep 6
LABOR INEQUALITY TECH
Spotify's strategic campaign to use European regulations and antitrust actions to challenge Apple's App Store dominance and control.
Wall Street Journal • Sep 6
NEOCORP ANTITRUST GEOPOLITICS
OpenAI explains how standard training rewards guessing over acknowledging uncertainty, making models produce confident false statements rather than admitting ignorance.
OpenAI • Sep 5
TECH AI
Investment surge leads to proliferation of human-like robots in workplaces, moving from science fiction to reality in factories and offices.
The Washington Post • Sep 5
FINANCE LABOR AUTOMATION
AI company Anthropic agrees to pay at least $1.5 billion to authors to settle class-action lawsuit over use of copyrighted books in AI training.
The Verge • Sep 5
CORPORATE REGULATION AI
San Mateo County's $12 million investment in C3 AI's Project Sherlock has stalled, with police departments reporting usability issues and lack of investigational benefits.
Forbes • Sep 4
CORPORATE SURVEILLANCE AI
Amazon builds multi-gigawatt datacenters for Anthropic's AI training, leveraging Trainium chips to compete with Nvidia in the AI infrastructure race.
SemiAnalysis • Sep 3
NEOCORP TECH AI
Decentralized renewable energy infrastructure challenges corporate utility monopolies through grassroots solar adoption
Grist • Sep 26
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