Google Shifts to Biannual Chip Releases to Maintain AI Edge
The tech giant is abandoning its traditional two-year development cycle as competition intensifies for custom silicon that powers machine learning workloads
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The tech giant is abandoning its traditional two-year development cycle as competition intensifies for custom silicon that powers machine learning workloads
China's second-largest foundry expands specialty capacity as domestic AI demand collides with Washington's semiconductor restrictions…
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The company's latest release introduces zero-retention infrastructure options and addresses false-positive safety blocks, even as benchmarks…
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The Workspace design suite leans on object-level editing to sidestep the generic AI imagery that marketing teams have learned to avoid.…
Two new generative AI tools join the Defense Department's secure portal as officials race to adopt frontier models while sidestepping Anthro…
The $2 billion deal's collapse marks the latest flashpoint in U.S.-China tech decoupling, leaving the startup to rebuild momentum as a stand…
As fabrication plants set explicit localisation quotas, homegrown semiconductor toolmakers face growing pressure to deliver machines that me…
A Guangdong court's asset freeze widens the gulf between Nexperia's Chinese manufacturing base and its European parent, raising questions ab…
Two Japanese materials giants are expanding local operations as the island's semiconductor ecosystem becomes the gravitational center of AI …
A senior OpenAI strategist sees new openings for cooperation on frontier AI risks, while Chinese state outlets escalate criticism of Washing…
Z.ai found itself scrambling after falling behind in the enterprise AI race - then a new model release changed everything in a single weeken…
The answer-engine startup's new Hybrid Compute splits tasks between frontier cloud models and on-device LLMs, targeting professionals who ne…
The European Commission's "very large" designation triggers stricter algorithmic scrutiny, audits, and data-sharing obligations for three pl…
Ryan Breslow is back at the helm of his once-$11 billion checkout startup, now raising up to $27 million in a bridge round with punitive ter…
Global fund managers increased yuan-denominated stock positions by 87 percent in Q2, signaling renewed confidence in mainland hardware and e…
New complaint claims the e-commerce giant spent seven years inflating ad prices through phantom bidders and undisclosed surcharges, potentia…
The Shenzhen giant is trading near-term earnings for long-term tech autonomy, a bet that mirrors the broader strategic shift across China's …
The expansion comes less than a week after the firm raised $1.1 billion for its Machine Age Fund, signaling aggressive positioning in an AI-…
The San Francisco and Asia-based startup indexes terabytes of user content locally, betting that media search can remain a standalone produc…
Three platforms now face the EU's strictest content moderation and safety obligations, with penalties reaching 6 percent of global revenue f…