America’s top defence official declared that the US must achieve unquestioned AI “dominance” to prevent adversaries from gaining a technological edge, as he unveiled a strategy that includes integrating Elon Musk’s chatbot Grok. Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth’s announcement did not mention China by name, but it came a month after a report to the…
China mandates all state-funded data centres to use domestic AI chips, escalating its tech rivalry with the US. China Tightens Rules on Data Centres, Mandates Use of Domestic AI Chips. The Chinese government has introduced new regulations requiring all data centre projects that receive state funding to use only domestically manufactured artificial intelligence (AI) chips,…
US President Donald Trump on Sunday said that Nvidia’s advanced Blackwell chip for artificial intelligence (AI) would not be available to “other people,” Reuters reported. Nvidia dominates the AI chip market and recently hit a $5 trillion market capitalisation. Since August, questions have arisen over whether Donald Trump would permit shipments of Blackwell chips to…
China is diving headfirst into the world of brain-computer fusion, and it’s not just about smarter phones or robot assistants. The country is chasing a literal merger between humans and machines, and it hopes it will leapfrog its position in the global race for AI supremacy. While the finer details are yet to be known,…