Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez says China is closing the AI gap

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    This report is from this week’s The Tech Download newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. In the battle for AI supremacy between the U.S. and China, “distillation” has become a hot topic. The term broadly refers to the training of an AI model using the output or answers from another more advanced model….

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      U.S. AI data center boom exposes reliance on Chinese power equipment

      American reliance on China for key components used to power data centers is coming under increasing scrutiny as Washington and Beijing battle for AI supremacy, raising the prospect of higher costs and worsening supply chain shortages for the AI buildout. U.S. hyperscalers are racing to build multibillion-dollar data centers for AI, and Chinese firms supply…

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      China's blocking of the Meta-Manus deal is a mirror image of the U.S.' CFIUS rules: Analyst

        Manus to return as independent company after China blocks Meta deal

        The Manus logo is displayed on a smartphone screen, with the Meta logo visible in the background. Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty Images Manus said Tuesday it will “soon resume operating as an independent company,” after Chinese regulators in April demanded Meta unwind its $2 billion acquisition of the artificial intelligence startup….

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        America needs an open-source AI strategy

          China’s open-weight model lead exposes America’s AI blind spot

          Some of America’s biggest technology companies are pushing Washington to make open artificial intelligence a national priority as China continues to build its lead in the space. Their message exposes a gap in U.S. policy: America has a chip strategy for AI. Now it needs an open-model strategy. Supporters say open models can lower costs,…

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            WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 21: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman appears during a news conference with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on January 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump announced an investment in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure and took questions on a range of topics including his presidential pardons…

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            'China Shock 3.0': CXMT as part of China's efforts to grab global tech market share

              CXMT is sparking fears of a cash drain before blockbuster IPO

              CANADA – 2026/05/23: In this photo illustration, the CXMT (ChangXin Memory Technologies) logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images ChangXin Memory Technologies’ massive listing is stoking fears that its market debut could pull cash from Chinese equities, as…

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                Bessent says U.S. could sanction China over AI model ‘theft’

                U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent during the 2026 Reagan National Economic Forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, May 29, 2026. Caroline Brehman | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday said the Trump administration will look into whether Chinese artificial intelligence models have been distilled from…

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