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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    YouTube to start bringing back accounts of creators banned for misinformation

    YouTube to start bringing back accounts of creators banned for misinformation

    YouTube creators whose accounts were banned for violating previous policies against COVID-19 and election misinformation will be given the chance to rejoin the platform, said Alphabet, YouTube’s parent company, on Tuesday. In a letter submitted in response to subpoenas from the House Judiciary Committee, attorneys for Alphabet said the decision to bring back banned accounts…

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    Bengaluru man followed by Jeff Bezos now has Sundar Pichai as a follower on X: ‘Google CEO just followed me’

    Bengaluru man followed by Jeff Bezos now has Sundar Pichai as a follower on X: ‘Google CEO just followed me’

    An Indian man’s Sunday morning surprise has taken the internet by storm after he shared that Google CEO Sundar Pichai followed him on X. Rohan Paul, a Bengaluru-based AI engineer and entrepreneur, shared his excitement in a short post that quickly caught the internet’s attention. Social media users congratulated Paul on what they described as…

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    Donald Trump's '3-word description' for Tim Cook, Sundar Pichai, Satya Nadella, Sam Altman and other tech CEOs he hosted for dinner at White House

    Donald Trump’s ‘3-word description’ for Tim Cook, Sundar Pichai, Satya Nadella, Sam Altman and other tech CEOs he hosted for dinner at White House

    President Donald Trump speaks as Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg listens during a dinner in the State Dinning Room of the White House, in Washington. (AP/PTI)(AP09_05_2025_000017A) US President Donald Trump had a three-word description for tech CEOs he hosted for dinner at White House on September 4. Trump termed the CEOs of America’s largest technology companies…

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    Elon Musk, Tim Cook, Lip-Bu Tan and 3 more CEOs that Trump has publicly criticised

    Elon Musk, Tim Cook, Lip-Bu Tan and 3 more CEOs that Trump has publicly criticised

    President Donald Trump recently took aim at Intel’s leadership, seeking the immediate resignation of company’s new CEO Lip-Bu Tan citing his “highly conflicted” ties to Chinese firms. This marks a rare instance of a president attempting to dictate who leads a private company, though Trump has a history of publicly voicing his complaints about corporate…

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    AI spending, China and Trump tariffs loom

    AI spending, China and Trump tariffs loom

    Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms Inc.; from left, Lauren Sanchez; Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com Inc.; Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet Inc.; and Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Inc., during the 60th presidential inauguration in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 2025. Julia Demaree Nikhinson | Bloomberg |…

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