… The U.S. export controls on advanced AI chips have made it difficult for Nvidia to maintain its dominance in China. In January, Trump allowed Nvidia to sell its advanced H200 chips to China, provided that the U.S. government gets a 25% cut. …
… Elon Musk trial, campaigners lobbying for better wages for workers gathered with a large banner that said, “Workers demand a piece of the pie.” In his Facebook post, presidential policy chief Kim said that South Korea has a rare opportunity to transform from being a mere provider of AI infrastructu… …
… The challenge goes beyond trade barriers and will require a sustained effort to rebuild competitiveness, Ezell said. “We need to step up our innovation game in autos here at home,” he said. “But that’s going to require a serious U.S. auto industry competitiveness policy.” Global Dispatch Pope’s enc… …
… The U.S. is impaired by a lack of supportive policy and subsidies, the unavailability of affordable Chinese models, and a preference for big cars. …
… Global What to read: A summer book list Rest of World recommends eight books that cover the history of resistance to tech, our relationship with AI companions, the danger of our dependence on Taiwan chips, and more. …
… The data center, equipped with domestic chips, has been struggling to find users because the chips do not integrate well with architectures that were designed to run on Nvidia chips. The prospects of these mini AI startups are uncertain. …
… The UAE is emerging as one of the few nations with the wealth, energy, and partnerships to finance data centers at home while investing in U.S. gas infrastructure to generate electricity for data centers there. “The binding constraints in AI are no longer only chips or large language models,” Hafez… …
… Security frameworks were designed to prevent advanced chips from reaching China rather than to protect the physical infrastructure from missiles. “U.S. government and industry leaders have prioritized expansion over kinetic risk mitigation, reflecting how AI development is outpacing national securi… …
… It said nothing about the kinetic defense of the physical infrastructure those chips would power. “U.S. government and industry leaders have prioritized expansion over kinetic risk mitigation,” Sam Zabin, a fellow at CSIS, told Rest of World . …
… This, coupled with a lot of the investment that the Chinese have encouraged when it comes to the software side of things. … Think of the AI capability all the way from the foundation model development to the actual AI chipset that can now be manufactured and shipped in China. …