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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says China should not have Blackwell or Rubin AI GPUs — firmly states US should have 'the first, the most, and the best' when it comes to AI hardware

… At the same time, Huang emphasized that China should not receive the 'latest and greatest' AI accelerators, such as the current-generation Blackwell or next-generation Rubin. This is a way for the U.S. to maintain its lead in the frontier AI models. …

May 5, 2026 · Anton Shilov
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Chinese grey market sells Claude API access at 90% off by using stolen credentials, model substitution, and harvesting users' prompts and outputs for resale as AI training data — 'transfer stations' operate through proxy networks that harvest user data

… Anthropic disclosed similar activity in February, identifying roughly 24,000 fraudulent accounts linked to Chinese labs, including DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, and MiniMax. Follow Tom's Hardware on Google News , or add us as a preferred source , to get our latest news, analysis, & reviews in your feeds. …

May 9, 2026 · Luke James
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Google's DeepMind to train AI on player actions in quarter-million-player MMORPG Eve Online — Google bought in by purchasing a minority stake in the newly independent Fenris Creations

… With a quarter million monthly active users, Eve Online's deep living simulation of economics and politics, with strategic aspects involving exploration and combat, presents the opportunity to expand the capabilities and horizons of AI. …

May 8, 2026 · Mark Tyson
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OpenClaw creator burned through $1.3 million in OpenAI API tokens in a single month — bill covered 603 billion tokens across 7.6 million requests and 100 coding agents

AI coding tools are currently facing growing scrutiny over their cost economics. Codex, Claude Code, and Cursor are all competing aggressively for developer adoption, and all three subsidize inference costs well below API rates to attract and retain users. …

May 17, 2026 · Luke James
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The Middle East had everything data center builders and hyperscalers could wish for — then the Iran war happened

… The recent instability in the Middle East hasn’t fundamentally changed the investment calculus for data centers, said Mark Whyte, global head of built environment and infrastructure at Control Risks, in an interview with Tom’s Hardware Premium . “There has been direct impact on, I think at least on… …

May 8, 2026 · Chris Stokel-Walker