Kai-Fu Lee's brutal assessment: America is already losing the AI hardware war to China

China is on track to dominate consumer artificial intelligence applications and robotics manufacturing within years, but the United States will maintain its substantial lead in enterprise AI adoption [...]

Why DJI drones might be banned in the US

Since being placed on a Department of Commerce entity list in 2020 over national security fears, China’s DJI has faced the threat of a US ban on its hyper-popular drones. After exhausting its appeal [...]

Kuwait cracks down on crypto miners to cut down on electricity usage

Kuwait is cracking down on cryptocurrency miners throughout the country, as reported by Reuters. Officials have blamed the practice for blackouts and for causing stress on its power grid. The country [...]

US lawmakers want DeepSeek banned from government devices

Two US Congress members plan to introduce bipartisan legislation to ban China’s DeepSeek AI chatbot from government devices. The bill’s announcement came after a security expert said DeepSeek not [...]

NVIDIA reportedly stops production of H20 AI chips

NVIDIA has reportedly asked its suppliers to halt production related to its H20 AI chips for the Chinese market. According to The Information, the company told Arizona-based Amkor Technology and Samsu [...]

YouTube will give 'second chances' to some banned creators

Last month, Alphabet told the House Judiciary Committee that it would allow some creators who were banned from YouTube for spreading COVID-19 and election-related misinformation to come back to the pl [...]

China cracks down on 'autonomous' car claims after fatal accident

Chinese authorities have banned automakers from using terms such as "smart driving" and "autonomous driving" for ads in the country, according to Reuters. The Ministry of Industry [...]

Turkey wants to ban social media for kids under 15

The Turkish parliament has voted through a bill that would ban all children under the age of 15 from using social media. As part of the legislation, social media platforms would be required to enforce [...]

Sakana AI's ALE AI agent cracks the top 21 among 1,000 code experts

Japanese company Sakana AI built an AI agent that can tackle complex optimization problems used in industry. In a live competition, their AI went head-to-head with more than 1,000 human programmers.&l [...]