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OpenAI Turns to Oracle for Compute: A new $30 billion, 4.5 gigawatt data center offshoot of the Stargate Project

OpenAI is working with Oracle to build its next chunk of processing power, a $30 billion outgrowth of the partners’ $500 billion Stargate project and a sign of OpenAI’s ongoing thirst for computation.
Illustration of Nvidia H20 and Huawei Ascend 910 AI chips on wood with a Chinese flag, symbolizing China’s shift from U.S. AI processors to domestic development amid geopolitical tensions.
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China Reconsiders U.S. AI Processors: Nvidia and AMD must reassure China their high-end GPUs don't pose security risk

Nvidia and AMD, having obtained the U.S. government’s permission to resume selling AI processors in China, received a cool welcome there.
Man in suit holding AI book in destroyed office, from viral AI-generated video ad by The Dor Brothers.
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AI Video Goes Mainstream: Meta, Google, and other giants slice up text-to-video

Generated video clips are capturing eyeballs in viral videos, ad campaigns, and a Netflix show.
Golden lotus with circuit design symbolizes India’s push for indigenous AI across multiple native languages.
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India Pushes to Build Indigenous AI: India launches GPU network and talent programs to boost local LLMs

India, which has limited funding and large numbers of languages and dialects, is redoubling its efforts to build native large language models.
Bar charts comparing GPT-5’s speed, price, and intelligence vs. top AI models like Claude, Gemini, and Grok in 2025 benchmarks.
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GPT-5 Takeoff Encounters Turbulence: OpenAI's new model hits turbulence with cost, performance, and API complaints

OpenAI launched GPT-5, the highly anticipated successor to its groundbreaking series of large language models, but glitches in the rollout left many early users disappointed and frustrated.
A silhouette of a conductor leads a performance in front of a glowing data center, as an audience watches from a theater. Red curtains frame the scene, symbolizing AI model orchestration.
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Why Meta Is Paying AI Engineers $100M: Meta’s massive compensation packages make sense considering the cost and potential return of delivering cutting-edge AI.

Recently Meta made headlines with unprecedented, massive compensation packages for AI model builders exceeding $100M (sometimes spread over multiple years).
Chinese flag overlaid on Nvidia GPUs, symbolizing renewed U.S.-China AI chip trade following lifted export restrictions.
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U.S. Lifts Ban on AI Chips for China: Market opens for Nvidia and AMD GPUs, following a White House meeting with Jensen Huang

Nvidia will resume sales of H20 processors in China.
Robot hand gripping seal of the U.S. Executive Office of the President, symbolizing government control over national AI policy.
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White House Resets U.S. AI Policy: How the White House's Action Plan aims to build AI leadership, infrastructure, and innovation

President Trump set forth principles of an aggressive national AI policy, and he moved to implement them through an action plan and executive orders.
EU flag with stars forming a neural network pattern, symbolizing AI regulation and interconnected oversight.
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How to Comply With the EU’s AI Act: EU issues code of practice to help AI developers follow AI Act regulations

The European Union published guidelines to help builders of AI models to comply with the AI Act, which wasenacted last year.
Puzzle with logos of Google, Windsurf, Cognition AI, and OpenAI symbolizing shifts in AI coding tool partnerships.
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Powers Realign in AI-Assisted Coding: Google, Cognition carve up Windsurf after OpenAI’s failed $3B acquisition bid

A $3 billion bid by OpenAI to acquire Windsurf, maker of the AI-assisted integrated development environment of the same name, collapsed at the 11th hour, setting off a tumultuous few days of corporate maneuvering.
Meta’s AI hiring surge visualized by a tall stack of gold coins, symbolizing record-breaking compensation offers.
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Meta Lures Talent With Sky-High Pay: Meta’s hiring spree pushes up salaries for AI engineers higher across the industry

Publicly reported compensation for AI talent has skyrocketed in the wake of Meta’s recent hiring spree.
Diagram of Walmart’s Element platform for AI app development, which unifies data and containerizes processing across multiple cloud providers.
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Inside Walmart’s AI App Factory: Walmart’s Element platform for industrial-scale AI app development — a progress report

The world’s biggest retailer by revenue revealed new details about its cloud- and model-agnostic AI application development platform.
Amazon data center at night.
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Amazon’s Constellation of Compute: Amazon plans to spend tens of billions on AI infrastructure with Project Rainier

Amazon revealed new details of its plan to build a constellation of massive data centers and connect them into an “ultracluster.” Customer Number One: Anthropic.
Meta and Scale AI partnership logo symbolizing Meta’s $14.3B investment to boost its AI capabilities.
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Meta Befriends Scale AI: Meta invests $14.3 billion in Scale AI, hires CEO Alexandr Wang

Meta hired the leadership of ScaleAI and put billions into the data-labeling startup to accelerate its AI efforts.
Apple AI models outperform rivals in instruction accuracy and human text evaluations across devices and servers.
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Apple Sharpens Its GenAI Profile: Apple updates its on-device and cloud AI models, introduces a new developer API

Apple revamped two vision-language models in a bid to catch up with fast-moving competitors.
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