Geopolitics - News Articles

CXMT Says Its 11.95nm Fifth-Generation DRAM Enters Mass Production, Matching Samsung and Micron Nodes

Sep 23, 2026

TNW | Semiconductors

ChangXin Memory Technologies says its 11.95nm fifth-generation DRAM has entered mass production, claiming parity with Samsung and Micron’s leading nodes while using four-exposure patterning under U.S. export controls.

Hardware Geopolitics

OpenAI and Anthropic Chiefs Address U.N. Security Council as Trump Pushes AI Expansion

Sep 23, 2026

CNBC

OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei are set to address the U.N. Security Council on AI as President Donald Trump urges the U.N. to encourage AI expansion despite their calls to slow development of the most advanced models.

Geopolitics AI Safety

Alibaba Unveils Zhenwu V900, Calls It China’s Most Powerful AI Chip to Challenge Nvidia

Sep 23, 2026

Bloomberg.com

Alibaba unveils its T-Head-designed Zhenwu V900 AI accelerator, claiming it is China’s most powerful chip and can be clustered in systems of up to 500,000 units to train frontier models in a challenge to Nvidia.

Hardware Foundation Models Geopolitics

Trump Administration Proposes US-China AI Incident Alert System Ahead of Xi Visit

Sep 22, 2026

The Deep View

The Trump administration proposes a U.S.-China alert system for AI incidents with national-security implications before President Xi Jinping’s White House visit, as Chinese models such as DeepSeek, Moonshot and MiniMax face allegations of industrial-scale distillation of U.S. frontier AI.

Geopolitics Security

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Calls AI Extinction Warnings ‘Doomsday Narratives,’ Says 2030 Risk Is Zero

Sep 22, 2026

CBS News

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang dismisses AI-driven human-extinction warnings as unscientific “doomsday narratives,” puts the chance of a 2030 apocalypse at 0%, and says he plans to discuss global AI standards with Xi Jinping at a Sept. 24 White House dinner.

AI Safety Geopolitics Regulation

Manus Seeks $500 Million at $4 Billion Valuation After Beijing-Ordered Meta Split

Sep 18, 2026

Bloomberg.com

Manus seeks $500 million at a $4 billion valuation in its first funding round since Beijing ordered the Chinese-founded AI startup to split from Meta Platforms, with negotiations still underway.

Funding Geopolitics Business

Tim Cook, Sam Altman and Qualcomm’s Cristiano Amon Set to Attend Trump’s State Dinner for Xi Jinping

Sep 18, 2026

Bloomberg.com

Apple’s Tim Cook, OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Qualcomm’s Cristiano Amon are set to attend President Trump’s White House state dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping next week, with OpenAI confirming Altman’s presence.

Geopolitics Business

Trump and Johnson oppose slowing AI as tech leaders urge industry to “pace the frontier”

Sep 15, 2026

The Verge

Donald Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson reject efforts to slow AI development as Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, backed by Sam Altman, Elon Musk and Demis Hassabis, urges companies to “pace the frontier,” while Johnson warns emergency regulation could hand China the lead.

Geopolitics AI Safety Regulation

OpenAI-Hugging Face Clash Fuels Calls for Nuanced AI Safety Rules, Not a Frontier-AI Slowdown

Sep 15, 2026

The Deep View

The OpenAI-Hugging Face clash intensifies calls for targeted AI safety rules and human-value alignment, while U.S. and Chinese officials resist OpenAI and Anthropic’s regulatory push over fears that frontier firms could use regulation to block rivals.

AI Safety Regulation Geopolitics

Trump and China Reject Anthropic CEO’s Call to Slow Frontier AI

Sep 15, 2026

The Rundown AI

President Trump and China reject Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s call to slow frontier AI, with Trump calling existential AI risks a “HOAX” and Beijing condemning proposed restrictions on China’s access to top AI chips as a Cold War tactic.

Geopolitics AI Safety