Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei discloses plans to pursue investments from Gulf states like UAE and Qatar, acknowledging ethical concerns about enriching 'dictators' but citing the need for massive capital to stay at the forefront of AI development.
Microsoft unveils initiatives to enhance multilingual language models across Europe, addressing underrepresentation of European languages in web data used for training, offering grants, cloud resources, and engineering support to improve LLM performance for non-English languages.
Nigeria pivots to advanced tech jobs like cybersecurity and AI, targeting 3 million digital workers by 2027 amid industry shifts from tech layoffs, the rise of AI, and U.S. immigration restrictions.
Blackstone abandons plans to invest in TikTok's US operations as uncertainty mounts over the video-sharing app's future, with ByteDance exploring options like selling or restructuring its US business amid delays in securing a deal.
AI search startup Perplexity partners with telecom giant Bharti Airtel to offer free $200 Pro subscriptions to 360 million users in India, where downloads have surged 600% year-over-year as the company aggressively expands into its largest market by user count.
Chile leads a groundbreaking initiative, Latam-GPT, a multilingual AI model trained on over 8 terabytes of data from 30 Latin American and Caribbean institutions, embracing regional diversity by including Indigenous languages and dialect variants.
President Trump unveils a $92+ billion investment in cutting-edge AI and energy initiatives, praised as 'historic' by major firms like Blackstone, Google, FirstEnergy, Westinghouse, and CoreWeave, with Pennsylvania newspapers hailing it as a 'golden age' for the state.
Detroit emerges as a top artificial intelligence powerhouse, ranking highly in a Brookings Institution survey of metro areas for AI readiness, solidifying its position as a national leader in this cutting-edge field.
In a groundbreaking move, Apple secures a $500 million deal with MP Materials, the sole US-based rare earth mining company, to procure rare earth magnets for iPhones and other products, reducing its dependence on China for these critical minerals.
Nvidia and AMD restart AI chip sales to China as part of the recent US-China trade deal, with Nvidia receiving assurances from the US government and AMD expecting licenses for its chip exports.