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Alibaba’s AI Stack Bet Puts Chips and Cloud Together
Alibaba paired a new accelerator with model and cloud plans at its Sept. 22 conference, deepening its bid to control AI capacity end to end.
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Nexstrom’s $12M Bet Targets 2D Materials on Wafers
The Singapore startup is building a wafer-scale production tool for 2D materials, but foundry qualification remains ahead.
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TikTok US Joins Lantern’s Cross-Platform Safety Network
The U.S. TikTok venture is joining a shared child-safety signal system already used by major technology platforms.
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Samsung C&T Backs Kairos Power’s Google Reactor Plan
The binding term sheet adds capital and construction expertise to a proposed reactor project linked to Google’s future data-center power supply.
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Google Opens $899 Googlebook Preorders for Gemini Laptops
Google is moving Gemini from an optional app to a built-in part of a new premium laptop category sold by five hardware partners.
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Vals Turns AI Benchmarking Into Enterprise Due Diligence
The a16z-backed evaluator says revenue rose eightfold as model selection shifts from public leaderboards toward private tests of legal, financial and coding work.
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U.S. Proposes AI Incident Alert Channel With China
The proposal would give the world’s two largest AI powers a direct path to flag severe incidents, but China has not publicly accepted the mechanism.
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Four AI Giants Face Antitrust Suit Over Slowdown Push
The proposed class action turns an industry safety debate into a competition case and could reshape how frontier labs coordinate on shared safeguards.
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California Puts Frontier AI Kill-Switch Rules on Fast Track
Executive Order N-9-26 speeds implementation of California’s new AI-audit laws while asking experts to assess emergency shutoffs and expanded incident reporting.
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Joby’s Autonomous Flight Opens a Second Business Path
The transcontinental flight combined autonomous taxiing, takeoffs, navigation and landings under remote supervision, pointing toward freight, emergency and defense uses.