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Elon Musk is scraping together yet more billions to keep xAI from falling behind in the blood-soaked artificial intelligence arms race.

Chatbots chip away at Google’s dominance

AI-powered chatbots are fast becoming a go-to for online answers, eating into the long-standing grip of traditional search engines and giving marketers another headache.

Cloud Act clashes with Europe’s fantasy of digital sovereignty

Software King of the World, Microsoft has admitted it cannot keep French citizen data safe from the reach of US authorities, even when it is locked up in EU data centres.

Stricter AI rules spark row across pond

The EU has launched its final code of practice for general‑purpose AI models such as OpenAI’s GPT‑4 and Google’s Gemini. 

Altman eyes Google's ad cash and your data

OpenAI is reportedly gearing up to lob an AI-powered browser into the ring, taking a swing at Alphabet’s Chrome and hoping to nick a chunk of the Google empire’s advertising goldmine.

Tariff fears and supply chain turmoil hit forecasts despite big tech spending spree

AI servers may be the backbone of today’s tech boom, but global shipment growth forecasts are slipping thanks to geopolitical headaches and tariff threats.

DeepSeek and Alibaba muscle into markets as Western firms squabble over premiums

The Wall Street Journal reckons China is building an AI ecosystem that dodges US influence and the rest of the world seems happy to go along with it.

Tech giant sheds four per cent of workforce to keep AI wheels turning

Software King of the World, Microsoft is slashing around 9,000 jobs globally as it shuffles cash towards its ever-growing AI empire. The move carves out about four per cent of its 228,000-strong workforce and comes hot on the heels of earlier bloodlettings in May and January.

TPUs get a boost as soaring GPU costs force AI giants to seek cheaper hardware

OpenAI is quietly shifting parts of its workload onto Google’s custom TPU chips in what appears to be a calculated move to cut costs.

Chipmaker shifts focus from Big Tech to nation-state billions

While the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street keep panicking over a slowdown in Big Tech’s AI spending, Nvidia boss Jensen Huang is busy shaking hands with heads of state and stacking up contracts that might make Silicon Valley look like small change.