China's tech giants shrug off US restrictions
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Dependence on US chips and operating systems rapidly decreasing

It would appear that US sanctions have done the opposite of what they were supposed to -- the have sped up China's chip and operating system development leading it to be less dependant on the US tech oligarchs.

OpenAI growing like topsy
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400M weekly active users, doubles enterprise customer base

OpenAI is riding a tidal wave of growth, with ChatGPT and its other AI products now boasting over 400 million active weekly users—a  33 per cent jump since December.

Nearly a third of AI chatbots share data
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Google Gemini does the most evil 

AI chatbots are harvesting user data at an alarming rate, with 30 per cent of them handing it over to third parties, including data brokers.

NSF fires 168 staff in shock move
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Trump purge of science and public IT research

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has axed 168 employees in a brutal cost-cutting move following President Trump’s executive order to reduce the federal workforce. 

Jim Keller blasts Intel sale rumours
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It’s a fire sale

The troubled Chipzilla’s golden days might be behind it, but selling the company or its divisions isn’t the way forward—it’s a reckless fire sale, says legendary chip designer Jim Keller.