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AI’s demand for data could cause tight storage chip supplies, Solidigm executive says
23+ hour, 50+ min ago (304+ words) SAN JOSE, California, March 20 (Reuters) " The same booming AI demand that has caused the chairman of South Korea's SK Group to predict shortages "of high-bandwidth memory chips could also cause tight "supplies for storage drives, an executive from the South…...
Russia to give itself sweeping powers to ban or restrict foreign AI tools
1+ day, 34+ min ago (386+ words) March 20 (Reuters) " Foreign AI tools like Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini could be banned or restricted inside Russia if they fail to adhere to new rules that would give Moscow sweeping powers "to regulate the sector, according to government proposals published…...
Exclusive-Pentagon to adopt Palantir AI as core US military system, memo says
21+ hour, 25+ min ago (559+ words) NEW YORK, March 20 (Reuters) " Palantir's Maven artificial intelligence system will become an official program of record, Deputy Secretary of Defense Steve Feinberg said in a letter to Pentagon leaders, a move that locks in long-term use of Palantir's weapons-targeting technology…...
Samsung Elec and AMD sign MoU on AI memory, explore foundry partnership
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (306+ words) SEOUL, March 18 (Reuters) " Samsung Electronics and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) signed a memorandum of understanding to expand their strategic partnership on memory chip supplies for artificial "intelligence infrastructure, the companies said on Wednesday. The agreement "will focus on supplying Samsung's…...
Baidu joins China’s OpenClaw frenzy with new AI agents
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (368+ words) BEIJING, March 18 (Reuters) " Chinese tech giant Baidu on Tuesday unveiled a suite of artificial intelligence products, tapping growing domestic interest in OpenClaw, an open-source framework for agents that "can perform complex tasks with less human input than chatbots. The "company…...
Chinese authorities approve Nvidia’s H200 AI chip sales, source says
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (317+ words) NEW YORK, March 17 (Reuters) " Chinese'authorities have granted approval'for multiple Chinese companies to purchase H200 AI chips from Nvidia, according to a person familiar with "the situation. Earlier on Tuesday, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said "at a press conference in San Jose,…...
Microsoft unifies Copilot commercial and consumer product teams in unit rejig
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (102+ words) Microsoft unifies Copilot commercial and consumer product teams in unit rejig'WKZO Microsoft unifies Copilot commercial and consumer product teams in unit rejig March 17 (Reuters) " Microsoft said on Tuesday it "is reorganizing its Copilot AI product teams by unifying its "commercial…...
SK Group chairman says wafer shortage to last until 2030, trying to stabilise memory prices
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (350+ words) By Max A. Cherney and Heekyong Yang SAN JOSE, California, March 16 (Reuters) " South Korea's SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won said on Monday the global chip wafer shortage is likely to "persist until 2030, as demand driven by artificial intelligence "continues to outpace…...
Nvidia strikes humanoid robot partnerships with European chipmakers
5+ day, 22+ min ago (263+ words) AMSTERDAM, March 16 (Reuters) " European chipmakers Infineon, NXP'and STMicroelectronics on Monday all announced partnerships with Nvidia to sell hardware for humanoid robots, as they vie for business in "a potentially lucrative market. U.S. chipmaker Nvidia coordinated the announcements on "the eve of…...
Google in talks with China’s Envicool, others to buy data centre cooling systems, sources say
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (520+ words) BEIJING/SINGAPORE, March 17 (Reuters) " Alphabet's Google is in talks with Envicool and other Chinese firms about buying liquid cooling equipment for data centres, according to people with knowledge of a visit to China by one of the U.S. firm's procurement teams....