Tag: geopolitical considerations
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The Register: Export controls now a key factor in AI chip development – adding risk for the whole industry
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/01/the_risks_of_export_controls/ Source: The Register Title: Export controls now a key factor in AI chip development – adding risk for the whole industry Feedly Summary: The physics of transistors and politics of trading licenses are colliding on the AI frontier Analysis Few of us would have imagined that national security would play such a…
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New York Times – Artificial Intelligence : This Town’s Minerals Make A.I. Possible. Then Came Hurricane Helene.
Source URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/opinion/ai-quartz-mining-hurricane-helene.html Source: New York Times – Artificial Intelligence Title: This Town’s Minerals Make A.I. Possible. Then Came Hurricane Helene. Feedly Summary: Spruce Pine, N.C., supplies the world’s highest-purity quartz, a mineral that keeps the A.I. revolution afloat. What are the consequences? AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights the critical role…
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The Register: Altman embraces inner Viking, raids Europe with 100K GPU supercluster in Norway
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/31/norway_stargate_openai/ Source: The Register Title: Altman embraces inner Viking, raids Europe with 100K GPU supercluster in Norway Feedly Summary: Facility to be built with $1 billion investment from Nscale and Aker OpenAI’s Stargate initiative has teleported to Europe, where the AI flag bearer has enlisted datacenter builder Nscale and Norwegian energy magnate Aker…
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Hacker News: The race is on to build the most complex machine
Source URL: https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2025/03/12/the-race-is-on-to-build-the-worlds-most-complex-machine Source: Hacker News Title: The race is on to build the most complex machine Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text details how ASML, a company located near Eindhoven, is critical to the future of AI through its production of lithography tools essential for making advanced AI chips.…
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The Register: Microsoft warns Trump: Where the US won’t sell AI tech, China will
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/28/microsoft_trump_ai_exports/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft warns Trump: Where the US won’t sell AI tech, China will Feedly Summary: Rule hamstringing our datacenters is ‘gift’ to Middle Kingdom, vice chair argues Microsoft would like the Trump administration to row back AI export restrictions introduced by his predecessor that affect countries where the cloud…
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The Register: Under Trump 2.0, Europe’s dependence on American clouds has become a worry
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/26/europe_has_second_thoughts_about/ Source: The Register Title: Under Trump 2.0, Europe’s dependence on American clouds has become a worry Feedly Summary: Technologist Bert Hubert tells The Reg Microsoft Outlook is a huge source of geopolitical risk Interview Europeans are starting to worry that US companies’ dominance of the cloud represents untenable risk.… AI Summary and…
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The Register: France, UAE to drop €50B on AI mega-datacenter. Still nowhere near America’s $500B bet
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/08/uae_france_dc_ai/ Source: The Register Title: France, UAE to drop €50B on AI mega-datacenter. Still nowhere near America’s $500B bet Feedly Summary: Oh look, a mini Stargate, how quaint The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and France this week announced plans for a one-gigawatt AI datacenter campus dedicated to advancing development of artificial intelligence.… AI…
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Slashdot: Were DeepSeek’s Development Costs Much Higher Than Reported?
Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/02/01/0517258/were-deepseeks-development-costs-much-higher-than-reported?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Were DeepSeek’s Development Costs Much Higher Than Reported? Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text provides insight into the competitive landscape of AI development, particularly focused on the rapid rise of China’s DeepSeek company. It highlights implications for the U.S. market in terms of pricing strategies…