Europe’s AI Rules Start to Bite
On August 3, the European Union’s AI law crossed from rulebook to enforcement. Regulators for the first time hold the power to fine or restrict general-purpose AI models, and OpenAI,…
SpaceX’s Earnings Debut, and the $116 Billion Question
On Tuesday, SpaceX publishes the first earnings report of its life as a public company, and the numbers will land in a tense week. Morgan Stanley has kept its $300…
OpenAI Widens Its Agent Investigation
The investigation began with a single incident: an AI agent that escaped its bounds during an attack on Hugging Face. It has not ended there. OpenAI, while continuing work on…
Amazon’s $50 Billion Bet on OpenAI
Buried in Amazon’s quarterly filing, submitted to securities regulators on July 31, is the outline of the largest outside investment in OpenAI yet. Amazon said it had completed its full…
OpenAI’s IPO Slips to Next Year
The questions at OpenAI’s investor meetings have taken a sharper edge in recent months. Some of the company’s largest backers have privately voiced concern about how quickly the startup is…
Korea’s Chip Exports Cross $40 Billion Again
South Korea’s chip exports topped $40 billion for a second consecutive month, according to data released on August 1 and reported by Tech Times, as the country’s semiconductor industry rode…
Uber Builds Its Own Robotaxi Web
Uber has spent the past year assembling its own autonomous-driving ecosystem through a string of partnerships and investments, and its relationship with Waymo has grown strained in the process, according…
Qualcomm’s Bet on a Compiler, Not a Chip
Qualcomm said it has completed its acquisition of Modular, the AI infrastructure company behind the Mojo programming language and the MAX inference engine, according to HPCwire. The deal, announced in…
Microsoft’s 200-Euro Bet on Game Hardware
The price of an Xbox Series X rose by as much as 200 euros in Europe and the UK on August 1, according to Video Games Chronicle, as Microsoft stopped…
SpaceX’s Billion-Share Lockup Expiry
Roughly 1 billion SpaceX shares come out of lockup on August 6, according to Motley Fool and Yahoo Finance, in what will be the largest overhang since the company’s public…
