Apple is in early talks with Intel and Samsung to manufacture its main processors on U.S. soil, signaling a major strategic shift away from its longtime reliance on Taiwan's TSMC.
Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue warns that anti-open-source lobbying in the US risks handing AI dominance to a handful of corporations, as the global developer base is projected to surge from millions to 100 million builders and AI agents may soon outnumber human users on the platform.
The Pentagon signs AI deployment deals with Google, OpenAI, and five other tech giants for classified military networks while keeping Anthropic blacklisted as a supply chain risk, though Anthropic's advanced Mythos AI model raises separate national security concerns that could open the door to a potential future deal.
Amazon, Google, and Microsoft sign landmark Pentagon deals to embed AI into classified military networks, while Anthropic stands alone, locked in a legal battle with the Trump administration after being flagged as a national security risk by the Defense Department.
The White House is drafting a sweeping AI policy memo requiring national security agencies to use multiple AI vendors, while also mandating that AI companies contracting with the Pentagon commit to not interfering with the military's chain of command.
China's government blocks Meta's $2 billion acquisition of agentic AI startup Manus, even as roughly 100 employees already operate from Meta's Singapore offices and two founders face exit bans in mainland China, creating a tense standoff between the tech giant and Beijing regulators.
DeepSeek ignites a global AI pricing war by slashing its new V4-Pro model costs by 75% for developers, dropping input token prices to just $0.036 per million — undercutting OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic — as geopolitical tensions over Chinese AI development escalate.
China orders Meta to unwind its $2.5 billion acquisition of Manus AI, escalating AI tensions between Beijing and Washington while signaling a crackdown on 'Singapore washing,' a tactic Chinese tech firms use to attract foreign investment by relocating staff abroad.
China's National Development and Reform Commission blocks Meta's $2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus, exposing the 'Singapore-washing' strategy used by Chinese tech founders to relocate offshore and evade scrutiny from both Beijing and Washington.
Chinese AI lab DeepSeek launches two powerful new flagship models, DeepSeek-V4-Pro and DeepSeek-V4-Flash, rivaling top US models like GPT-5.4 and Claude Opus 4.6 at a fraction of the cost — just $3.48 per million tokens compared to competitors charging up to $25 — intensifying pressure on American AI labs amid …