Keeping China Out Of The Cloud Cookie Jar

The U.S. seeks to restrict China’s remote GPU access, hoping compute bottlenecks slow AI advancement.

This Startup Is Building Superconducting Satellite Motors

Superconducting satellites. Progress in nuclear fusion. Why performative AI is overrated. All that and more in this week’s Prototype.

Look At The Time Magazine Top 100 In AI

TIME’s AI 100 highlights leaders advancing models, hardware, robotics, efficiency, entertainment, and global AI innovation.

Quantum Progress: From The Lab To The Real World

The quantum frontier is rapidly advancing with breakthroughs in logical qubits and error correction moving technology from labs to practical application.

Some Issues With Bill Gates As Cassandra Figure

Bill Gates warns AI threatens widespread job losses, demanding stronger regulation, safeguards, and human-centered economic policies.

Neocloud Lambda secures $1B in debt to buy more chips

Neocloud Lambda has raised $1B in private debt to buy Nvidia AI chips and lease them to Microsoft. It’s the latest in a string of loans, underscoring the high cost of the AI boom.

An Anthropic researcher just gave us a peek at self-improving AI

Given 10 benchmarks for specific misaligned behaviors, the automated systems were able to improve performance on every single one without degrading overall performance.

Tech Companies Call for Improved Cyber Defenses After AI-Enabled Attacks

More than 100 companies signed onto an open letter calling for more urgency in fixing bugs and shoring up cybersecurity.

Open-weight AI companies are the Valley’s hottest acquisition targets

There’s a lot of capital pouring into the business of giving models away.

NVIDIA Buys Hugging Face: Three Implications For Your Business

NVIDIA is reportedly buying Hugging Face. What the deal means for open-source/open-weight AI infrastructure. Three implications and immediate actions for your business.