OpenAI’s Sora pours ‘cold water’ on China’s AI dreams, as text-to-video advancements prompt more soul-searching

OpenAI’s Sora pours ‘cold water’ on China’s AI dreams, as text-to-video advancements prompt more soul-searching

Zhou Hongyi, the founder of Chinese internet security firm 360 Security Technology, which has joined China’s race to launch its own ChatGPT-style large language model, said the introduction of Sora was like a “barrel of cold water poured down China’s head”, Chinese media Yicai reported on Friday. “It cools down the heads of many people, …

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China urges breakthroughs in GPUs, robotics, quantum computing and brain interfaces to drive ‘future industries’

China urges breakthroughs in GPUs, robotics, quantum computing and brain interfaces to drive ‘future industries’

Chinese authorities have reiterated the need for technological breakthroughs in a range of hi-tech areas, including graphics processing units (GPUs), quantum computing, humanoid robots and brain-computer interfaces, in Beijing’s latest effort to seek control of “the industries of the future”. A document issued on Monday by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry …

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US in talks with Nvidia about AI chip sales to China

US in talks with Nvidia about AI chip sales to China

By David Shepardson NASHUA, New Hampshire (Reuters) – The Biden administration is in discussions with Nvidia Corp about permissible sales of artificial intelligence chips to China but emphasized that it cannot sell its most advanced semiconductors to Chinese firms. U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, speaking in an interview with Reuters on Monday, said Nvidia “can, …

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UPDATE 1-US in talks with Nvidia about AI chip sales to China

UPDATE 1-US in talks with Nvidia about AI chip sales to China

(Adds comments, Nvidia declining to comment) By David Shepardson NASHUA, New Hampshire, Dec 11 (Reuters) – The Biden administration is in discussions with Nvidia Corp about permissible sales of artificial intelligence chips to China but emphasized that it cannot sell its most advanced semiconductors to Chinese firms. U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, speaking in an …

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Huawei is allegedly building a self-sufficient chip network using state investment fund

Huawei is allegedly building a self-sufficient chip network using state investment fund

We’ve seen Huawei’s surprising strides with its recent smartphones — especially the in-house 7nm 5G processor within, but apparently the company has been working on something far more significant to bypass the US import ban. According to a new Bloomberg investigation, a Shenzhen city government investment fund created in 2019 has been helping Huawei build …

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Apple’s new M3-powered Macs aim to leapfrog Windows

Apple’s new M3-powered Macs aim to leapfrog Windows

Apple has announced its most advanced computer chipsets ever, claiming they are the first ever personal computer chips built using a 3nm process – one-upping the announcement last week of Qualcomm’s 4nm chips for Windows computers. The Apple M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max chipsets were launched alongside a new iMac desktop computer and MacBook …

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