FTC chairman Andrew Ferguson at CNBC. Source: YouTube The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) goes on with a broad antitrust probe to Microsoft’s AI operations. With advertised in the last days of the Biden -the administration, the Trump Administration’s new FTC chairman Andrew Ferguson will lead the probe. The FTC sent Microsoft a civilian investigative need … Read more
Semiconductor Design Firm arm surprised the hardware industry on February 13 with the announcement that it will make a server CPU as well as licensing its semiconductor design to other organizations; Meta locked in as the first partner. The move transforms arm from a resource for companies like Qualcomm and Nvidia into a potential competitor. … Read more
A joint venture called The Stargate Project will contribute $500 billion over four years to generative AI infrastructure in the United States, representatives of SoftBank, OpenAI and Oracle announced in cooperation with President Donald Trump on January 21. The joint venture will support infrastructure, including data centers, that contribute to what OpenAI calls a “computing … Read more