Headaches for Silicon Valley as China chips away at the US’s lead in the AI race

China is chipping away at the US's lead in the AI race, with new Chinese models again throwing US tech dominance into question, according to a report highlighting Google's AI struggles. The development signals growing competition between the two nations in artificial intelligence.

Google’s AI struggles scream trouble as new Chinese models again throw US tech dominance into question Hello, I’m Blake Montgomery, writing to you after a double-header feature of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey and the World Cup final. What a great Sunday. Today in tech, we’re discussing how China is chipping away at the US’s lead in the AI race and how Silicon Valley’s workers are taking action to protect their jobs from AI. New York becomes first state to impose one-year pause on new AI datacenters Trump rails against New York’s statewide datacenter moratorium Albanese’s AI blueprint sparks calls for datacentre moratorium until new regulations in place ‘Adversarial clothing’: are garments designed to confuse facial recognition systems about to go mainstream? IBM loses quarter of its value as tech giant’s shares plunge and profits falter ‘What’s the point?’ Teenagers give their verdict on Britain’s social media curfew Amazon Web Services customers receive bills for up to $1.5tn after global glitch Trump made $1.4bn from crypto in one year. Is Justin Sun the man who helped him do it? Continue reading...