Tag: China
Sam Altman’s AI paradox: Warning of a bubble while raising trillions
Welcome to Eye on AI! AI reporter Sharon Goldman here, filling in for Jeremy Kahn. In this edition… Sam Altman’s AI paradox…AI has quietly...
‘This is the Cuban Missile Crisis in space’: Russia is building a space nuke that could wipe out every satellite in orbit, U.S. warns
As Russia held its Victory Day parade this year, hackers backing the Kremlin hijacked an orbiting satellite that provides television service to Ukraine.
Instead of normal programing,...
Nvidia and AMD’s ‘special treatment’ from Trump shakes up an already tangled global chip supply chain
Donald Trump’s decision to let Nvidia and AMD export AI processors to China in exchange for a cut of their sales will have repercussions...
DeBriefed 15 August 2025: Raging wildfires; Xi’s priorities; Factchecking the Trump climate report – Carbon Brief
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to...
Why Trump Flip-Flopped on Nvidia Selling H20 Chips to China
The tech industry is reeling from President Trump’s surprising new deal with Nvidia. Earlier this week, Trump said he would allow the company to...
AI experts return from China stunned: The U.S. grid is so weak, the race may already be over
“Everywhere we went, people treated energy availability as a given,” Rui Ma wrote on X after returning from a recent tour of China’s AI...
Inside the Biden Administration’s Gamble to Freeze China’s AI Future
War or not, the Biden administration was placing a high-stakes bet that the United States could use its leverage to hold China back, and...
U.S.-China chip war: How Trump’s Nvidia-AMD deal has redefined Washington’s export control policy
Under both the first Trump and Biden administrations, Washington argued that it needed to limit China’s technological development by barring more and more sensitive...
China’s youth unemployment is so bad that Gen Z job-seekers are paying $7 a day to pretend to work in an office
Gen Z graduates are stepping out of college with prestigious degrees, only to be met with a sluggish job market, making it feel nearly...
Guest post: Why China is still building new coal – and when it might stop – Carbon Brief
Last year, China started construction on an estimated...