British Columbia sues OpenAI and Sam Altman for ‘aiding and abetting’ school shooter
British Columbia sues OpenAI and Sam Altman for ‘aiding and abetting’ school shooter

B.C. is demanding compensation after it says OpenAI’s reviewers wanted to call police about the Tumbler Ridge shooter before the attack.

Alibaba claims new Qwen Image 2.1 AI model beats Google Nano Banana 2.0 with minuscule 7B parameter model

Alibaba Group’s AI division has released Qwen 2.1 Image, an ultra-lightweight image generation model with just 7B parameters, able to run on local hardware like the RTX 3090.

China’s ByteDance gained access to over 2,000 Nvidia B200 chips through Norway data center
China’s ByteDance gained access to over 2,000 Nvidia B200 chips through Norway data center

UK-based Nscale signed a deal with Spring (SG) Pte Ltd, which is a subsidiary of Chinese tech giant ByteDance. The company did not make any direct mention of the TikTok parent in its filings for a U.S. IPO, while a supporting document only labeled Spring as a significant customer.

Alibaba unveils Zhenwu V900 AI accelerator, claims it’s ‘the most powerful AI chip in China’

Alibaba’s T-Head Zhenwu V900 claims three times the M890’s performance with 216GB of memory as Alibaba targets 10T-parameter Qwen

‘We’ll be the first to mine Bitcoin in space’ says Nvidia-backed startup

An Nvidia-backed startup plans to establish a Bitcoin mining operation in space before the year is out.

US and China propose hotline to de-escalate AI threats ahead of Washington summit

The U.S. and China have proposed implementing AI red lines that will not be crossed, as well as a hotline between the two countries to provide rapid communication and opportunities for joint responses to rogue AI actions.

OpenAI and Anthropic scramble for smaller data centers as massive gigawatt projects lag — 20-30 MW facilities to provide capacity as mega structures undergo construction
OpenAI and Anthropic scramble for smaller data centers as massive gigawatt projects lag — 20-30 MW facilities to provide capacity as mega structures undergo construction

OpenAI and Anthropic are seeking to secure immediate capacity, through smaller data center deals, to meet current demand, despite spending billions on massive deals elsewhere.

Local opposition blocked $68 billion worth of data center projects in the second quarter of 2026
Local opposition blocked $68 billion worth of data center projects in the second quarter of 2026

Local opposition to data center buildouts has blocked $68 billion worth of data center projects in the second quarter of 2026, despite investments still rising.

AMD beats Intel to the trillion-dollar club as stock price soars — firm joins Nvidia, Broadcom, and SK hynix for companies worth over $1 trillion

AMD has crossed the $1 trillion market cap mark, joining an exclusive list of less than two dozen companies around the world.