Washington wants to sanction Chinese AI for ‘theft’. Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says that’s backwards.
Washington wants to sanction Chinese AI for ‘theft’. Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says that’s backwards.

On Tuesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent went on television with a warning for China. On the same day, the chief executive of the company that powers the entire AI boom went the other way. The threat Bessent said the US will scrutinise Chinese open…

Archer, Electra, Vashon Announce Partnership, Plant, Camper Plane

Archer Aviation and Electra Aero used the Farnborough Air Show to make announcements on new aircraft and production facility. Elsewhere, Vashon unveiled a camper plane.

Databricks’ cofounder just raised $20M to be the Switzerland of AI compute
Databricks’ cofounder just raised $20M to be the Switzerland of AI compute

The company came out of stealth on Tuesday. The founders built it at UC Berkeley, in the same lab that produced Spark, Databricks, and Anyscale. The team includes Zongheng Yang and Databricks co-founders Ion Stoica and Scott Shenker. The star-studded c…

Over half the music uploaded to Deezer is now AI, and most of it is fraud
Over half the music uploaded to Deezer is now AI, and most of it is fraud

The tide has crossed the halfway mark. Deezer said this week that AI songs made up more than 50% of its June uploads. It is a first for the French streamer. From a trickle to a flood The climb has been steep. Deezer started counting in January 2025, wh…

Peptides May Soon Be Legal. These Companies Are Ready To Cash In

With an FDA panel expected to recommend legal production of as many as seven peptides this week, compounding pharmacies and telehealth companies are preparing for the coming bonanza.

BlackRock is raising $12bn to build Meta a data centre it will own, lend to, and rent out
BlackRock is raising $12bn to build Meta a data centre it will own, lend to, and rent out

On Monday, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley began pitching investors on a bond sale of at least $12 billion, as The Wall Street Journal reported. The money will build a Meta data centre in El Paso, Texas. The structure is the story. Who owns what BlackRock …

Google and Ford are funding a push into the trades, the jobs their AI can’t do
Google and Ford are funding a push into the trades, the jobs their AI can’t do

The four companies announced the Alliance for America’s Skilled Trades on Tuesday. The pitch is a labour shortage. The subtext is harder to miss. The number behind it Employers cannot find enough electricians, technicians, and builders. The alliance pu…

Nvidia supplier Wistron opens $700m Texas factory to build Grace Blackwell superchips
Nvidia supplier Wistron opens $700m Texas factory to build Grace Blackwell superchips

Wistron, the Taiwanese contract manufacturer that builds server hardware for Nvidia, has opened its first factory on American soil, a $700 million plant in Fort Worth, Texas, that is already assembling Nvidia’s GB300 Grace Blackwell Ultra superchips. T…

AI Sneaks Its ‘Personal Values’ Into Everyday Answers And Puts Its Thumb On The Impartiality Scale

Research reveals that AI has hidden values that shape the answers that you are given. Watch out for this. An AI Insider analysis and scoop.

Fashion CFOs Are Turning Sustainability Into A P&L Issue

As sustainability costs rise, fashion CFOs and supplier finance leaders are tying climate, materials and factory investments to margin and resilience.