The U.S. struck a trade deal with Taiwan as the country looks to help boost domestic semiconductor manufacturing.

Also, OpenAI and Microsoft tried to dodge a courtroom showdown with Elon Musk, but a federal judge on Thursday rejected their requests to dismiss the case.

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Iran’s government-imposed internet shutdown enters its second week as authorities continue their violent crackdown on protesters.

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The Trump administration formalized its 25% cut of H200 chip sales in China with a tariff that applies to certain semiconductors.

Also, OpenAI is participating in a $250 million seed round into Merge Labs, Sam Altman's brain computer interface startup. The startup is valued at $850 million.

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Since the release of GPT 5.2, AI tools have become inescapable in high-level mathematics.

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It's a huge change to Tesla's approach with FSD, and it could impact Musk's $1T pay package and the company's myriad legal troubles.

Also, parents will be able toggle the Shorts time limit on connected children's accounts.

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New York City will be a notable exclusion from proposed legislation to legalize commercial robotaxis across the state.

The tech giant has pledged to be a "good neighbor" as it continues to invest in AI infrastructure throughout the country.

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Announced early last year, Alexa+ is Amazon’s future in the generative AI market, offering more expressive voices, access to world knowledge similar to other AI assistants, and AI agents that perform tasks on behalf of the customer — like calling an Uber or ordering food.

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“Meta is planning to build tens of gigawatts this decade, and hundreds of gigawatts or more over time. How we engineer, invest, and partner to build this infrastructure will become a strategic advantage,” Zuckerberg said, in a post on Threads.

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The standard, developed with companies like Shopify, Etsy, Wayfair, Target, and Walmart, lets agents work across different parts of customer buying processes, including discovery and post-purchase support.

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These are the most aggressive moves so far from government officials responding to a flood of sexualized, AI-generated imagery — often depicting real women and minors, and sometimes depicting violence — posted by Grok in response to requests from users on the social network X.

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