China's government asked Alibaba, ByteDance, and others
Sources: China's government asked Alibaba, ByteDance, and others to report on their plans to buy Nvidia RTX Pro 5500, saying it intends to approve the purchases
TL;DRChina may let major tech firms buy Nvidia's professional GPU chips despite export restrictions.
Why it matters: Signals potential softening of chip sanctions; reshapes AI hardware availability in the world's second-largest economy.

How AI's acceleration created a global policy vacuum
TL;DREU AI Act enforcement is slow while regulators struggle between enabling and controlling AI.
A profile of Jaan Tallinn, who led Anthropic's $124M Series
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