Silicon Showdown: Trump's Winner-Take-All AI Race

Trump: Whoever Wins AI Wins the World, as US Leads China in $2.7 Trillion Race

Bill Gates Warns AI Will Wipe Out Jobs Faster Than New Ones Appear

Microsoft's Maia 300 Chip Delivers 40% More AI Work Per Megawatt

A Eye on AI - 12:31 PM

President Donald Trump says whoever wins artificial intelligence wins the whole world, and the numbers behind the US-China AI race are staggering: a $2.7 trillion US industry, more than 5,400 data centers, and up to $295 billion in Chinese AI infrastructure spending. Bill Gates warns AI could wipe out jobs faster than new ones appear and calls for binding rules. Microsoft unveils its Maia 300 chip to cut reliance on Nvidia, Infinigence AI raises RMB 2.3 billion, Singapore's President Tharman Shanmugaratnam urges an education rethink as graduate hiring falls, and startups Blueprints AI and a2b2.ai show where AI is heading next. Host Sam Whitfield with the briefing.

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