China Tightens Its Grip as A.I. Moves Into the Real World
China is drawing a sharper line around its artificial intelligence industry at the very moment it is pushing the technology out of the cloud and into the physical world. Beijing’s…
AI Race Broadens Across Models, Markets and Power
The contest to shape artificial intelligence took a more expansive turn this week, as leading companies and governments pushed on several fronts at once: more powerful models, bigger acquisitions, deeper…
China’s Humanoid Robots Find Their Stride
A Beijing Race Recast the Limits of Humanoid Robots A year ago, Beijing’s experiment in sending humanoid robots through a half-marathon looked more like a spectacle of stumbles than a…
AI Chip Boom Spreads Beyond Nvidia
The rush to profit from artificial intelligence is no longer flowing to Nvidia alone. A widening group of chip start-ups, particularly those promising cheaper and more power-efficient ways to run…
Meta Contract Cuts Expose AI’s Fragile Labor Chain
More than 1,000 workers at a Nairobi outsourcing firm that handled work for Meta were abruptly laid off this week after the social media company ended a key contract, a…
AI’s Expanding Front — and Growing Resistance
The artificial intelligence boom is widening — and meeting resistance The race to dominate artificial intelligence is no longer confined to chatbots and software models. It is now playing out…
When the AI Race Hits Finance and Chips
A new phase of the AI race is colliding with finance, cloud power and chip supply The contest to build the most capable artificial intelligence systems is increasingly spilling beyond…
War Is Remaking the Defense-Tech Market
A New Wartime Trade Is Reordering Tech Markets The wars in Ukraine and Iran are reshaping not only military planning but also the hierarchy of technology companies favored by investors,…
Big Tech Faces Pressure on All Fronts
A New Phase of Pressure on Big Tech Technology companies are confronting a widening front of scrutiny, as officials in Washington and Brussels press them over risks that now span…
The AI Race Moves Beyond Chatbots
The AI contest expands beyond chatbots The battle among the world’s largest artificial intelligence companies is entering a new phase, one that is less about who has the flashiest chatbot…