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OpenAI, Oracle, and Softbank have jointly unveiled plans to boost the United States’ artificial intelligence infrastructure by opening five new data centers under the ambitious Stargate project. This brings the project’s total capacity to nearly 7 gigawatts and over $400 billion in committed investment. The Stargate expansion also puts the companies ahead of schedule to meet their original 10-gigawatt, $500 billion commitment by the end of 2025, far ahead of the initial schedule that was announced in January this year. The five newly announced data center sites span four states including Texas, New Mexico, Ohio, and a yet-to-be-disclosed location in…

Chinese tech giant Alibaba recently saw its shares leap almost 8%, reaching a peak not seen in nearly four years. This jump came as the company announced an ambitious increase in its artificial intelligence (AI) spending, alongside an aggressive global expansion of its data center infrastructure. The move resulted in more investor confidence, which also spotlights Alibaba’s gamble on AI as a core growth driver beyond its well-established e-commerce empire. The announcement came during Alibaba’s annual Apsara Conference 2025, where CEO Eddie Wu shared plans to boost AI investments well beyond the previously announced and staggering $53 billion committed to…

Nvidia is committing as much as $100 billion to OpenAI in a bold partnership that aims to change the AI landscape through an unrivalled AI infrastructure scale-up.  This investment will fuel the deployment of at least 10 gigawatts of AI computing power, making it arguably the biggest AI infrastructure project in history. More importantly, for OpenAI, the investment translates into easy access to cutting-edge GPUs needed to maintain its rapid growth and competitive edge in the ferocious and escalating AI arms race. “Nvidia and OpenAI have pushed each other for a decade, from the first DGX supercomputer to the breakthrough…

Microsoft is reportedly shifting its AI model preference for Visual Studio Code (VS Code) from OpenAI’s GPT-5 to Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4, favoring Anthropic over its long-term partner OpenAI. This shift, in addition to the tech giant’s recent integration of Anthropic Claude models into its Office 365 apps, signals a difference in Microsoft’s AI strategy, especially driven by the evolving dynamics of partnerships in the current AI ecosystem. With OpenAI, Microsoft’s partnership with the AI giant has been one of the most notable collaborations in the tech industry. Since 2019 when the partnership started, Microsoft has invested over $13 billion…

OpenAI and Microsoft have taken a significant step forward in their collaboration by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that sets the foundation for the next phase of their partnership. This new agreement specifically allows OpenAI to restructure its for-profit arm into a Public Benefit Corporation (PBC) while the nonprofit arm retains control and gains an equity stake of over $100 billion in the PBC. This means that OpenAI, as it currently stands as an original nonprofit organization, will keep control over the new PBC by owning a significant equity stake valued at over $100 billion. OpenAI’s restructuring means that…

The United Kingdom has emerged as the epicenter of a massive artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure investment battle, with American tech giants pouring huge amounts of money into the development of AI in the country. Microsoft’s $30 billion pledge over the next four years to expand its AI infrastructure and operations, alongside Google’s £5 billion commitment over two years to enhance its AI research, data centers, and engineering capabilities further positions the UK as a critical hotspot in the global AI arms race. These commitments are part of a broader $42 billion Tech Prosperity Deal between the UK and the United…

OpenAI, one of the leading companies in artificial intelligence (AI) technology, has recently announced they will be developing a special version of its popular conversational AI-powered chatbot, ChatGPT, specifically for teenagers. This new teen-friendly ChatGPT aims to provide a safer and more appropriate experience for younger users, where growing concerns about AI chatbots and their impact on the mental health and safety of children would be addressed. As ChatGPT has become widely used by millions globally, questions are being asked about how AI chatbots handle sensitive topics, especially when teenagers interact with them. In recent months, concerns about AI chatbots…

Microsoft has recently unveiled its latest and largest AI datacenter named Fairwater, in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, claiming that it is the “world’s most powerful AI datacenter.” With a staggering $7 billion investment, Fairwater is positioned as the world’s most powerful AI datacenter, representing a monumental move in AI infrastructure and cloud computing. Expected to be operational by early 2026, this massive facility will transform how frontier AI models are trained and deployed, while also boosting local economic development and advancing sustainable datacenter design. Fairwater’s unprecedented scale and design Occupying a massive 315-acre site, Fairwater includes three expansive buildings spanning a…

Microsoft is making a significant change in its artificial intelligence (AI) strategy by integrating Anthropic’s Claude models into its popular Office 365 suite.  This integration marks a move away from the tech giant’s exclusive reliance on OpenAI’s models, a partnership Microsoft has relied heavily to continue leading the AI arms race. Microsoft will incorporate Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4 AI technology into its Office 365 suite, including apps like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. This integration will enhance the capabilities of these applications and offer users more powerful AI tools to work with. At the core of this strategic decision are…

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has ordered seven of the world’s biggest tech companies to hand over reams of internal data detailing how their AI-powered chatbots are built, marketed and policed for potential harm to children and teenagers. This inquiry aims to examine how these AI-powered chatbots, often designed as assistants and companions for users, may affect the safety and wellbeing of children and teenagers, who increasingly rely on these tools for everything from homework help to offering personal advice. The companies involved in this inquiry includes Alphabet (Google’s parent company), Meta Platforms, Instagram LLC, OpenAI, Snap, Character Technologies…