‘AI-pilled’ firms spend $7,500 per employee each month on AI
The most AI-obsessed firms are spending roughly $7,500 monthly per employee on AI, per Ramp AI Index. That's not more than an engineer's salary — yet.
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Investors Feed A.I. Firms’ Voracious Appetite for New Money
In the race to dominate the artificial intelligence industry, companies like SpaceX and Alphabet are borrowing cash and raising equity from investors at the fastest pace in decades.
How will the Pentagon’s expanded blacklist of Chinese firms affect Xi’s US visit?
The Pentagon’s newly expanded blacklist of Chinese military-linked companies has tested the fragile stability reached at last month’s summit, highlighting that intense competition persists despite recent efforts to ease bilateral tensions. On Monday, the US Defence Department released its update...
Chinese pharmaceutical firms’ cost advantages trump Pentagon blacklist: analysts
The Pentagon added Chinese pharmaceutical contractor WuXi AppTec to a list of entities it alleges are linked to the country’s military, but the blacklisting will not stop multinational drug makers from collaborating with China’s biopharmaceutical firms, according to analysts. “We view minimal im...
UK and allies impose sanctions on firms enabling West Bank settler violence
Labour backbenchers disappointed as new trade guidance over illegal settlements stops short of outright ban The UK in alliance with a group of other western powers including France and Norway has announced it is imposing sanctions on six firms and one individual involved in enabling and financing...
Pope Leo calls AI firms a new form of colonialism, echoing tech critics
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with tech journalist Karen Hao about the Pope's recent warnings that AI companies represent a new form of colonialism.
Pentagon expands list of China military-linked firms to include Alibaba, Baidu in fresh blow to diplomatic thaw
The Pentagon briefly posted a similar expanded list in February, then withdrew it without explanation before Trump's China trip.
US adds BYD to list of firms with alleged Chinese military ties
The Pentagon list warns US firms of risks linked to working with flagged Chinese companies.
Over 200 crypto firms push Senate to pass CLARITY Act
Crypto lobby groups representing hundreds of organizations urged Senate leaders in a letter to schedule a vote on a key crypto bill ahead of the midterms.