Meta plans to invest $65 billion in AI infrastructure by 2025, targeting 1.3 million GPUs and a Louisiana data center to power its Llama 4 model, as global competition intensifies with Trump’s $500B Project Stargate.
OpenAI’s Operator uses GPT-4o to automate pizza orders, NBA ticket bookings, and image-based shopping. Available to U.S. Pro users, it faces EU delays and privacy concerns over 90-day data retention.
ByteDance’s Doubao-1.5-pro AI model surpasses OpenAI’s o1 in complex reasoning benchmarks, while UI-TARS automates computer tasks. Both models offer radical cost savings, reshaping global AI economics.
The Stargate project, backed by $500B from SoftBank, Oracle, and OpenAI, aims to establish U.S. AI supremacy through Texas data centers, job creation, and private-sector partnerships, amid geopolitical rivalry with China.
Perplexity AI has submitted a proposal to merge with TikTok U.S., creating a new entity while allowing ByteDance’s investors to retain their equity stakes.
TSMC’s Q4 profit reached a record NT$374.68 billion, with high-performance computing and AI chip demand fueling a 57% annual growth.
Apple gains a seat on the UALink Consortium’s board, joining industry leaders to challenge Nvidia’s grip on AI hardware with open standards.
President Biden’s executive order fast-tracks US AI Infrastructure development, emphasizing clean energy and sustainability to meet rising AI demands.
AWS and General Catalyst have announced a multiyear partnership to accelerate the development of AI tools for healthcare, aiming to tackle issues like staff burnout, shortages, and efficiency in U.S. hospitals.
