Microsoft is canceling AI data center investments, including 200MW of U.S. leases, while maintaining an $80B budget. Learn how this impacts the AI arms race and cloud computing.
libaba Group Holding announced a $53 billion investment in AI and cloud computing infrastructure over the next three years, marking China’s largest private computing project. The plan exceeds Alibaba’s total AI spending over the past decade and rivals the US Stargate initiative.
Apple’s $500 billion U.S. investment includes AI servers in Texas, a doubled $10B manufacturing fund, 20,000 R&D jobs, and $75B in tax payments. Partnerships with TSMC and Detroit academies aim to boost tech innovation.
Anthropic released Claude 3.7 Sonnet, a hybrid reasoning AI model enhancing coding, math, and problem-solving. Priced competitively, it integrates with major cloud platforms and offers developer tools like Claude Code.
Arc Institute’s Evo 2, built on StripedHyena 2 architecture, processes over 9.3 trillion nucleotides from 128K genomes, enabling advanced predictive and generative genomics for diverse applications.
Microsoft introduced Muse AI, a generative model trained on 7 years of extensive Xbox gameplay data that produces dynamic visuals and supports innovative game design.
Google’s AI co-scientist aims to expedite scientific discoveries by collaborating with researchers, offering innovative hypotheses and streamlining experimental design.
Microsoft announced the Majorana 1 quantum chip, powered by a topological superconductor, aiming to scale to one million qubits. The innovation, validated in Nature, could solve industrial-scale problems like microplastic breakdown and self-healing materials.
South Korea announced plans to secure 10,000 high-performance GPUs, aiming to establish a national AI computing centre and compete in the global AI race.
