I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology.
1 China has accused Nvidia of violating anti-monopoly laws
As US and Chinese officials head into a second day of tariff negotiations. (Bloomberg $)
+ The investigation dug into Nvidia’s 2020 acquisition of computing firm Mellanox. (CNBC)
+ But China's antitrust regulator hasn’t confirmed if it will punish it. (WSJ $)
2 The US is getting closer to making a TikTok deal
But it’s still prepared to go ahead with a ban if an agreement can’t be reached. (Reuters)
3 Grok spread misinformation about a far-right rally in London
It falsely claimed that police misrepresented old footage as being from the protest. (The Guardian)
+ Elon Musk called for a new UK government during a video speech. (Politico)
4 Here’s what people are really using ChatGPT for
Users are more likely to use it for personal, rather than work-related queries. (WP $)
+ Anthropic says businesses are using AI to automate, not collaborate. (Bloomberg $)
+ Therapists are secretly using ChatGPT. Clients are triggered. (MIT Technology Review)
5 How China’s Hangzhou became a global AI hub
Spawning not just Alibaba, but DeepSeek too. (WSJ $)
+ China and the US are completely dominating the global AI race. (Rest of World)
+ How DeepSeek ripped up the AI playbook. (MIT Technology Review)
6 Driverless car fleets could plunge US cities into traffic chaos
Are we really prepared? (Vox $)
7 The shipping industry is harnessing AI to fight cargo fires
The risk of deadly fires is rising due to shipments of batteries and other flammable goods. (FT $)