AI companies are reportedly still scraping websites despite protocols meant to block them

Multiple AI companies are bypassing robots.txt instructions, according to Reuters.

TSMC snags $6.6 billion in CHIPS Act funding to open three factories in Arizona

The goal is for the company to manufacture “advanced chips that are made entirely on US soil.”

Mistral AI nears $2B valuation — less than 12 months after founding

Mistral AI nears $2B valuation — less than 12 months after founding

Meta challenges ChatGPT with chatbot, OpenAI fires back with new features

Meta this week unveiled a new chatbot connected to the Bing search engine that can have a conversation with a user and create images based on textual inputs.

US may extend China waiver for South Korean chipmakers

US Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves has assured South Korean chipmakers, including Samsung and SK Hynix, of taking steps that enable these companies to operate smoothly in China.

Apple’s Eddy Cue testifies in Google’s confusing, secretive antitrust trial

Top Apple executive Eddy Cue testified in the government’s antitrust case against Google, but it’s hard to judge the import of what he said given the shroud of secrecy surrounding the trial.