archiveAI geopolitics

In the burgeoning competition for technological leadership, artificial intelligence (AI) is lodged at the center of a geopolitical tug-of-war. At the center of that war is one of AI’s most fundamental building blocks — semiconductors, or more specifically, AI chips. As the U.S. moves forward with a plan to limit...

The tremendous emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) has had an impact on almost every industry, with the data industry being one of the most affected. In the past two years, the AI boom has helped drive a wave of consolidation in companies involved in data infrastructure, cloud computing, and data...