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Washington Opens the Door on Nvidia Chips. Beijing Starts Closing It.

Marcus Schuler / implicator - Washington spent years blocking Nvidia's advanced chips from China. Tuesday, the Trump administration approved H200 exports with a 25% government cut. By afternoon, Beijing told its own companies to hold off.

#ai #semiconductors #techpolicy #china #chips #nvidia #gpu #stockmarket #supplychain #us

U.S. posts official H200 and MI325X AI GPU export rules to China, but with plenty of caveats — a string of requirments greatly limits the total number of GPUs that can be shipped to China

7 wks / tomshardware

US allows Nvidia to send advanced AI chips to China with restrictions

7 wks / techxplore

China Plays “Cat and Mouse” With NVIDIA Once Again By Reportedly Restricting H200 AI Chip Orders Flowing in the Region

7 wks / wccftech / Muhammad Zuhair

China may block US-approved imports of Nvidia H200 chips – report

7 wks / siliconrepublic / Ann O’Dea

US eases regulations on Nvidia H200 chip exports to China - WTVB

7 wks / wtvbam

Washington Opens the Door on Nvidia Chips. Beijing Starts Closing It.

7 wks / implicator / Marcus Schuler

Washington reportedly conditionally eases Nvidia H200 chip exports to China; market acceptance of US chips remains to be seen: expert - Global Times

7 wks / globaltimes

US Greenlights H200 Exports to China, Beijing Limits Imports - 조선일보

7 wks / chosun

US clears path for Nvidia to sell H200s to China via new rule - Moneycontrol

7 wks / moneycontrol

NVIDIA can now sell AI chips to China as US eases export rules - Interesting Engineering

7 wks / interestingengineering

Nvidia (NVDA) Stock: Slightly Surges as U.S. Eases Export Rules as China Weighs ‘Necessary Use’ Approval for H200 Chips

7 wks / parameter / Yasmin Werner

US Clears Path for Nvidia to Sell H200s to China Via New Rule

7 wks / bloomberg / Maggie EastlandIan King

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FCC Ends Verizon's 60-Day Automatic Unlocking Requirement

iclarified - The Federal Communications Commission has officially waived a long-standing requirement that forced Verizon to automatically unlock mobile devices 60 days after activation. The ruling, released late yesterday, fundamentally alters the landscape for Verizo…

#mobiletech #techpolicy #government #business #us #wireless #law #telecommunications #smartphone #fcc

FCC kills Verizon's 60-day phone unlocking rule after massive fraud spike

7 wks / techspot

Verizon (VZ) Stock: Shares Slide After FCC Waiver Amid Market Volatility

7 wks / parameter / Newton Kitonga

The FCC is letting Verizon lock your phone for more than 60 days - Android Police

7 wks / androidpolice

Verizon stock slides after FCC loosens phone-unlocking rule as fraud fight takes center stage - TechStock²

7 wks / ts2

Verizon customers will have to wait to unlock their phone going forward — here’s why - Tom's Guide

7 wks / tomsguide

FCC Ends Verizon's 60-Day Automatic Unlocking Requirement

7 wks / iclarified

Verizon To Stop Automatic Unlocking of Phones as FCC Ends 60-Day Unlock Rule

7 wks / slashdot / msmash

Verizon wins FCC waiver on unlocked phones - fiercewireless.com

7 wks / fiercewireless

Verizon gets FCC permission to end 60-day phone unlocking rule

7 wks / theverge / Emma Roth

America’s biggest telecom company can now save hundreds of millions of dollars as FCC takes U-turn on sma - Times of India

7 wks / indiatimes

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Senate passes Defiance Act for a second time to address Grok deepfakes

Ian Carlos Campbell / engadget - The Senate has passed the Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits (DEFIANCE ) Act with unanimous consent, according to the bill’s co-sponsor Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL). The bill lets the subjects of nonconsensual, sexually explicit deepfak…

#ai #techpolicy #aiethics #genai #politics #cybercrime #us #law #contentmoderation #digitalprivacy

After Grok's deepfake flood, Senate passes bill letting victims take creators to court

7 wks / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

Senate Passes a Bill That Would Let Nonconsensual Deepfake Victims Sue https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/01/13/2347221/senate-passes-a-bill-that-would-let-nonconsensual-deepfake-victims-sue?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

7 wks / bsky / @slashdot.org / slashdot.org

Senate Passes a Bill That Would Let Nonconsensual Deepfake Victims Sue - Slashdot #sentiment analysis #ai #artificial intelligence #government

7 wks / bsky / @onpolitics.news / onpolitics.news

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7 wks / bsky / @mementomori4950.bsky.social / mementomori4950.bsky.social

What can technology do to stop AI-generated sexualized images?

7 wks / techxplore

Senate Passes a Bill That Would Let Nonconsensual Deepfake Victims Sue

7 wks / slashdot / BeauHD

Senate passes Defiance Act for a second time to address Grok deepfakes

7 wks / engadget / Ian Carlos Campbell

Senate passes a bill that would let nonconsensual deepfake victims sue / It comes amid the global uproar over X’s mass AI undressing of users on its platform.

7 wks / reddit / /u/MarvelsGrantMan136

Senate passes a bill that would let nonconsensual deepfake victims sue

7 wks / theverge / Lauren Feiner

US Senate Unanimously Passes DEFIANCE Act as Grok Crisis Spurs Victim Protection Law

7 wks / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

X could face UK ban over deepfakes, minister says

7 wks / reddit / /u/Logical_Welder3467

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Pentagon is embracing Musk's Grok AI chatbot as it draws global outcry

The Associated Press / npr - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday that Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok will join Google's generative AI engine in operating inside the Pentagon network, as part of a broader push to feed as much of the military's data as possible…


Epistemic Weapon Debate

Grok is an Epistemic Weapon

7 wks / techpolicy


Global Regulatory Backlash

Governments around the world are considering bans on Grok’s app over AI sexual image scandal

7 wks / fastcompany / Chris Morris

Elon Musk’s Grok AI Gets Pentagon Access Despite Pattern of Failures and Regulatory Crackdowns

7 wks / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Malaysia and Indonesia become the first countries to block Musk’s Grok over sexualized AI images

7 wks / reddit / /u/APnews


Pentagon AI Integration

Hegseth wants to integrate Musk’s Grok AI into military networks this month

7 wks / arstechnica / Benj Edwards

Pentagon Lays Out AI Strategy as It Plans for Future Space Missions

7 wks / decrypt / Jason Nelson

‘Star Trek Real’: Hegseth Praises Grok for Allowing Users to Fight Wars

7 wks / gizmodo / Matt Novak

‘Not Woke’: Pentagon Embraces Elon Musk’s Grok AI Despite Global Backlash

7 wks / eweek / Joseph Chisom Ofonagoro

Pentagon is embracing Musk's Grok AI chatbot as it draws global outcry

7 wks / techxplore

Pentagon is embracing Musk's Grok AI chatbot as it draws global outcry

7 wks / npr / The Associated Press

Pentagon is embracing Musk's Grok AI chatbot as it draws global outcry

7 wks / go

Pentagon is embracing Musk's Grok AI chatbot as it draws global outcry

7 wks / reddit / /u/esporx


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