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Chinese state media counters Anthropic's call to put brakes on AI development

By Jowi Morales Published

State media outlet China Daily posits that Anthropic's Dario Amodei made the call to limit frontier AI development because Chinese AI models are catching up with American AI labs.

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Taiwan cracks down on tech businesses with illegal Chinese ownership

By Jowi Morales Published

Some companies are hiding their Chinese roots to hire Taiwanese experts.

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New US export controls reportedly target Chinese access to remote AI servers

By Jake Roach Published

The Trump administration is reportedly drafting a rule to close a loophole around remote access to advanced AI compute, and it could be shared with trade groups as early as September.

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X busts 200,000-strong Chinese bot farm, including accounts making claims about AI data centers and electricity

By Jowi Morales Published

200 accounts were found posting about data centers

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Trump administration weighs expanding chip tariffs to laptops, consoles, and servers, report claims

By Luke James Published

The Trump administration is weighing a second round of semiconductor tariffs that would extend duties beyond chips to products built with them.

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H200s finally reach China under case-by-case import licenses, but it's already too late for Nvidia

By Luke James Published

Premium Most of each company's U.S.-licensed allowance, understood to be up to 100,000 units apiece, must stay outside the mainland.

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White House cuts data centers, batteries, and AR from the US critical technology list

By Luke James Published

Appendix A of the 24-page document rewrites the federal Critical and Emerging Technologies list for the first time since February 2024.

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Nashville attempts to block controversial data center near zoo with eminent domain

By Jowi Morales Published

One way to stop a data center project is to buy the land that it will sit on.

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President Donald Trump at the Ratepayer Protection Pledge announcement in July 2026
President Trump expands AI data center ‘ratepayer protection pledge’ to include state governors and utility companies

By Jowi Morales Published

Tech companies are reportedly resisting efforts to turn the promise into law in California, though.

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142 AI data center protests staged in 42 states as public opposition increases

By Jowi Morales Published

What could data center developers do if the people say no?

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