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The European Union has put €700 million into NanoIC

The European Union has formally inaugurated NanoIC, a semiconductor pilot line backed by a €700 million investment under the European Chips Act.

Why Amazon is the Latest Tech Giant to Bet Big on AI

Andy CEO Andy Jassy confirmed on a Q4 2025 earnings call that he expects about US$200bn in CapEx across Amazon in 2026, with the majority focused on AWS

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EU tells Meta to let other AIs back on WhatsApp.

The European Commission has weighed in on the November decision to block the likes of ChatGPT and Copilot from WhatsApp, and thinks it violates EU antitrust laws. It’s surprisingly fast for the organization, which called the issue “urgent” because of the risk of “irreparable” damage to competition in the nascent AI industry.

2026 AI investments will cost more than the Moon landing.

Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, and Alphabet are planning to spend $670 billion on AI infrastructure this year, more than some of the biggest capital efforts in US history by percentage of gross domestic product. It’s dwarfed only by the 1803 Louisiana Purchase, which doubled the size of the US.

OpenAI’s supposedly ‘leaked’ Super Bowl ad with ear buds and a shiny orb was a hoax

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AI.com promises agents or something.

This 30-second Super Bowl ad dangled handles on the new AI.com platform with names like “Mark,” “Sam,” and “Elon.” If you’re not sure what it is, Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek says he’s leading this platform also, and that it will “mainstream AI agents and AGI in the same way he led mass consumer adoption of cryptocurrency.”

Anthropic's Super Bowl Ad Changed to Be Less Direct About OpenAI and ChatGPT

Anthropic's previewed Big Game ads drew criticism from Sam Altman, who labeled them as 'clearly dishonest.'

OpenAI’s Super Bowl ad claims “You can just build things” with Codex.

As OpenAI and Anthropic feud over AI advertising, both companies are running Super Bowl ads for their AI products. After OpenAI boss Sam Altman said its ad would focus on “builders,” OpenAI debuted this ad about its AI coding agent, Codex.

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New York is considering two bills to rein in the AI industry

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Crypto.com Places $70M Bet on AI.com Domain Ahead of Super Bowl

The purchase rewrites the domain record books -- not that the crypto industry has ever been accused of restraint when it comes to spending.