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Alibaba is betting its comeback on AI, funneling 70% of R&D into outgunning JD and Meituan—because nothing screams reinvention like a Jack Ma revival tour. Meanwhile, chipmakers want your next phone to flirt directly with Starlink satellites by 2025, Amazon sellers are outsourcing their chores to AI, and Europe is quietly flexing a 40% surge in decentralized AI adoption.
It’s a global tech soap opera: China clamps down on U.S. AI chips, human trainers are getting outpaced, and investors are still nursing headaches from OpenAI’s boardroom drama.
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🤖 Jack Ma drives Alibaba’s AI-powered comeback strategy, with 70% of R&D now focused on battling JD and Meituan.
🛰️ Chipmakers are joining forces to let phones connect directly to Starlink satellites, with device tests set for late 2025.
🕵️♂️ A January cyberattack led to data theft at Insight, affecting employees and limited partners, with notification just sent out.
💸 A fresh analysis uncovers who’s got billions on the line post-OpenAI’s board shakeup, spotlighting investors like Thrive and Khosla.
🤖 Human trainers now struggle to keep up as AI models outpace their expertise, with some models now besting 80% of them.
🛍️ Sellers can now let AI handle listing edits and reporting, streamlining tasks for Amazon’s 2M+ marketplace vendors.
🇪🇺 Europe’s push for decentralized AI sees 40% year-over-year growth in real-world adoption across industries.
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China escalates restrictions on US AI chip imports and usage
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Beijing just moved from “please don’t” to “absolutely not” on its tech giants buying Nvidia’s high-powered AI chips, setting an official ban after months of stern (but previously unenforced) warnings.
The ruling puts local companies in a bind, hunting for alternatives while global supply chains reshape around who can and can’t access the most advanced silicon. Expect domestic chipmakers like SMIC to pick up the slack, but with notable performance gaps still in play, China’s AI roadmap just hit a few more speed bumps. The wider implication: Tech sovereignty has left the chat—at least for now.
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How Telehealth Created a New Drug Crisis
We explore the dark side of telehealth and how companies, originally intended to make healthcare more accessible, are now profiting off prescriptions like Viagra, Ozempic, and Adderall. Caya dives deep into his own experiences with these services, from self-diagnosis to questionable prescriptions, and discuss how tech startups are prioritizing profit over patient care. Join us as we uncover the rise of "narrow" platforms, the hidden dangers of quick prescriptions, and the real cost of this telehealth revolution.
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang discusses AI chatbot and tool usage preferences
Nvidia’s Jensen Huang is riding the generative AI hype wave with a portfolio of favorite toys. He’s having a renaissance with AI image makers (hello, Google’s Imagen), brainstorming new product names using Gemini, and admits to pressure-testing just about everything with Perplexity’s snappy search—and ChatGPT, of course.
This sneak peek into Huang’s browser tabs doubles as a snapshot of the next-gen productivity toolkit for startup execs juggling everything from branding to briefing decks at warp speed. As heavyweights like Nvidia’s chief evangelist experiment with public tools, the AI arms race is visibly spilling from code labs into the real world of everyday creative chaos—and every founder should be taking notes on how these digital brainiacs actually earn their keep.