President Joe Biden’s 102.5-percent tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) entering the U.S. drew headlines earlier this month. What drew less attention but is far more impactful is the tripling of tariffs on EV batteries and parts.
Author: admin (Kendrick Williams)
THIS WEEK IN SURVEILLANCE
A lot of people suddenly woke up this past week to the meaning of that creeping AI “copilot” technology tech companies have been rolling out with little fanfare since early 2023.
GOOGLE SEARCH “AI OVERVIEW” STEALING CLICKS AND FUELING FURTHER MONOPOLY: SEO EXPERT
Google Search is now featuring a full blown Google ad connected “AI Overview” in response to search queries.
BLOCKCHAIN BATTLES
SEC approval of spot ETFs last Thursday upended predictions only weeks earlier by many crypto sector analysts and the wider financial community.
FIT21 PASSES HOUSE, PUTTING MORE “CRYPTO VOTER” PRESSURE ON BIDEN
The rock of motivated young crypto voters and the hard place of Joe Biden’s miserable polling numbers, have forced a recent swerve away from his Presidency’s anti-crypto policy ambitions.
U.S. SENATORS: SPEND $32 BILLION A YEAR ON AI TO BEAT CHINA
Regulators and the AI industry need to protect Americans from the potential dangers of AI, but the country also needs to invest at least $32 billion annually to ensure that China doesn’t surpass the U.S. in advancing AI technology, according to a proposal by a bipartisan group of U.S. senators.
DATA CENTERS’ POWER DEMAND SPIKES UTILITIES’ STOCK PRICES, GRID CONCERNS
Utility companies are starting to feel the pressure from AI data centers that gobble more and more electricity 24 hours every day of the week. Those centers are contacting utilities to make sure the extra power they’ll need in the future will be there.
GOOGLE UNVEILS PLAN TO REORGANIZE PRODUCTS AROUND AI
Google is moving to build AI into all of its products, CEO Sundar Pichai told the company’s annual developers conference earlier this month.
AI ROBOTS INVENT AND BUILD NEW LASERS
Six labs scattered around the world and coordinated by an AI have devised, then built and tested, a material that emits laser light more efficiently than any created by human researchers.
NEW AI MAPS MEDICAL DIAGNOSES
An AI created at the University of Illinois’s Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology does more than just spot tumors and other signs of illness in medical images.