The Scoop
With the rapid buildout of infrastructure taking center stage in the tight AI race between tech giants, Google is tapping one of its veteran leaders for a new role overseeing the complex strategy, according to an internal memo reviewed by Semafo... See more
Reed’s view
A lot of the silly AI hardware products that have launched and failed tried to do too much. Finally, someone has built a product that breaks new ground on the concept of simplicity. I haven’t tried the Pebble Index, a ring that can record audi... See more
The News
US President Donald Trump’s decision on Monday — first reported by Semafor — to allow Nvidia to ship its H200 AI chips to China jolted the trade war between the two countries. But inside top American AI firms, executives say the biggest impact wo... See more
Reed’s view
As Semafor scooped Friday, US Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., is urging the White House to reform the H-1B program to cut down on abuse. The White House seems to be amenable to that idea, with Assistant Attorney Gen. Harmeet Dhillon investigating... See more
Mistral, the French AI company and champion of “open weights,” released a new family of AI models Tuesday whose most interesting feature is how small they are: lean enough to run on smartphones.
“The bottom line is that we managed to squeeze much more per... See more
