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Today: August 25, 2026
Today: August 25, 2026

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Google expands Gemini AI platform for law firms, lawyers

Alphabet's Google on Tuesday expanded its Gemini Enterprise artificial intelligence platform with new tools for lawyers and law firms, accelerating a

Google expands Gemini AI platform for law firms, lawyers
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Nvidia faces growth test as Rubin debut meets AI financing scrutiny

Nvidia's results on Wednesday will test whether the company's latest Rubin chips can drive another period of explosive growth, with

Nvidia faces growth test as Rubin debut meets AI financing scrutiny
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China robot maker Unitree's post-listing slump sparks bubble fears

A roughly 45% slump in the shares of Unitree, China's best-known humanoid robot maker, since a more than fivefold jump on its Shanghai debut has triggered

China robot maker Unitree's post-listing slump sparks bubble fears
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Taiwan charges 9 over illegal AI server exports to China, including Nvidia and Super Micro staff

Taiwanese prosecutors have charged nine people, including one from Nvidia and two from Super Micro, for illegally exporting high-end AI servers to China

Taiwan charges 9 over illegal AI server exports to China, including Nvidia and Super Micro staff
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Alibaba shares fall 8% after $10 billion Hong Kong share sale

Alibaba shares fell 8% in early Hong Kong trade on Monday after the tech company finalised a HK$80 billion ($10.21 billion) share placement at HK$112.70 apiece, in a deal aimed at

Alibaba shares fall 8% after $10 billion Hong Kong share sale
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From science fair to strategic showcase: a decade of China’s robot games

It’s been called the Robot Olympics. But unlike the human Olympics, Team China is collecting almost all the medals.

From science fair to strategic showcase: a decade of China’s robot games
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The importance of teaching students what AI can’t do

Educators can confront AI head on by distinguishing its pattern-recognition skills from its inability to daydream, embody other people and authentically express itself.

The importance of teaching students what AI can’t do
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South Korea plans chip windfall fund to back youth, AI investment

South Korea plans to create a new fund to channel tax windfalls from the country's semiconductor boom into supporting younger generations and invest in future growth

South Korea plans chip windfall fund to back youth, AI investment
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Broadcom seeks more than $60 billion in latest AI debt deal, Bloomberg News reports

Broadcom is in talks with a group of lenders to raise more than $60 billion in debt for an AI chip financing deal that will benefit Anthropic and other companies, Bloomberg News

Broadcom seeks more than $60 billion in latest AI debt deal, Bloomberg News reports
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Nvidia denies report it is rolling out China AI chip by year-end

Nvidia on Thursday denied a report by The Information that it plans to begin shipping a language processing unit (LPU) tailored for Chinese customers by year-end, saying it has no

Nvidia denies report it is rolling out China AI chip by year-end
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Alibaba quarterly profit drops 75% as AI investment spending grows

China's Alibaba reports a 75% drop in profit for the latest quarter from the year before to roughly $1.6 billion as it invests heavily in AI infrastructure

Alibaba quarterly profit drops 75% as AI investment spending grows
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Citi, HSBC, StanChart adopt Ant International’s forex AI tool

Ant International launched an upgraded version of its artificial intelligence model on Thursday, signing up major global banks as financial institutions

Citi, HSBC, StanChart adopt Ant International’s forex AI tool
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Marvell gives Google option to buy $12.2 billion stake in custom AI chip deal

Marvell Technology will help develop Google's in-demand custom chips and has offered the search giant the right to buy a potential $12.2 billion stake, the latest

Marvell gives Google option to buy $12.2 billion stake in custom AI chip deal
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Charles Schwab to scale India centre workforce to 2,000 by 2027

U.S. financial services firm Charles Schwab plans to expand the workforce at its newly opened India-based global capability centre to about

Charles Schwab to scale India centre workforce to 2,000 by 2027
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Demand from US data-center boom radiates out through factory supply chains

Generac is best known for making backyard generators that rumble to life after power failures. But artificial intelligence is its new frontier.

Demand from US data-center boom radiates out through factory supply chains
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Shares in Chinese humanoid robot maker Unitree soar in its Shanghai trading debut

Shares of Unitree, one of China's largest humanoid robot makers, have soared as much as 629% in its public stock trading debut in Shanghai

Shares in Chinese humanoid robot maker Unitree soar in its Shanghai trading debut
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China urges respect for digital sovereignty in AI race

China on Wednesday urged respect for each country's digital sovereignty, after a report the U.S. would ask countries to choose sides in the artificial intelligence race

China urges respect for digital sovereignty in AI race
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Microdramas boom in a shrinking Hollywood as studios chase a TikTok audience

(Corrects spelling of company name in paragraphs 19 and 30 to 'My Drama' and adds that its parent Holywater Tech also released the poll; also corrects with full company name for 'Holywater Tech') By

Microdramas boom in a shrinking Hollywood as studios chase a TikTok audience
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Google is buying all of Spirit Airlines’ data to feed its AI models

Google is buying all of Spirit Airlines’ data to feed its AI models

Google is buying all of Spirit Airlines’ data to feed its AI models
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World’s top humanoid robot maker surges in blockbuster market debut in China

World’s top humanoid robot maker surges in blockbuster market debut in China

World’s top humanoid robot maker surges in blockbuster market debut in China
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Pentagon pressure to move AI faster drives Smack's new funding round, CEO says

Smack Technologies, a defense-technology startup building artificial intelligence decision-making tools for the military, is raising funding to speed

Pentagon pressure to move AI faster drives Smack's new funding round, CEO says
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Private credit roundup: Nvidia's half trillion for chips financing, plus others

Nvidia's colossal financing deal for AI infrastructure buildouts is the talk of private markets this week.

Private credit roundup: Nvidia's half trillion for chips financing, plus others
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Goldman in talks with investors on Nvidia financing deal after landing prized role, sources say

By Saeed Azhar and Milana Vinn NEW YORK, Aug 14 (REUTERS) - Goldman Sachs is in talks with potential investors about participating in Nvidia's $500 billion AI financing initiative, after leveraging

Goldman in talks with investors on Nvidia financing deal after landing prized role, sources say
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Apple trains its own AI model for China market with Alibaba's support, sources say

Apple has trained a large language model specifically for the China market, three people familiar with the matter said, a departure from the iPhone maker's strategy of relying on

Apple trains its own AI model for China market with Alibaba's support, sources say