ChatGPT Enterprise quadruples user numbers in first quarter as OpenAI targets corporate use

OpenAI is seeing surging demand for the corporate version of ChatGPT even as it confronts a growing number of artificial intelligence companies offering similar products for the workplace. In an interview on Bloomberg Technology, OpenAI’s chief operating officer Brad Lightcap said there are now more than 600,000 people signed up to use ChatGPT Enterprise, up … Read more

Chinese firms lag behind US peers in AI development ‘by two years’, Alibaba chairman Joe Tsai says

“China is somewhat behind, obviously,” Tsai said, citing how ChatGPT creator OpenAI has leapfrogged the rest of the tech industry in AI innovation, in a podcast interview published on Wednesday with Nicolai Tangen, chief executive of Norges Bank Investment Management – the branch of Norway’s central bank that is responsible for managing the world’s largest … Read more

EU and US vow to team up against China, but can’t hide the cracks – POLITICO

Washington was pushing to “put China in the text every two sentences,” said one European diplomat who was granted the condition of anonymity to speak candidly. “It kept hammering on the Chinese nail.”  To Washington’s satisfaction, the two sides committed to team up with other countries to tackle “China’s non-market policies and practices in the … Read more

Taiwanese semiconductor giant TSMC restarts operations after earthquake, easing concerns of chip supply disruption

The world’s largest independent contract chip manufacturer, which supplies 90 per cent of the world’s most advanced semiconductors to technology giants like Apple and Nvidia, restarted operations within 10 hours after work was suspended because of the worst earthquake to hit Taiwan in 25 years. There were at least nine fatalities and more than 1,000 … Read more

How to ‘Trump proof’ the transatlantic relationship? – POLITICO

“It’s been very successful,” said Daniel Mullaney, the former top U.S. negotiator on trade issues with Europe, of the TTC. “We’ve had high-level attention, including at the presidential levels, on all of these issues. That’s kept the momentum going.” The question now is what happens if Trump wins back the White House in November. Even … Read more

Japan approves US$3.9 billion in aid to chip venture Rapidus

Japan approved up to ¥590 billion (US$3.9 billion) in subsidies to chip venture Rapidus, committing more money to its ambition to catch up in semiconductor manufacturing. The additional funding will help Rapidus buy chipmaking equipment and also develop advanced back-end chipmaking processes, Economy Minister Ken Saito said. The amount is on top of billions of … Read more

Huawei says partner Chery Automobile’s Luxeed S7 premium EV starts mass delivery

“A large number of Luxeed S7 vehicles have already rolled off the production line and are now being transported for delivery to customers,” said Richard Yu Chengdong, chairman of Huawei’s intelligent automotive solution business unit, in a post on Chinese microblogging platform Weibo. Huawei had said problems delivering the premium brand electric vehicle (EV) should … Read more

Domestic chip tool companies take centre stage at Semicon China with US counterparts largely absent amid tech war

US chip equipment companies are largely absent from the 1,100-exhibitor list at this week’s Semicon China, one of the country’s largest semiconductor industry events, as the China-US tech war continues to swirl. Although major US chip tool companies Lam Research and Applied Materials have sponsored Semicon China for the second consecutive year, neither of them … Read more

Alibaba’s Damo Academy plans to launch latest version of its XuanTie RISC-V processor this year

Damo Academy, Alibaba Group Holding’s research arm, expects to launch the next-generation of its XuanTie series of RISC-V processors – the C930 – this year, in the latest effort to counter the impact of tighter US trade restrictions on exports of advanced chip technologies to China. Damo Academy showcased the next iteration of its XuanTie … Read more

Huawei injects fresh capital into Shenzhen investment subsidiary as US-sanctioned tech giant returns to growth

With that infusion, Shenzhen Habo Technology Investment Partners – established in 2021 by Huawei and Habo Investment – last Thursday raised its registered capital to 7.98 billion yuan (US$1.1 billion) from 7 billion yuan previously, according to data from Chinese business registry platform Tianyancha. Huawei did not immediately respond to a request for comment on … Read more