Week one of the Musk v. Altman trial: What it was like in the room

This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Two of the most powerful people in AI—Sam Altman and Elon Musk—began their face-off in court in Oakland, California, last week. Musk is suing OpenAI, alleging that the millions he spent to…

Nvidia’s exposure to Asian supply chains for components hits 90% of its production costs — marked increase from 65% could intensify as physical AI adds even more exposure

Asian suppliers now represent roughly 90% of Nvidia’s production costs, up from about 65% a year earlier, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

Anthropic in early talks to buy DRAM-less AI inference chips from UK startup — Fractile’s SRAM architecture reduces need for pricey memory during extreme pricing and shortage crunch

Anthropic has reportedly held early discussions with London-based chip startup Fractile about purchasing the company’s inference accelerators.

Chinese court rules companies can’t fire workers just because AI is cheaper — ruling says automation alone doesn’t justify layoffs

Chinese courts ruled that companies cannot automatically fire workers simply because AI can do the job more cheaply, declaring that automation alone does not justify dismissal under labor law.

Jensen says Nvidia now has ‘zero percent’ market share in China — says US export policy ‘has already largely backfired’

Jensen Huang says China has become a lost market for Nvidia due to U.S. sanctions, but warns that America could lose out in a broader AI competition.

Google finally explains why Android AICore keeps eating your storage — and it actually makes a lot of sense

If you’ve ever noticed Android AICore taking up more storage than expected, Google now has an answer — and it turns out the culprit is a perfectly reasonable fail-safe you’d probably want anyway.

Yes, you should probably be nicer to your AI — here’s why that’s not as ridiculous as it sounds

You’ve probably felt it — that slightly hollow, going-through-the-motions quality when an AI interaction goes flat. Science is starting to explain why that happens, and who’s responsible for it.

Academy just said it out loud: AI can’t win an Oscar for acting and writing

The Academy confirms AI cannot win Oscars for acting or writing, reinforcing that human performance and authorship remain central despite growing use of AI in filmmaking.

AI got bougie? Research finds access skewed towards the rich, risking a new social divide

A new study finds AI awareness and usage are higher among wealthier groups, raising concerns about a growing digital divide and unequal access to opportunities.

Space data centers sound like a pipe dream. What if we put them on lamp posts?

A UK firm has signed a deal with Nigeria’s Katsina State to deploy 50,000 solar-powered smart lamp posts that collectively function as a distributed AI data center, without using electricity from the grid.