Three ways AI is learning to understand the physical world

Large language models are running into limits in domains that require an understanding of the physical world — from robotics to autonomous driving to manufacturing. That constraint is pushing invest [...]

Intel's next-gen manufacturing process is reportedly still struggling

Intel is reportedly still struggling with a chipmaking process crucial to its future. Reuters reports that the company's 18A process is still producing low yields and high defect rates. Intel has [...]

Nvidia’s Cosmos Reason 2 aims to bring reasoning VLMs into the physical world

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said last year that we are now entering the age of physical AI. While the company continues to offer LLMs for software use cases, Nvidia is increasingly positioning itself as a [...]

Kai-Fu Lee's brutal assessment: America is already losing the AI hardware war to China

China is on track to dominate consumer artificial intelligence applications and robotics manufacturing within years, but the United States will maintain its substantial lead in enterprise AI adoption [...]

Apple is reportedly manufacturing all four iPhone 17 models in India

Apple is shifting more iPhone production to India ahead of next month’s iPhone 17 launch, Bloomberg reports. The company will build all four iPhone 17 models there, and for the first time US-bound s [...]

OpenAI's recent chip deals heap more pressure on TSMC

In recent weeks, OpenAI has signed blockbuster deals with AMD and Broadcom to build vast numbers of AI chips. Much of the focus has been on the financial implications, since OpenAI will need hundreds [...]

TSMC is investing an additional $100 billion into semiconductor manufacturing in the US

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world's top semiconductor manufacturer, has pledged to invest another $100 billion over the next four years to boost advanced semiconductor [...]

Apple may shift all US-bound iPhone production from China to India

Apple may shift all of its US iPhone production from China to India in an effort to avoid Trump's tariffs, according to a report from The Financial Times. The goal is to manufacture all 60 millio [...]

Quilter's AI just designed an 843‑part Linux computer that booted on the first try. Hardware will never be the same.

A San Francisco-based startup has demonstrated what it calls a breakthrough in hardware development: an artificial intelligence system that designed a fully functional Linux computer in one week — a [...]