🚀 Qualcomm unveils AI200 and AI250 for data centers
Two new inference chips with bigger memory and a lower cost per watt-a classic play to dent Nvidia’s fortress. Investors… loved it, with a sharp pop in the share price.
Qualcomm also showed full racks and lined up a chunky deployment with Saudi-backed Humain-200 megawatts of gear is not a hobby.
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⚖️ Australia sues Microsoft over Copilot pricing
The regulator says 2.7m people were nudged toward pricier Microsoft 365 after AI-Copilot rolled in-while a cheaper “Classic” option lurked behind the cancel button.
Microsoft says it’s reviewing the allegations; the ACCC is seeking penalties and consumer redress. Spicy, and very on-brand for dark-pattern season.
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🏗️ DOE picks AMD for two new AI supercomputers
A $1b public-private pact will build Lux and Discovery at Oak Ridge-with HPE and Oracle in the mix. Big science, bigger politics, and yes… bigger chips.
Lux aims to stand up within months, while Discovery lands later-think more bandwidth-everywhere than brute force only. Ambition dialed to eleven.
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🧭 Meta taps Vishal Shah to steer AI products
The Instagram and metaverse vet shifts to AI product management, reporting to Nat Friedman. It’s a tell-Meta wants shipping cadence, not just shiny demos.
This follows a restructuring that trimmed roughly 600 roles in its superintelligence unit-leaner team, louder bets… or so it seems.
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📚 Chegg slashes jobs, swaps CEO in AI shakeup
Traffic fell, AI rivals rose, and the edtech pioneer pulled a hard reset-388 roles cut and Dan Rosensweig back in the big chair.
The sale hunt is off for now; the plan is to refocus on products that play nicely with-not against-generative tools. Tough medicine, maybe necessary.
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