TSMC has pitched US chip designers Nvidia, Advanced Micro Devices and Broadcom about taking stakes in a joint venture that would operate Intel’s factories, according to four sources familiar with the matter. Under the proposal, the Taiwanese chipmaking giant would run the operations of Intel’s foundry division, which makes chips adapted for the needs of … Read more
ChatGPT developer OpenAI’s weekly active users surged past 400 million in February, a company spokesperson told Reuters on Thursday, highlighting rapid growth in the adoption of artificial intelligence tools. The Microsoft-backed startup had 300 million weekly active users in December. Its paying business users also crossed 2 million in February, more than doubling from its … Read more
The US Commerce Department is looking into whether DeepSeek – the Chinese company whose AI model’s performance rocked the tech world – has been using US chips that are not allowed to be shipped to China, a person familiar with the matter said. China’s DeepSeek last week launched a free assistant it says uses less … Read more