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U.S. Probes DeepSeek
Did They Take a Sneaky Shortcut?
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What we’ll cover today:
🚀 Google offers voluntary exits—What’s their AI-powered game plan?
🔍 DeepSeek’s Nvidia chip probe—Did they bypass U.S. rules?
💳 Fintech’s next wave—The biggest events to watch in 2025.
Google, the tech giant behind Android and Pixel, is offering voluntary exits to its U.S. hardware team to streamline operations.
🚨 Breaking News:
Google is encouraging U.S. hardware employees to take a voluntary exit with severance, aiming to optimize team efficiency and focus on AI.
⚡ Wire Simplified:
Google combines Android and hardware teams to speed up AI integration.
U.S. employees in the Platforms and Devices team can opt for a voluntary exit with severance.
The move seeks to ensure remaining staff are fully committed to the company's mission.
This offer is currently limited to the U.S. hardware division.
✔️ Straight to the Point:
Google is offering its U.S. hardware team members a voluntary exit to focus on efficiency and commitment in its projects.
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DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup, is under U.S. investigation for possibly acquiring Nvidia’s high-end chips via Singapore, bypassing export restrictions.
🚨 Breaking News:
The U.S. is probing whether DeepSeek obtained Nvidia’s H800 chips through Singapore intermediaries, potentially sidestepping strict U.S. export controls.
⚡ Wire Simplified:
DeepSeek claims to have trained its AI model using Nvidia's H800 chips.
U.S. export controls restrict selling advanced AI chips to China.
The investigation focuses on whether DeepSeek used third parties in Singapore to get the chips.
Nvidia states it requires partners to comply with all applicable laws.
✔️ Straight to the Point:
The U.S. suspects DeepSeek may have bypassed export rules via Singapore, raising concerns over loopholes in AI chip regulations.
Interesting thing to meditate on: The Internet was born as Arpanet for the million or so smartest people in the world. The protocols and culture were set for and by smart people, mainly a form of priestly researcher class.
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