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NYTIMES (Karen Weise) - Big Tech’s A.I. Spending Keeps Rising. So Do the Jitters.

Amazon joined a procession of tech giants that ramped up their spending on artificial intelligence, as its capital expenditures soared 69 percent. Concerns over the industry’s spending are mounting.

NYTIMES (David Pierson and Berry Wang) - As China’s A.I. Gets Stronger, It Poses New Risks to Beijing

China’s A.I. rise is creating a new dilemma for Beijing. The open models that win influence abroad may pose risks to the country’s security and geopolitical strategy.

THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Amazon Slashes AI Division Following Prolonged Underperformance.

Amazon is reevaluating its AI strategy by downsizing its Nova AI models and redirecting resources toward robotics-focused development.

PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Amazon is scaling back much of its in-house artificial intelligence development after several of its Nova AI models failed to meet expectations. The company is reportedly placing most of its text, image, and video generation models into a maintenance mode that provides only minimal resources, while shifting staff and computing power to a single frontier AI project led by Pieter Abbeel, the former co-founder of robotics startup Covariant, which Amazon acquired in 2024. DETAIL: The move is intended to concentrate resources on the company’s highest-priority AI initiatives, particularly those related to robotics and automation. The restructuring follows Amazon’s recent closure of an 80-man research office in San…Open

NYTIMES (Juliet Macur and Photographs by Desiree Rios) - Trying to Make a Buck Off a Data Center, One 6-Pack at a Time

What do you do when a $25 billion complex is under construction nearby? One couple in Abilene had an idea.