Filing: Microsoft files an amicus brief in support of Anthropic and advocates for a temporary restraining order to block the DOD’s supply chain risk designation
Microsoft’s intervention to block the Pentagon’s ban on Anthropic exposes the real battleground in the tech cold war: control over AI infrastructure suppliers rather than open competition. The DOD’s “supply chain risk” designation is less about security and more about weaponizing regulatory frameworks to sideline non-U.S. giants under the guise of national security. Expect more tech giants to pick sides, signaling that AI supremacy is swiftly becoming a geopolitical proxy conflict with corporate interests deeply enmeshed.
A profile of Sachin Katti, who joined OpenAI from Intel in November 2025 as its head of industrial compute and now helps guide OpenAI’s infrastructure efforts
OpenAI’s hiring of Sachin Katti, a former Intel insider, is a tacit admission that AI innovation increasingly depends on industrial-scale compute mastery, not just algorithmic breakthroughs. This bolsters the illusion that AI progress is purely software-driven, obscuring the growing hardware bottlenecks and supply chain vulnerabilities plaguing the sector. The trillion-dollar AI buildout will disproportionately benefit those controlling the compute stack, cementing entrenched monopolies rather than democratizing AI.
Amsterdam-based Nebius says Nvidia plans to invest $2B in the startup as it plans to build AI data centers and deploy 5GW+ of Nvidia systems by the end of 2030
Nvidia’s $2 billion bet on Nebius to construct AI data centers signals a strategic pivot to lock down the physical infrastructure underpinning AI dominance—an aspect often overlooked in mainstream hype focused on chip sales alone. The massive 5GW power commitment not only raises red flags about sustainability but also exposes critical dependencies on European regulatory environments and energy markets. Nvidia’s aggressive buildout is a double-edged sword: consolidating power but inviting geopolitical scrutiny and potential supply bottlenecks.
Intel Demos Chip to Compute with Encrypted Data
Intel’s breakthrough in encrypted data computation represents a technical milestone, but it dangerously oversells the security narrative. While Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) chips can theoretically protect data privacy, they remain orders of magnitude slower and more costly than traditional chips—raising questions about real-world viability. This demo is less about immediate impact and more about Intel’s desperate attempt to reclaim relevance amid semiconductor stagnation and growing competition from specialized AI accelerators.
Chinese Gen Z day traders, who prefer tech stocks and increasingly use AI chatbots for investment advice, fuel the country’s latest tech investment craze
China’s Gen Z fueling a tech stock frenzy with AI-driven advice is a ticking time bomb disguised as innovation. This reckless crowd behavior amplifies market volatility and risks inflating another tech bubble just as the country faces mounting geopolitical and regulatory hurdles. The reliance on AI chatbots for investment guidance also highlights a dangerous overtrust in opaque algorithms, potentially exacerbating mispricing and systemic risk in China’s fragile financial ecosystem.
Indian AI lab Lossfunk’s prompting method lets LLMs generate Tulu language text without prior training; the method may expand to other low-resource languages
Lossfunk’s prompting breakthrough for the Tulu language superficially champions inclusivity, but it glosses over the fundamental limitations of large language models (LLMs) in genuinely understanding low-resource languages. Prompting tricks are a band-aid for the deep data scarcity and linguistic nuance these models can’t grasp without substantial native data. This raises uncomfortable questions about AI’s real ability to democratize language technologies versus perpetuating Anglophone and resource-rich language dominance under a veneer of progress.
Sources: Hacker News, Techmeme, AP News, Ars Technica | Compiled 2026-03-11