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Microsoft promotes American AI first

The Great AI Arms Race of 2025, where Microsoft has decided to wave the American flag so hard, it might accidentally launch itself into orbit!  Picture this: Microsoft's Brad Smith, dressed in a star-spangled suit (I imagine), announcing that they're about to spend a cool 80 BILLION dollars on data centers.  That's not just big money - that's "I could buy several small countries" money! Microsoft promotes American AI first You know things are getting serious when tech executives start throwing around phrases like "American AI" with the same fervor as a hot dog vendor at a Fourth of July parade. It's like they've discovered that if you just add "American" to anything, it automatically becomes 76.2% more patriotic. American AI, American pie, American cheese - one of these things is actually processed, and soon it might not be the cheese! But wait, there's more! Microsoft is positioning AI as "the electricity of our age....

The Great Brain Race: Two Nations, One Cloud, and a Whole Lot of Artificial Drama

The US and China are locked in another technological arms race, and this time it's all about who can create the smartest artificial brain first. It's like watching two kids fighting over who can build the tallest LEGO tower, except instead of plastic bricks, they're playing with something that might eventually outsmart us all.  No pressure! The Great Brain Race: Two Nations, One Cloud, and a Whole Lot of Artificial Drama Let me tell you about this absolutely brilliant plan the US has cooked up. They want to launch a "Manhattan Project-style initiative" for Artificial General Intelligence (AGI).  Because apparently, the first Manhattan Project worked out so wonderfully for everyone involved that we thought, "Hey, why not do that again, but with computers that can think?" I mean, what could possibly go wrong? The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission (try saying that three times fast) has come up with 32 recommendations. Thirty-two! Because a...