Tag: Donald Trump

$5bn funding flood from Aus-US critical minerals pact

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s landmark pact with the US on critical minerals last October has already driven $5 billion in investment commitments across 10 projects, the Albanese government announced on Monday. The...

US withdraws planned rule on AI chip exports

Posted on   |  by Karen Freifeld
The US Commerce department withdrew a planned rule on artificial intelligence chip exports on Friday, the latest backpedaling by the Trump administration in its efforts to promote secure American...

US mulls new rules for AI chip exports

Posted on   |  by Alexandra Alper and Stephen Nellis
US officials are debating a new regulatory framework for exporting artificial intelligence chips and are considering requiring foreign nations to invest in US AI data centers or security guarantees...

Trump ban: US Defense contractors remove Anthropic

Posted on   |  by Mike Stone, Alexandra Alper and Courtney Rozen
US Defense contractors like Lockheed Martin are expected to follow the Pentagon’s order to purge Anthropic AI tools from their supply chains, government contracting and technology attorneys have said,...

US orders diplomats to fight data sovereignty initiatives

Posted on   |  by Raphael Satter
The Trump administration has ordered US diplomats to lobby against attempts to regulate US tech companies’ handling of foreigners’ data, saying in an internal diplomatic cable that such efforts...

US plans to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere

Posted on   |  by Simon Lewis, Humeyra Pamuk and Gram Slattery
The US State Department is developing an online portal that will enable people in Europe and elsewhere to see content banned by their governments including alleged hate speech and...

Trump imposes 25pc tariff on imports of some AI chips

Posted on   |  by Ismail Shakil, Bhargav Acharya and Chris Sanders
US President Donald Trump has imposed a 25 per cent tariff on certain AI chips, such as the Nvidia H200 AI processor and a similar semiconductor from AMD called...