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ByteDance turns to Samsung for custom AI chip production and scarce memory supplies
1+ hour, 35+ min ago (613+ words) ByteDance turns to Samsung for custom AI chip production and scarce memory supplies'the-decoder.com ByteDance turns to Samsung for custom AI chip production and scarce memory supplies Bytedance is in talks with Samsung to produce a custom AI chip, a…...
Nvidia releases open model PersonaPlex, a voice AI that listens and talks at the same time
2+ week, 2+ day ago (570+ words) Nvidia has released PersonaPlex, a conversational AI model that enables natural real-time conversations with customizable voices and user-defined roles. Traditional voice assistants run speech recognition, language models, and speech synthesis one after another. This allows voice and role customization but…...
Apple developing AI pin to compete with OpenAI and Meta
2+ week, 6+ day ago (349+ words) The iPhone maker is reportedly working on a wearable AI device with two cameras and microphones. The project aims to keep Apple competitive in the AI hardware race against OpenAI and Meta. Apple is developing an AI-powered wearable pin roughly…...
Snap's SnapGen++ generates high-resolution AI images on iPhone in under two seconds
3+ week, 3+ day ago (539+ words) Snapchat's parent company introduces a compact diffusion transformer that brings server-quality text-to-image generation to mobile devices. The 0.4 billion parameter model beats competitors 30 times its size. Snap Inc. has built an efficient diffusion transformer that generates high-resolution images directly on smartphones....
Deepseek reportedly had to fall back on Nvidia chips for new model
3+ week, 4+ day ago (170+ words) Deepseek reportedly had to fall back on Nvidia chips for new model'the-decoder.com Deepseek reportedly had to fall back on Nvidia chips for new model Chinese AI startup DeepSeek ran into trouble developing its new flagship model and had to…...
Flux 2 small brings AI image generation and editing to consumer graphics cards
3+ week, 4+ day ago (553+ words) German AI startup Black Forest Labs launches Flux 2 "klein" (small), a compact model that combines image generation and editing on consumer GPUs like the RTX 3090. The new models expand the Flux 2 family introduced in November with two main variants: a…...
Taiwan agrees to $250 billion US chip investment as Washington cuts tariffs
3+ week, 5+ day ago (402+ words) Taiwanese semiconductor companies will invest heavily in US production capacity in exchange for lower tariffs." The US and Taiwan have signed a trade agreement requiring Taiwanese chip and tech companies to invest at least $250 billion in American production capacity. Taiwan's…...
China reportedly tightens Nvidia H200 restrictions, limits purchases to special cases
4+ week, 21+ hour ago (498+ words) Update, January 13, 2026: The directive is deliberately vague: companies should only buy the chips when "necessary." But officials didn't define what counts as necessary, leaving room to loosen restrictions later. That ambiguity is likely intentional: Beijing will need to monitor AI…...
OpenAI's "Sweetpea" AI wearable allegedly takes aim at Apple's Airpods
4+ week, 22+ hour ago (169+ words) A new leak reveals details about OpenAI's planned hardware, an audio device designed to compete with Apple's Airpods. X and Weibo leaker "Smart Pikachu" claims OpenAI is developing a device codenamed "Sweetpea" with designer Jony Ive reportedly involved. The alleged…...
Global AI compute hits 15 million H100 equivalents, Epoch AI finds
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (162+ words) Global AI compute hits 15 million H100 equivalents, Epoch AI finds'the-decoder.com Global AI compute hits 15 million H100 equivalents, Epoch AI finds Epoch AI has released a comprehensive database of AI chip sales showing that global computing capacity now exceeds 15 million H100 equivalents. This…...