Sources reveal inconsistencies in Megaspeed's chip inventory, as the US probes the Singapore AI startup over alleged Chinese ownership and Nvidia chip smuggling (Bloomberg)
The Pentagon partners with xAI to embed the company's frontier AI systems, based on the Grok family of models, directly into GenAI.mil as soon as early 2026 (Bonny Chu/Fox News)
The US FCC bans imports, marketing, and sales of new foreign-made drones and components, including from China's DJI and Autel, citing national security concerns (Heather Somerville/Wall Street Journal) https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/u-s-bans-new-china-made-drones-sparking-outrage-among-pilots-1624e32a
Sources: ByteDance has made preliminary plans to spend Β₯160B, or ~$23B, in AI capex in 2026, up from Β₯150B in 2025, and has budgeted ~$12.07B for AI processors (Financial Times)