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President Trump has suspended Microsoft from the PERM program, the labor certification process used for sponsoring foreign workers for permanent residency. Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal issued a statement responding to the move, which carries significant implications for the tech industry's reliance on skilled immigration and has drawn attention amid ongoing debates over visa and green card policies.

Microsoft has announced its third-generation Maia 300 AI chip, intended to become the primary AI inference system for its products and services. According to the announcement, the new chip improves cost and performance, reducing the company's dependence on Nvidia GPUs for artificial intelligence workloads. Industry watchers see the move as part of a broader push by major cloud providers to design their own silicon for AI.

Paul Gronke and Susheela Jayapal took part in a conversation on trust in political institutions, presented by Oregon Humanities. The discussion focused on how public confidence in government and democratic bodies is shaped, and why that trust has become a pressing concern. Jayapal, a former Multnomah County commissioner, and Gronke, a political scientist known for research on election administration, brought complementary perspectives to the topic.