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AI company Anthropic has filed paperwork for an initial public offering that includes an unusual warning: artificial intelligence may pose existential risks to humanity. The disclosure, reported by Reuters, puts blunt safety language into a formal financial document, a rare step for a company courting public-market investors as it seeks to raise capital.

Reports say Chinese authorities are weighing whether to allow ByteDance and Alibaba to purchase Nvidia's newest chips, a move that would ease restrictions on access to advanced American semiconductors for two of China's largest technology companies. The decision could signal a shift in Beijing's stance on US chip imports and has drawn attention from investors watching Nvidia's access to the Chinese market.

Samsung is investing $1 billion in an AI infrastructure company backed by Nvidia and KKR, according to CNBC. The deal adds Samsung to a growing list of major tech and finance firms funding the data centers and computing power needed to run artificial intelligence services. It reflects continued heavy corporate spending on AI capacity despite concerns about the pace and sustainability of that investment.

Samsung has committed $1 billion to an AI infrastructure company backed by private equity firm KKR and chipmaker Nvidia, according to the Wall Street Journal. The investment underscores how major technology companies and investors are pouring capital into data centers and computing capacity needed to support the rapid growth of artificial intelligence.

Anthropic and OpenAI issued stark warnings that their own advanced AI systems could pose risks to humanity, prompting skepticism about their motives. Observers are asking what the companies stand to gain from sounding the alarm, with critics suggesting the warnings may be an attempt to shape regulation and secure control over how AI safety rules are written, rather than purely a public-safety message.

Reports say China has approved Nvidia's RTX PRO 5500 workstation-class chip for use by Alibaba and ByteDance, despite ongoing US export restrictions on advanced semiconductors. The move suggests Nvidia may still find routes to serve major Chinese AI customers under current curbs, and analysts are watching how Washington responds to the reported approval and what it means for Nvidia's China business.

President Trump held a dinner with Dario Amodei, the chief executive of AI firm Anthropic, who has previously called for a slowdown in the development of advanced artificial intelligence. The meeting has drawn attention because of the apparent contrast between the administration's push to accelerate AI and Amodei's public warnings about the technology's risks.

Meta has signed a deal with Australian firm Firmus to secure AI computing capacity serving Southeast Asia, Reuters reports. The partnership gives the social media company additional data centre infrastructure in the region as demand for artificial intelligence compute surges. Firmus specialises in building high-density, AI-ready data centre capacity, making it a useful partner for Meta's expansion beyond its existing facilities.

Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang described AI distillation as 'competition,' according to CNBC. The comment comes amid ongoing debate over Chinese AI firms using distillation techniques to build lower-cost models that rival those of US companies. Huang's framing suggests he views the practice as a normal competitive dynamic rather than a threat, and observers are weighing what it means for Nvidia's dominance in AI chips.

Reports say China may permit ByteDance and Alibaba to purchase Nvidia's RTX PRO 5500 chips, a possible easing of restrictions on advanced US semiconductors for major Chinese tech firms. The move would matter for AI computing capacity at two of China's largest companies and could signal a shift in US-China technology trade tensions. Details on timing and conditions of any approval remain unclear.

Reports say a founder of the data analytics firm Palantir has purchased a large area of forest land in Sweden. The news has drawn attention on technology forums, where commenters are debating why a Silicon Valley billionaire would buy Swedish woodland — whether for conservation, investment, privacy, or a retreat from the United States. Details about the size, location and price of the purchase remain limited.

China is increasingly backing open-source artificial intelligence, with Chinese developers and companies releasing AI models whose underlying code is freely available. State media coverage frames the strategy as a way to spread Chinese AI technology globally and compete with closed models from US firms, though no further details were provided in the available coverage.