Business
Vast Is the Newest AI Unicorn Out of China
Beijing's Vast raised close to $200 million at a $1bn-plus valuation, Bloomberg reported on 1 June 2026, to build Tripo — AI that generates 3D models from text. Its founder came from MiniMax.
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AI & Personhood
The US Closes Its Last AI Chip Loophole to China
On 31 May 2026, the US Commerce Department closed the overseas-subsidiary loophole, requiring licences for advanced NVIDIA and AMD chips sold to Chinese firms abroad. Containment meets its own limits.
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AI & Personhood
NVIDIA Cosmos 3 Gives Physical AI a World Model
On 1 June 2026, NVIDIA released Cosmos 3, an open omni-model for physical AI that unifies world generation, physical reasoning and action. It is the Body Gap, answered in part.
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Business
SoftBank Bets €75bn on AI Data Centres in France
SoftBank announced on 31 May 2026 a plan to invest up to €75 billion in five gigawatts of AI data-centre capacity in France by 2031, with Schneider Electric and EDF. Europe's biggest sovereign-compute bet yet.
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Technology
RTX Spark Puts AI Agents on Your Desk
At Computex 2026, NVIDIA unveiled RTX Spark — a Windows-on-Arm PC with a petaflop of compute and 128GB of memory to run AI agents locally. The agent is moving from the cloud to the desk.
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Technology
AI Now Runs the Chip Fab — NVIDIA and TSMC FabTwin
At Computex 2026, NVIDIA and TSMC put AI inside the chip fab — including FabTwin, an Omniverse digital twin of the plant. The supply chain for intelligence has started to optimise itself.
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Technology
NVIDIA Says Every Country Now Needs an AI Factory
NVIDIA used its Computex 2026 keynote on 31 May to argue an AI factory is now national infrastructure — backing the claim with 500-plus Taiwan partners and a six-continent cloud buildout.
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