South Korean semiconductor giants Samsung and SK Group have finalized US$950 billion in deals with US AI companies, aiming to secure a stable supply of South Korean chips for the burgeoning AI industry.

American artificial intelligence companies claim that Chinese imitators, such as Alibaba, are rapidly catching up by secretly copying their AI technologies through a technique called distillation.

Billionaire investor Ray Dalio cautions that US AI companies, driven by profit, risk lagging behind China, which views AI as a public utility for widespread productivity gains.

Liang Wenfeng, founder of Chinese AI company DeepSeek, has become the world's richest AI model startup founder with an estimated net worth of $36 billion after a recent funding round, despite past complaints from US AI companies.

The 'America First' policy is causing turmoil in the AI industry, leading to calls from a German expert to leverage US government interventions to attract leading US AI companies like Anthropic to Europe.

Rival AI companies, including OpenAI and Anthropic, are increasingly challenging Palantir's dominant position in securing US defense contracts. Competitors argue that Palantir has become a gatekeeper, despite its criticisms of other AI lab outputs.

Major US artificial intelligence companies are calling for measures against Chinese firms, alleging that they are copying their AI models through a process known as 'distillation'.

Argentina is considering a pioneering bill that would introduce a new category of fully autonomous companies, where artificial intelligence would replace traditional company boards.