🛡️ Grok lands a $200 million military contract

xAI, Elon Musk's startup, has sealed a deal with the U.S. Department of Defense to supply its AI assistant Grok, despite the tool's recent anti-Semitic outbursts. This move is part of the "Grok for Government" initiative, a specially tailored offering for public institutions. The agreement comes as Grok 4 has just been unveiled as "the world's smartest AI".

• $200 million: ceiling of the contract signed with the Pentagon

• 4 companies selected: xAI joins OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google
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🚀 Nvidia announces resumption of H20 chip sales in China post-easing

The American chip giant has confirmed that it is filing applications to sell its H20 processors for artificial intelligence on the Chinese market again. This announcement follows the Trump administration's decision to cancel new restrictions proposed by Joe Biden. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is also heading to Beijing to attend an international trade fair.

• 16.9% of revenue came from China before the restrictions

• H20 is the chip specially developed to bypass American sanctions

  
  

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💰 Trump unveils $70 billion AI investments at the Pittsburgh summit

The American president announced an ambitious plan to invest in artificial intelligence and energy, centered around the Stargate project developed with OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank. This initiative aims to build a massive network of data centers to "power the next generation of AI." The event gathered around sixty leaders from the tech and energy sectors.

• $500 billion: total amount of the Stargate project over 4 years

• 100,000 jobs: job creations promised in AI and energy
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🤖 Microsoft cuts 9,000 jobs while saving $500M with AI

The Redmond giant has announced a new wave of layoffs affecting 4% of its global workforce, justified by a reorganization linked to the rise of artificial intelligence. An executive revealed that AI is already allowing annual savings of over $500 million, especially in call centers and software development. This decision follows the 6,000 job cuts in May 2025.

• 35% of the code for new Microsoft products is generated by AI

• $80 billion: 2025 budget for the group's AI infrastructure

  
  

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⚛️ IBM unveils Starling, its first error-tolerant quantum system

The American group has revealed its roadmap towards Quantum Starling, a groundbreaking quantum computer slated for 2029. This machine will integrate 200 logical qubits and can execute 100 million quantum operations, or 20,000 times more than current systems. The technology relies on qLDPC error correction codes that drastically reduce the need for physical qubits.

• 90% reduction: efficiency of new error correction codes

• 2029: expected date for the commercial rollout of Starling
  
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