Tech leaders and lawmakers have sought to grow California’s role in producing the chips that power everyday necessities like cars, refrigerators and smartphones.

OpenAI boss Sam Altman defended the Trump administration’s move to support artificial intelligence deals with the UAE and Saudi Arabia while blasting critics of the arrangements as “naïve.” Several AI deals were announced during Trump’s recent Middle East tour – including a pact in which Nvidia and AMD agreed to sell thousands of chips to Saudi Arabia.

The deal could be a way for OpenAI to gain a foothold among programmers, who are rapidly embracing A.I. technologies.

Sam Altman claims OpenAI could develop a core AI subscription, explaining how a new operating system could feature ChatGPT's user experience.

From leadership changes at legacy semiconductor companies to wishy washy policy around chip exports, a lot has happened already.

Chatbot-running data centers are expected to guzzle 12% of US electricity by 2030. Yet tech giants and utilities are best served by over-estimating demand. Disconnects between, say, Microsoft’s project cancellations and its astonishing growth may worsen,