Covering Scientific & Technical AI | Saturday, June 13, 2026

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Inside Trump’s Private Dinner with Top AI Leaders

The White House held a private dinner last Thursday with some of the most powerful people in artificial intelligence. Executives from Meta, Microsoft, Google, Apple, OpenAI, AMD, Oracle, and ...Full Article

Trump Ties AI Chip Exports to Revenue Sharing

The Trump administration has put a price on access to China’s AI market. Nvidia can now continue shipping select AI chips to Chinese customers as long as it observes ...Full Article

Texas Floods Are a Wake-Up Call for AI-Powered Forecasting and the NOAA Budget Cuts Don’t Help

AI is increasingly being positioned as the next big leap in weather forecasting, and rightly so. Recent advances promise faster and more accurate predictions of extreme weather events. In ...Full Article

Nvidia Begins US Production of Blackwell Chips, AI Systems to Follow

Nvidia announced Monday it plans to produce its AI supercomputers entirely in the United States. The company will work with a group of major manufacturing partners to establish a ...Full Article

Trump Rescinds Biden’s AI Order, Announces $500B Investment in AI Infrastructure

President Donald Trump signed a flurry of executive orders during his first day in office, including one that rescinded his predecessor’s order addressing AI risk. The new president indicated ...Full Article

U.S. Tightens Grip on China’s AI Chip Ambitions with New Export Controls

Biden has taken a parting swing at China’s chip industry by introducing new export controls. Just weeks ahead of Donald Trump’s second term, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced ...Full Article

The Impact of Trump’s Return on AI and Climate

US President-elect Donald Trump made plenty of ambitious promises during his presidential campaign, but it will be tough for him to fulfill all his pledges. His stance on artificial ...Full Article

GenAI in the 2024 Elections: Expectations vs. Reality

With this being an election year, concerns have long been raised about the potential threats artificial intelligence (AI) poses to the integrity of the electoral process. According to a ...Full Article