OpenAI's infrastructure ambitions grow
OpenAI's planned cloud spending has hit $750 billion as the company accelerates efforts to build out computing capacity for next-generation AI models. The ChatGPT maker is planning to spend over $30 billion on a single data center in Georgia alone, part of a $500 billion commitment to advanced AI platforms in the United States. The massive investment underscores the computing demands of training and running cutting-edge language models.
Google's Gemini challenges ChatGPT's dominance
Google's Gemini app is closing the gap with ChatGPT, nearing 1 billion users as the search giant pushes aggressively into the consumer AI market. The milestone reflects growing competition in the AI assistant space, where both companies are vying for user adoption. Alphabet has hiked its spending outlook as it races to build AI data centers to support surging demand.
Trump administration directs $5 billion to AI research
The White House announced it is steering $5 billion toward artificial intelligence research, marking one of the largest federal AI investments to date. The funding will support academic research, national security applications, and partnerships with private sector firms. The move comes as China AI companies rush to raise funds and close the gap with US competitors.