Alibaba Takes On Nvidia as the Global AI Race Heats Up

Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow breaks down Alibaba's new AI chip, an accelerator to compete with Nvidia and underpinning a massive expansion of data center capacity in coming years. Plus, he sits down with Gagan Biyani, Founder and CEO of the Horowitz Andreessen Academy - Silicon Valley's alternative college for the AI era. And he sits down with AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li to talk about the AI safety debate, the race against China, and growing competition to build world models.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow breaks down what to expect from the Trump-Xi summit later this week, with AI's role anticipated to be a major part of the agenda for those upcoming talks. Plus, Bloomberg reports Paramount reached a settlement with California and other states suing to block its proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery; and as data shows more disruption to US data centers, we get to the political debate with Democratic US Representative Suhas Subramanyam from Virginia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow breaks down Anthropic's finding that its Claude chatbot is leading 26% of its AI research and development, even as the global debate around AI heats up. Plus, SoftBank is closing out the week with nearly $21 billion in potential fresh borrowings as it builds out its AI financing capacity, and Crusoe CEO Chase Lochmiller discusses the race to build the infrastructure powering AI as the company closes nearly $4 billion in fresh funding.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow breaks down OpenAI's new plan to track when things go wrong after revealing new cases of its AI models going off-script. Plus, Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi and machine learning pioneer Andrew Ng weigh in on the global AI safety debate; meanwhile in Silicon Valley, the immediate fear is missing out on the money.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow breaks down Mark Zuckerberg's call for AI labs to rely on independent evaluators and advisers to ensure models are safe. Plus, OpenAI is said to be in early talks with investors about a new funding round that could value the ChatGPT maker at more than $1.2 trillion, and Impulse Space CEO Tom Mueller discusses the company's $308 Million Series D Extension and the future of the space mobility economy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow breaks down calls from AI for a slower pace at the frontier, arguing safety needs time to catch up with increasingly powerful models. The debate is reaching Washington and Wall Street, with AI-linked stocks under pressure as investors weigh what slower development could mean for the spending boom.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow breaks down Oracle's latest results and how they are helping ease concerns around the company's massive AI infrastructure buildout. Plus, the debate around AI's societal risks and the backlash against the global data center build-out grow louder.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow discusses Apple's iPhone Duo with Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, from its anticipated reception with consumers to what it means for Apple's new era under CEO John Ternus. Plus, the AI chip race is moving to inference, and Elon Musk's Boring Co. reaches a $23 billion valuation.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow is live from Apple Park in Cupertino for what could be the iPhone Maker's most consequential product launch in years, with John Ternus making his first major public appearance as Apple CEO - and all eyes on Apple's highly anticipated first foldable iPhone, marking the biggest change to the iPhone's form factor in almost twenty years.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg’s Riley Griffin breaks down Qualcomm's deal signing up Amazon as a data center chip customer, an agreement that will span "multiple generations." Meanwhile, another deal falls apart after Anthropic decides against acquiring AI startup Decart AI; and all eyes are on Apple as the company kicks off its product launch tomorrow, with its foldable iPhone a decade in the making.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.