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AI Surge: China’s $170 B Industry, Space Data Centers, and Growing Memory Crunch...
Lundi 15 décembre 2025 à 05:07
Artificial Intelligence Landscape
China’s AI market set to eclipse $170 billion by 2025
China Daily reports that the nation’s core AI sector is projected to surpass 1.2 trillion yuan (≈ $170 bn) in 2025, driven by a 30 % boost in large‑model language capabilities and a 50 % rise in multimodal understanding. The institute also highlighted a booming embodied‑intelligence segment, attracting over 40 bn yuan in financing and involving 350+ firms, while outlining a roadmap toward commercial 6G by the early 2030s.
China Daily
Investors hedge against an AI debt bust with insurance‑style products
The Financial Times notes a surge in “AI‑linked” insurance instruments designed to shield investors from defaults by tech firms whose valuations are inflated by speculative AI hype. These derivative‑like contracts are rapidly gaining traction on secondary markets, reflecting growing anxiety over a potential “AI debt bubble.”
Financial Times
Space‑based data centers emerge as a frontier for AI compute
The Information details a coordinated push by industry titans—Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Eric Schmidt, and Jensen Huang—to deploy AI‑optimized data hubs in orbit. Google plans a prototype satellite launch by 2027 to test its Tensor Processing Units in space, while startup Starcloud claims to have trained a large language model aboard a demonstration satellite equipped with an Nvidia GPU. The drive signals both ambition and concern that Earth‑bound infrastructure may soon hit capacity limits.
The Information
Google pulls AI‑generated Disney videos after a cease‑and‑desist
Following a legal warning from Disney, Engadget reports that Google removed dozens of YouTube videos featuring AI‑generated renditions of Disney characters, citing copyright infringement concerns. The takedown underscores the escalating clash between generative AI creators and traditional entertainment IP holders, as studios also pursue litigation against other AI platforms.
Engadget
Kindle’s in‑book AI assistant sparks author‑publisher backlash
Engadget reveals Amazon’s new “Ask this Book” feature, which lets readers query an AI for spoiler‑free answers within any Kindle title. While the tool promises enhanced reading experiences, publishers warn that the always‑on AI cannot be disabled, raising fresh disputes over copyright and content control in the era of generative models.
Engadget
U.S. AI executive order deepens GOP split over state regulations
The Hill covers President Trump’s executive directive to establish a unified federal AI standard, prompting a partisan rift as several Republican lawmakers push back against perceived federal overreach into state‑level AI legislation. The order highlights the growing political stakes of governing rapidly evolving AI technologies.
The Hill
Rodney Brooks warns the humanoid robot hype is off‑track
In a candid interview, The NY Times cites robotics pioneer Rodney Brooks—renowned for the Roomba—who argues that the current obsession with humanoid robots is misguided and unlikely to deliver practical value, urging a shift toward functional, task‑oriented automation instead. His critique adds a sobering perspective to the often‑uncritical hype surrounding next‑gen robotics.
The NY Times
Technology Advancements Shaping Tomorrow
Apple’s iPhone 20 to debut a four‑sided bending display
Wccftech reports that Apple’s upcoming 20th‑anniversary iPhone will feature an unprecedented four‑sided flexible screen, eliminating all cutouts. The design leap is backed by a massive $300 million investment from LG, which is overhauling its display production line to meet the new form‑factor demands.
Wccftech
XDA Developers warns that the voracious silicon appetite of AI training workloads is precipitating a global memory crunch, forcing fabs to pivot toward high‑bandwidth memory (HBM) for Nvidia accelerators. The strain has already led Micron to shutter its consumer RAM business, signaling potential downstream impacts on everyday devices.
XDA Developers
Neuroengineers enable rats to play Doom, expanding AI research tools
Tom’s Hardware highlights a second‑generation platform where rats, equipped with a wrap‑around AMOLED screen, can navigate and shoot within the classic Doom engine. Led by neuroengineer Viktor Tóth, the project offers a novel, open‑source testbed for studying perception and decision‑making in biological agents interfaced with AI systems.
Tom's Hardware