US-China tech war

By pressing countries to choose sides, the US hopes to starve China of resources in a race to make the most sophisticated AI

Increase suggests firm is placing more focus on profitability as it eyes a stock-market debut

It is recruiting for a new team that helps build AI agents that take on services like Claude code

The move is aimed at protecting domestic polysilicon makers from Chinese competition

Sales of drones, their key components and related technologies will be subject to “strict case-by-case review”

Polysilicon, an ultra-pure form of silicon, sits at the start of the semiconductor and solar manufacturing supply chains

China accounts for roughly 80% of global solar manufacturing capacity

Officials in Beijing are concerned about the cyber capabilities of AI frontier models made by US companies

While security concerns are legitimate, American robotics companies rely on Chinese hardware