🤖 Microsoft's Maia 200 Chip Just Changed the AI Infrastructure Game—Plus SpaceX's Trillion-Dollar Merger Plans

🤖 Microsoft's Maia 200 Chip Just Changed the AI Infrastructure Game—Plus SpaceX's Trillion-Dollar Merger Plans

Author: AI Daily January 30, 2026 Duration: 7:14
Microsoft unveils the Maia 200 chip designed to slash AI inference costs using revolutionary low-precision calculations, potentially reshaping the datacenter landscape. SpaceX explores blockbuster mergers with Tesla or xAI ahead of a $1.5 trillion IPO, while Tesla pours $2 billion into xAI and discontinues traditional vehicle lines. DeepSeek and Alibaba both release groundbreaking AI models with new approaches to reasoning and document understanding. A disturbing Guardian investigation exposes 150+ Telegram channels creating deepfake abuse content, while AI-powered domestic abuse cases surge 62%. Meanwhile, the AI boom drives a 50% surge in US gas-fired power generation, raising urgent climate questions. Plus: AI reduces late-stage breast cancer diagnoses by 12% in landmark study, Google Chrome gets autonomous AI agents, and South Korea implements the world's first comprehensive AI laws.

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