The global AI landscape is shifting fast as Chinese tech giants disrupt hardware norms and infrastructure demands trigger real-world community backlash.
In this episode of the Tech Field Day News Rundown, Tom Hollingsworth and Alastair Cooke dive into DeepSeek's ambitious move to develop its own AI silicon to bypass U.S. export caps, coupled with a surprising trend of U.S. companies turning to lower-cost Chinese AI models.
Meanwhile, infrastructure growth hits a rocky patch as Microsoft faces a class-action lawsuit from Wisconsin residents over deafening data center cooling systems, even as Redmond expands its enterprise reach via a native Commvault data protection partnership on Azure.
Finally, the duo analyzes Anthropic’s critical privacy policy overhaul for Claude's agentic workflows, Crusoe’s new custom tuning tools on NVIDIA H100/H200s, and IBM’s slick new rack-mounted Z17 and LinuxONE 5 mainframes designed to slide seamlessly into modern enterprise data centers.This and more on the Tech Field Day News Rundown with Tom Hollingsworth and Alastair Cooke.
Time Stamps:
- 0:00 - Cold Open
- 0:29 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown
- 1:41 - DeepSeek Is Building Its Own AI Chip to Challenge Industry Leaders
- 4:25 - Commvault and Microsoft Expand Azure Partnership to Strengthen Cloud Data Protection
- 6:52 - Microsoft Sued Over Noise From Wisconsin AI Data Center
- 10:21 - Anthropic Updates Claude Privacy Rules as AI Becomes More Powerful
- 14:11 - Crusoe Expands AI Platform with Easier Model Fine-Tuning and Deployment
- 16:52 - IBM Expands Mainframe Lineup with Smaller Systems and Built-In Security
- 20:26 - Rising AI Costs Push U.S. Companies Toward Chinese AI Models
- 29:32 - The Weeks Ahead
- 31:29 - Thanks for Watching
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