Mon. 08/11 – Nvidia To Pay The Government To Sell In China

Nvidia and AMD are paying the US government 15% of revenue to sell AI chips to China. Remember how with GPT-5, they took away the old models? Well, the old models are back. Some critical analysis of the whole GPT-5 moment. And you know what is finally never coming back? AOL dialup internet.

Links:

• Nvidia and AMD to pay 15% of China chip sale revenues to US government (FT)
• Trump Bid for Cut of Chip Revenue Risks ‘Dangerous World’ (Bloomberg)
• Intel CEO Singled Out by Trump to Visit White House on Monday (WSJ)
• OpenAI Faces Backlash for Retiring Older Models With GPT-5 Launch (PCMag)
• GPT-5: Overdue, overhyped and underwhelming. And that’s not the worst of it. (Gary Marcus)
• A BEST CASE SCENARIO FOR AI? (David Sacks)
• AOL discontinues its dial-up internet, and we're just surprised they even offered it in 2025 (PCGamer)

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