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Meta has announced plans to significantly cut resources allocated to its metaverse project, a shift from CEO Mark Zuckerberg's earlier vision of the metaverse as the company's future direction. This decision reflects a reevaluation of priorities amid financial pressures and scrutiny regarding the project's viability.

ByteDance and DeepSeek, two prominent players in China's artificial intelligence sector, are pursuing markedly different strategies, highlighting the divergent paths within the industry. While ByteDance focuses on leveraging AI for content creation and user engagement, DeepSeek is emphasizing open-source AI models, such as its recent release that rivals GPT-5.

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating TP-Link Systems Inc., a California-based wireless router manufacturer, for potentially misleading consumers regarding its ties to China following a restructuring last year. Allegations suggest that the company may have concealed these connections, raising concerns about transparency in its business practices.

A research team from China and Hong Kong has introduced a new memory architecture called General Agentic Memory (GAM) aimed at addressing the issue of 'context rot' in AI models, which leads to the loss of information during lengthy interactions. This dual-agent system separates memory functions to enhance information retention and retrieval, potentially improving the performance of AI assistants in complex tasks.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang expressed uncertainty about whether China would accept the company's H200 artificial intelligence chips if U.S. sales restrictions are relaxed, following a meeting with President Donald Trump. This statement highlights the ongoing complexities surrounding U.S.-China trade relations and technology exports.

Lockheed Martin Corp. has inaugurated a new laboratory dedicated to hypersonic weapons in Alabama, amid increasing concerns that the US is lagging behind China and Russia in the development and deployment of this advanced military technology.

Former President Donald Trump is facing challenges in his efforts to override state-level regulations on artificial intelligence (AI), as divisions emerge within the Republican Party regarding the approach to AI governance. Trump argues that these regulations are hindering U.S. growth amid increasing competition from China.

Nvidia Corp. is poised to achieve a significant lobbying victory as U.S. lawmakers have excluded a proposal from essential defense legislation that would have restricted the company's ability to export advanced AI chips to China and other adversarial nations.