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The White House is now deciding who gets access to frontier AI models, not the labs — 2026-07-18
## Short Segments Alibaba's T-Head unit is challenging Nvidia's dominance by open-sourcing its AI chip software stack, SAIL, at the World AI Conference in Shanghai. This move aims to lower migration barriers for developers entrenched in Nvidia's CUDA ecosystem. Coming up, we'll explore how the White House is now controlling access to frontier AI models, a shift from labs to government oversight. Also, Sateliot seeks €150 million to beam 5G directly to smartphones from orbit, and Xpeng debuts its flying car in Germany with 7,000 orders already secured. France and Germany are teaming up to…
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