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2026-09-17-Thu
Musk leaves open a SpaceX–Tesla merger, while Terafab already puts both companies inside one chip project
▪ Terafab proves the companies can build assets together, but governance costs make an equity merger far harder than technical cooperation.
2026-09-15-Tue
Trump hits back at Amodei, saying the only AI guardrail needed is the president himself
Once the guardrail is one person's judgment, the only certainty left is a single term in office.
2026-09-09-Wed
China targets 9,800 EFLOPS of AI compute by 2030 and RMB3.8 trillion in five-year information-infrastructure investment
▪ Capacity targets establish a construction direction; the distance between orders, commissioning and customer use determines whether equipment spending becomes recurring revenue.
2026-09-04-Fri
Nvidia buys Hugging Face for $12.9B, promising the platform stays open
Nvidia's $12.9 billion did not buy three million models — it bought the default option on the first page a developer opens.
2026-09-01-Tue
Anthropic sued over Claude Max usage claims, with the "Save 50%" label at the center
When the usage tier cannot be explained, the loss is not the settlement — it is that people willing to pay $200 a month start comparison shopping.