Major tech firms are investing heavily in AI infrastructure, launching new chips and data centers, while AI reshapes jobs, research, and global competition, with significant moves by Amazon, Marvell, DDN, and Waymo, and ongoing workforce shifts worldwide .
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Amazon Launches New AI Chips and 'AI Factories' Servers
Amazon is adopting Nvidia-designed technology for its next-generation AI chips, integrating them into new AWS servers to boost AI compute for enterprise workloads and cloud competition .
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Marvell Acquires Celestial AI for $3.25 Billion
Marvell Technology is buying photonics startup Celestial AI to strengthen its position in AI data center networking, using light-based 'photonic fabric' to reduce bottlenecks in large-scale AI clusters .
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Tech Giants Raise Nearly $100 Billion in Debt for AI and Cloud
Big Tech firms have collectively raised almost $100 billion in new debt to finance data centers, GPU clusters, and specialized AI chips, marking a historic wave of capital investment .
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DDN Unveils Breakthrough AI Data Architecture
DDN introduced new EXA and Infinia innovations that maintain full AI performance and cut storage costs amid global NAND shortages, reducing high-end SSD requirements by 35–65% .
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Waymo Expands Robotaxi Services Globally
Alphabet-owned Waymo is expanding its robotaxi services beyond San Francisco and LA to London and other global markets, signaling a major push in autonomous vehicle adoption .
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AI Set to Reshape White-Collar Jobs
Nearly 12% of the US wage bill is at risk as AI automates white-collar roles, driving both job displacement and new demand for AI-augmented skills .
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AWS CEO Positions Company as AI One-Stop-Shop
At AWS re:Invent 2025, CEO Matt Garman emphasized the shift to AI agents—autonomous systems that act on behalf of organizations—and the need for scalable, secure cloud infrastructure .
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AI Research Breakthroughs in Healthcare, Finance, and Education
Recent cs.AI research papers highlight multi-agent systems like KOM for medical diagnosis, synthetic data for finance fact-checking, and multimodal frameworks for education, advancing real-world AI impact .
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Global Tech Layoffs Continue in 2025
Over 141,000 tech jobs were cut in 2025, a 17% increase from the same period in 2024, as companies adjust to AI-driven efficiency and market corrections .
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China's AI Growth Faces Profitability Challenges
China remains a strong AI contender but faces a long road to profitability, with the gap to the US in groundbreaking AI tech still significant .