Deaths in NYPD custody have surged to levels not seen in at least a decade, with 40 people dying in 2023 and 2024 combined — roughly double the toll of any two-year period since at least 2016, according to police data and officials.  At least nine people have died in NYPD custody so far this […]

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Financial Times:
Sources: China told ByteDance, Alibaba, and others to stop testing and ordering Nvidia's RTX Pro 6000D, going beyond earlier guidance focused on Nvidia's H20  —  Beijing steps up efforts to boost semiconductor independence to compete with the US  —  China's internet regulator has banned …

Charlotte Yang / Bloomberg:
The Hang Seng Tech Index, which tracks the top 30 Hong Kong-listed tech stocks, rose ~3.9% to its highest level since November 2021, amid renewed AI enthusiasm  —  A blistering rally in Chinese technology shares accelerated on Wednesday as renewed bets on artificial intelligence sent a key gauge to the highest in nearly four years.

Bloomberg:
Chinese state media: Alibaba has secured China Unicom as a major client for its AI chips; earlier reports said Alibaba was supplying tens of thousands of chips  —  Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has secured a high-profile customer in China Unicom for its AI chips, suggesting …

Chang Che / The Guardian:
A profile of Song-Chun Zhu, an AI scientist and NSF and Pentagon grantee, who left the US after 28 years to lead China's state-backed AI institute BIGAI in 2020  —  In 2020, after spending half his life in the US, Song-Chun Zhu took a one-way ticket to China.  Now he might hold the key to who wins the global AI race