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OpenAI and Broadcom announce chip designed for LLM inference at scale
OpenAI has partnered with Broadcom to develop a custom chip purpose-built for large language model inference, marking the company's latest move to reduce its dependence on Nvidia hardware. The collaboration signals a broader industry shift toward bespoke silicon as AI labs scramble to meet surging demand for compute. For OpenAI, controlling its own chip stack could mean faster iteration, lower costs, and greater leverage in an increasingly competitive market.
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Ending All Respiratory Infections
A new piece from Intercept Fund argues that respiratory infections — among the most common and costly illnesses worldwide — may be fundamentally preventable rather than an inevitable fact of life. The case centers on improved indoor air quality and ventilation as underutilized public health levers. If the argument holds, the implications for workplace productivity, healthcare costs, and chronic disease burden would be substantial.
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Ending respiratory infections
Respiratory infections remain among the most persistent and costly health burdens worldwide, yet targeted interventions — from improved ventilation to far-UVC light — are increasingly within reach. The piece argues that treating airborne disease transmission as an engineering problem, not an inevitable fact of life, could dramatically reduce illness across populations. The stakes are high: cutting respiratory infections would mean fewer missed workdays, lighter pressure on healthcare systems, and millions of lives protected annually.
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Europe is pushing back on Washington’s chip war
Europe's semiconductor equipment makers are caught in the crossfire as Washington seeks to tighten restrictions on chip tools sold to China. ASML, the Dutch lithography giant, currently sells older deep ultraviolet machines to Chinese customers — technology roughly a decade old — which the proposed MATCH Act would now prohibit. The move is drawing sharp resistance from European industry, which sees American export controls as an overreach that threatens its own market access and competitiveness.
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