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New “AI Diffusion Rule” in US Wants to Limit Exports of High-Performance GPUs - DTH
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These are the daily tech headlines for Monday, January 13, 2024. I'm Sarah Lane. The Biden administration's AI diffusion rule wants to limit exports of high performance GPUs widely thought to mostly slow China's AI progress. It it sets three licensing tiers unrestricted for the U.S. and 18 allies limited for most other countries, and near bans on sales to some nations like Russia, China and North Korea. US Companies also face restrictions on sharing AI software and building data centers in certain countries without approval. Critics, including Nvidia and certain industry groups, warn the rule could hurt US competitiveness. A 100 day comment period is now open. The UK, led by Prime Minister Keir Starmer, wants to become a global leader in AI by building a homegrown rival to OpenAI and boosting national computing capacity 20 fold by 2030. Plans include creating AI growth zones for data centers, promoting renewable energy use and launching initiatives like the AI Research Resource and a national data library to develop sovereign AI models. Sonos CEO Patrick Spence has resigned, effective immediately, with board member Tom Conrad stepping in as interim CEO after serving on the board since 2017. Sonos launched a new app in May of last year, which was not well received, to say the least. It led to layoffs and customer disappointment. Despite efforts to rebuild trust and fix the app, including hiring a crisis management firm and pledging transparency, the fallout seems to have cost Spence his role. The Sonos team is still committed to the new app and plans to continue its product development, including a rumored streaming video player. With TikTok facing a potential US shutdown on January 19, another Chinese app, Zhao Hongshu or Rednote in English, has found a new audience, becoming a top free app on the US App Store. This has been promoted by TikTok creators, some of them anyway, as a potential alternative. The app has 300 million monthly active users and has grown rapidly, attracting $917 million in funding and a $17 billion valuation. Reliance Geo launched a 5.5G network in India offering download speeds up to 10 gigabits per second and upload speeds up to 1 gigabits per. The network improves latency, 4K streaming and call quality. It's initially supported by OnePlus 13 smartphones and shows a 5ga icon on connected devices so you know you have it and is based on the 3Gpp release 18 standard for enhanced connectivity and speed. According to Counterpoint Research. Global smartphone sales rose 4% in 2024. However, Apple's market share slipped to 18%, which is down 2%. Samsung led slightly with 19%. Congratulations to Samsung. The iPhone 16 saw mixed results, partly due to delays in its Apple Intelligence features as rivals like Xiaomi grew 12% year over year to reach a 14% share. Despite these numbers, Apple still gaining the ultra high end segment and projected to take over 50% of smartphones that cost over $1,000, Counterpart notes. The rebound follows 2023, which was the worst year for smartphone sales in a decade. Fire tracking app Watch Duty became a vital tool for Los Angeles residents during last week's and this week's ongoing wildfires, amassing 2 million downloads and 14 million unique users, according to CEO John Mills. The nonprofit app is supported by donations and a network of firefighters and volunteers. It provides real time wildfire updates when official alerts fall short. Watch Duty, which topped Apple's App Store charts, operates with 15 full time staff and 200 volunteers, and Mills emphasized its commitment to user privacy and rejecting profit from disasters. And finally, the USB Implementers forum is doing away with names like super speed USB 10 gigabits per second along with the logos that are also going away. The labels will now just say the speed of the device or the cable, such as USB 80 gigabits per second for example, or 40 or 20, just whatever the number is. For more analysis of the tech news of the day, subscribe to DailyTech News Show.com you can find shown us and links to all these headlines there as well. I'm Sarah Lane. Thank you for listening and we will talk to you tomorrow.
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