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AI is reshaping everything from semiconductors to fashion. Tesla just locked in a multibillionādollar chip supply, Vogue readers are debating an ad built around a synthetic model, and Chinaās Zhipu is taking its next large model public and open source. We also look at two new alliances meant to harden Chinaās AI stack, Google DeepMindās tool for rescuing Roman history, and a classic film reāimagined for Las Vegasās gigantic Sphere screen.
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1. Tesla securesāÆ$16.5āÆbillion Samsung AIāchip contract
Samsung will fabricate Teslaās nextāgeneration A16 artificialāintelligence chips at its longādelayed Taylor, Texas plant in a deal running throughāÆ2033. ElonĀ Musk confirmed the arrangement on X and said Tesla engineers will help optimize yields. The contract revives a factory that had struggled to find anchor customers despite aāÆ$4.75āÆbillion CHIPS Act subsidy and follows Samsungās production of Teslaās AI4 parts while TSMC handles the AI5 line.

2. Vogue faces backlash for AI Guess advert
Vogueās August issue features a doubleāpage Guess campaign starring āSeraphinneāÆVallora,ā a fully AIāgenerated model identified only in fine print. Readers called the image ādisturbingā and industry voices like plusāsize model FelicityĀ Hayward warned it threatens creative jobs and diversity gains. Supporters argue AI shoots are faster and cheaper. The controversy lands weeks after Condé Nast signed a contentālicensing pact with OpenAI.

3. Zhipu readies openāsource GLMā4.5 and eyes HongāÆKong IPO
Beijingābased Zhipu, now branding itself Z.ai, will release GLMā4.5, its largest openāsource model, as early as today while preparing a HongāÆKong listing that could raise aboutāÆ$300āÆmillion. The launch joins a wave of Chinese firms openāsourcing frontier models to win global mindshare and set domestic standards against U.S. rivals.

4. Chinese AI firms form two alliances to beat U.S. curbs
At the World AI Conference in Shanghai companies announced a ModelāChip Ecosystem Innovation Alliance linking Huawei, Biren, MooreĀ Threads and LLM makers like StepFun, plus a second network under the Shanghai Chamber that counts SenseTime, MiniMax and Metax. Huawei showcased its CloudMatrixĀ 384 cluster said to rival Nvidia systems, while Tencent and Baidu demoed new 3D and digitalāhuman tools. The alliances aim to tighten cooperation across chips, models and infrastructure in response to U.S. export controls.

5. DeepMindās Aeneas restores damaged Latin inscriptions
Aeneas was trained on almostāÆ200,000 Latin inscriptions totaling 16āÆmillion characters and can predict missing words, estimate a fragmentās province among 62 Roman regions and date texts to within about 13āÆyears. In tests with 23 historians the model provided useful context 90āÆpercent of the time, even tackling landmark works like the ResĀ GestaeĀ DiviĀ Augusti. Researchers say the tool could cut years of manual crossāreferencing and open epigraphy to newcomers.

6. Sphere turns āWizard ofāÆOzā into an AIāexpanded spectacle
LasĀ Vegasās 160,000āsquareāfoot Sphere will screen a remastered Wizard ofāÆOz from AugustāÆ28. A 2,000āperson team is using AI to upscale the 1939 footage and outpaint beyond the original frame, creating new background scenery and even unseen angles of the actors while preserving the core film. Sphere Entertainment says the goal is to let audiences feel āinside the studioā rather than alter the story itself.

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