STORY: From Google's EU probe to a Amazon's big India investment... this is AI Weekly.
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The EU launched an antitrust probe into Google's use of online content for AI purposes.
The European Commission said it was concerned Google may have used content from web publishers to generate AI responses on search results pages without fair compensation.
Or without offering them the possibility to refuse this use of their content.
Google rejected a complaint by independent publishers earlier this year which led to the EU investigation.
The Commission's focus on Big Tech also saw it hit Meta with an antitrust probe.
Regulators said they would look into the firm's new policy, which would limit other AI providers' access to WhatsApp.
The EU said the investigation was to stop dominant firms from - quote - "abusing their power to crowd out innovative competitors."
U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday Nvidia could sell its second-best AI chips to China.
However, on sale of these H200 processors, Washington will collect a 25% fee.
It's a jump from the 15% levy proposed in August.
Trump said the same approach will apply to other chipmakers like Intel and AMD.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung met SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son on Friday to discuss expanding AI cooperation.
Lee has pledged to broaden the South Korean AI sector.
He's also met with global tech leaders including OpenAI's Sam Altman and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.
Amazon said it plans to invest more than $35 billion in India by 2030.
The tech giant wants to expand its operations in the country by boosting AI capabilities and increasing exports.
Major U.S. tech firms, including Microsoft and Google, have poured billions into India this year.
It shows the country's emergence as a strategic hub for cloud, AI and deep-tech growth.
