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OpenAI has begun renting Google's AI chips to power its products, marking a shift from its exclusive reliance on Nvidia GPUs and Microsoft's infrastructure. This new Google Cloud partnership helps address capacity constraints that had delayed product launches. While still using Microsoft's resources, OpenAI is diversifying its computing infrastructure through additional partnerships with CoreWeave, Oracle, and SoftBank. Though Google isn't providing its most advanced TPUs to OpenAI, this collaboration between competitors highlights the massive computing demands of modern AI development and represents a competitive challenge to Microsoft's exclusive relationship with OpenAI.

Meta Platforms is seeking $29 billion from private equity firms to expand its AI data centers, including $3 billion in equity and the rest in debt. This funding supports Meta's increased 2025 capital expenditure of $64-72 billion for AI infrastructure. By the end of 2025, Meta plans to have 1.3 million Nvidia GPUs and a data center requiring two gigawatts of power. CEO Mark Zuckerberg has declared 2025 a "defining year for AI," with plans to expand Meta AI globally and position Llama 4 as a leading language model. This massive investment reflects the intensifying competition among tech giants in the AI sector.

Tesla has made history with its first fully autonomous vehicle delivery, sending a Model Y from its Austin factory to a customer's home without any human driver. The car used Tesla's advanced "Unsupervised FSD" system, navigating both highway and city roads using only cameras, neural networks, and onboard AI. Upon arrival, the customer received a notification through the Tesla app. This milestone suggests a future where customers can receive vehicles without visiting dealerships or interacting with delivery personnel. While initially limited to the Austin area, Tesla plans to expand this service pending regulatory approval, though significant regulatory and safety hurdles remain.

Tesla has hired Henry Kuang, former Cruise executive, as its new Director of Artificial Intelligence to strengthen its autonomous driving initiatives. Kuang previously led autonomy teams at GM's Cruise subsidiary before the service was suspended in 2023. His experience includes developing perception systems for driverless vehicles and prior roles at Meta. The strategic hire comes as Tesla faces pressure to deliver on CEO Elon Musk's promises of fully autonomous vehicles and a functional robotaxi fleet, though there are conflicting reports about whether the hire has been officially confirmed.