China’s AI and chip firms are handing out shares to keep their engineers
Chinese chip companies are implementing equity schemes covering most of their workforce to retain engineers, with Cambricon extending shares to 85.3% of employees and AMEC to over 97%. These programs represent an unusually broad approach to employee compensation rather than typical bonus structures.
Read full story →A free AI model is winning over developers. And nobody knows whose servers it runs on
An anonymous AI model called Ox Alpha with a one-million-token context window appeared on OpenRouter last week and has impressed developers with its free availability. The unidentified provider retains prompts and completions according to OpenRouter's listing, while the model's creator remains publicly unclaimed.
Nvidia AI server prices are rising more than 15% from early next year
Nvidia is raising prices on AI servers containing its chips by more than 15% starting early next year, driven by memory costs. The price increases will affect many of the company's largest customers across various server configurations.
Nvidia Customers Notified About AI-Related Price Hikes Above 15%
Nvidia is raising server prices containing its AI chips by more than 15% for many major customers, driven by soaring memory chip costs. The price increases are affecting servers that contain Nvidia's artificial intelligence processors across multiple customer accounts.