Tech Weekly: AMD's AI Chip Deal with OpenAI, Meta's AI Personalization, and Apple App Removals

Major AI Chip Deal

• 🤝 AMD has secured a multi-year deal to supply artificial intelligence chips to OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT.
• 💰 This agreement is projected to generate tens of billions of dollars in annual revenue for AMD and includes an option for OpenAI to purchase up to 10% of the chip maker.
• 📈 Investors reacted positively, with AMD's shares increasing by over a third following the announcement.

Apple's App Store Actions

• 🚫 Apple removed Ice Block and similar ice-tracking apps from its App Store after a request from President Trump's administration.
• ⚠️ This action, rare for apps targeted due to US federal government demands, involved apps that alerted users to immigration and customs enforcement agents.
• 🕵️ French prosecutors are investigating Apple's voice assistant Siri for alleged illicit data collection, following a complaint.

Tesla's New Model and Meta's AI Strategy

• 🚗 Tesla is preparing to launch a more affordable version of its Model Y SUV to combat declining sales and increasing global competition.
• 💬 Meta is integrating user interactions with its generative AI tools into its data collection practices, starting in December, to personalize content and ads.
• 🌐 This move by Meta aims to personalize content and ads at a large scale across multiple platforms, a strategy being explored by other tech giants like Google and Amazon.