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\n\nBy the time we started preparing this week's Tech-AI-La, Microsoft had restored services after a global outage that disrupted Outlook, Teams, Copilot and other Microsoft 365 products for more than a day. The company blamed a network configuration issue, ruled out a cyberattack and promised a detailed review.
\n\nBut a much bigger story is unfolding at Nvidia, which has consequences for the global economy and geopolitics.
\n\nJensen Huang losing his job is only the tip of the iceberg that the AI ship has collided into. The secrets unravelled this week has reinforced some facts that will shape global consensus hereon.
\n\nFirst, it reinforces the fact that Nvidia sits on the geopolitical fault line, settling the debate, if there was any, on whether advanced AI chips should be viewed as strategic military technology. Even private companies are now being forced former intelligence officers and counterintelligence specialists, with fat pay packages.
\n\nSecond, as AI’s stature as a factor in national security gets reinforced, corporate governance at the tech companies is likely to be under scrutiny like never before. As it stands today, not all tech CEOs can be fired the way Huang…
Original source: https://www.cnbctv18.com/technology/
