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AI Briefing — December 9, 2025

The 10 most important AI stories of December 9, 2025, hand-curated from the day's coverage. Every story links to its primary source.

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Nvidia Wins Trumps Approval to Sell H200 AI Chips in China

Bloomberg Technology ↗

President Donald Trump granted Nvidia Corp. permission to ship its H200 artificial intelligence chip to China in exchange for a 25% surcharge, a move that lets the world’s most valuable company potentially regain billions of dollars in lost business from a key global market. Bloomberg's Caroline Hyde reports. (Source: Bloomberg)

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Google Hit by EU Abuse of Dominance Probe Over AI Tools

Bloomberg Technology ↗

Google has been hit by a European Union probe over suspicions the US tech giant is abusing its market power in its rollout of artificial intelligence, days after Meta Platforms Inc. was targeted by a similar probe.

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Brookfield, Qatar Team Up on 20 Billion AI Investment Venture

Bloomberg Technology ↗

Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. and Qatar Investment Authority are teaming up on a $20 billion venture to invest in artificial-intelligence infrastructure, underscoring the escalating regional race for dominance in the sector.

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Sequoia-Led Funding Vaults AI Startup Fal to $4.5 Billion Valuation

Bloomberg Technology ↗

Artificial Intelligence startup Fal raised fresh funding from investors including Sequoia Capital and Nvidia Corp. in a deal that values the company at $4.5 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter — triple its valuation from a few months earlier.

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RAM price hikes: the latest on the global memory shortage

The Verge ↗

Random access memory, or RAM, is in just about every piece of technology we use. But it’s also the technology that AI companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Meta are using to power the servers in their massive data centers. Now, the world’s biggest memory makers — Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron — are taking […]

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