James Titcomb / Telegraph:
Filing: OpenAI petitions the UK CMA to include AI chatbots with a search function in Google's mandated Chrome and Android default search engine choice screens  —  ChatGPT maker pushes for browser ‘choice screen’ with alternative engine options  —  OpenAI is seeking to muscle …

Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
US Senators Warren and Banks urge suspending Nvidia AI chip export licenses to China and Southeast Asia, following Supermicro co-founder Wally Liaw's indictment  —  Lawmakers call for commerce department to suspend licences that let company send advanced semiconductors to south-east Asia

Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg:
Sources: Nintendo plans to cut its Switch 2 production this quarter by 33%, from 6M to 4M units, after weaker-than-expected holiday demand, especially in the US  —  Nintendo Co. is cutting back the production of Switch 2 after demand for the $450 gaming console trailed the company's expectations during …

Reuters:
Chinese media: Alibaba's DAMO Academy unveils XuanTie C950, a 5nm, 3.2 GHz server chip, and claims it is “the highest performing RISC-V CPU in the world”  —  Alibaba (9988.HK) on Tuesday revealed its next-generation XuanTie C950 5-nanometer processor at an internal conference on Tuesday …

Tsubasa Suruga / Nikkei Asia:
Japan's Sakana AI launches Sakana Chat, its first consumer chatbot, marking a shift from its business focus as competition to localize generative AI intensifies  —  TOKYO — Japan's Sakana AI has launched its first consumer-facing chatbot, marking a shift from being a corporate-focused …