Google TPU 8 takes on Nvidia, Pentagon pressures Anthropic, Hinton warns UN on AI

The State of Tech - The European Edition of Thursday 23 April 2026


Google launches TPU 8 chips, directly challenging Nvidia's seventy-percent margins

Pentagon labels Anthropic a security risk over AI kill switch policies

Geoffrey Hinton tells UN: AI is a fast car with no steering wheel

Chinese startup X Square Robot unveils Wall-B home robot, claims 35-day deployment

Microsoft commits 25 billion Australian dollars to infrastructure, pledges to train three million Australians in AI

Tech freelancers split on AI impact: 43 percent optimistic, 36 percent fear displacement