Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says Donald Trump is a president-elect who for all of his aggressive talk is afraid to let America compete with the rest of the world, responding instead with tariffs and curtailing immigration.

AI competition is not a zero-sum game. Instead, the world’s superpowers need to work together to make sure AI benefits humanity.

Tuesday’s award means that 18 tech hubs have now received a total of $720 million in federal funding, though there are 31 tech hubs in all, which were first unveiled back in October 2023. The 31 hubs have received more than $6 billion in public and private investments, according to the Commerce Department.

which the United States sees as a strategic competitor in the field of advanced semiconductors. "The US leads the world in AI now -- both AI development and AI chip design -- and it's critical that we keep it that way," Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo ...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co has begun producing advanced four-nanometer chips for U.S. customers in Arizona, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo told Reuters, a milestone in the Biden administration's semiconductor efforts.

The Biden Administration has finalised rules that will effectively ban Russian and Chinese software and hardware in vehicles sold in the United States, in a move that could have a huge global impact.

The move comes 11 months after the Commerce Department launched an investigation into the national security risks from Chinese vehicle technology.

Find out about the Commerce Department's $143 million investment in three companies to boost the domestic production of critical semiconductors.

Chinese hackers accessed over 400 computers and over 3,000 unclassified files when they infiltrated the U.S. Treasury.

Though the rules are aimed at China, they could impact some European countries including Portugal and Switzerland. View on euronews

The U.S. government has recently restricted the trade of advanced chips used for artificial intelligence (AI) applications. Why?

The so-called AI diffusion rule from Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security faced swift pushback from industry.