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How a Blacklisted Chinese Tech Giant Kept Buying America’s Best A.I. Chips

Washington imposed sanctions on Inspur because of its work with the Chinese military. But the company’s subsidiary kept shipping Nvidia’s best chips to feed China’s leading A.I. firms.

Β© Minh Connors for The New York Times

Aivres’s research and development technology center and manufacturing facility in Fremont, Calif.

Kenyans Made a Living Writing College Essays. Then A.I. Arrived.

5 September 2026 at 17:11
Thousands of Kenyans made a living writing essays for overseas students. With A.I., the work has dried up, a warning for online gig work that has been a global lifeline.

Β© Kang-Chun Cheng for The New York Times

Teresios Bundi, who ran an essay-writing business catering to overseas students, said his experience with artificial intelligence was a warning for online gig workers.
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