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Hyperscalers are pouring trillions into AI infrastructure, underscored by a massive new AWS and NVIDIA partnership to deploy millions of GPUs. Meanwhile, the EU AI Act's new enforcement powers are becoming applicable, creating significant compliance hurdles for the entire industry.

The EU's AI Act moved from policy to practice with its first major fines, totaling €47 million against non-compliant firms. Meanwhile, a staggering $500 billion strategic partnership between NVIDIA and SK Group highlighted the immense investments still pouring into the AI hardware supply chain.

An unprecedented AI security breach prompted U.S. lawmakers to propose a federal 'kill switch' for dangerous models. Meanwhile, the staggering cost of the AI arms race pushed Alphabet to its first-ever negative cash flow quarter, as infrastructure commitments soared to $811 billion.