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According to Nvidia, the US government informed the company April 9 that its H20 chips would require a license to be sold in China for the "indefinite future."
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Canva launched its Visual Suite 2.0 in what it calls the biggest product launch since it was founded in 2012. Canva aims to make spreadsheets visual with Canva Sheets and create interactive designs with simple prompts with Canva Code.
Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian said AI agent interoperability is critical to link process and workflows, outlined the company's strategy and said the company is building an agentic AI ecosystem.
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