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The grant to the memory chipmaker is the latest federal award aimed at boosting U.S. chip manufacturing.

The federal grants will support Samsung’s new chip manufacturing hub in Taylor, Texas, along with the expansion of an existing site in Austin.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company plans to build an additional factory and upgrade another planned facility in Phoenix with the federal grants.

In an attempt to limit blackmail and other harm, he issued an executive order asking the Justice Department to write rules restricting sales to six countries.

A long-running network of accounts, known as Spamouflage, is using A.I.-generated images to amplify negative narratives involving the presidential race.

The move by the agency follows a phony call last month that was made to sound like President Biden telling New Hampshire voters to stay home.

The calls, in a voice most likely artificially generated, urged people not to vote in Tuesday’s primary.

The ambitious Ministry of State Security is deploying A.I. and other advanced technology to go toe-to-toe with the United States, even as the two nations try to pilfer each other’s scientific secrets.