“AI and automation are not just tools in [the] toolbox; they are truly change enablers. They empower you to innovate, adapt quicker than ever, and grow. To dream bigger.”

—Rob Enslin, President and CCO at Workday

Crunch Time for CHIPS

The CHIPS and Science Act was supposed to supercharge America’s semiconductor industry, fueling AI growth and reducing reliance on foreign supply chains.

But the Trump administration is considering a hard pivot—one that could gut federal incentives and slap steep tariffs on imported chips.

The goal? Force companies to build in the U.S. without government handouts.

Tariffs vs. Subsidies: The Shift in Strategy

Since its enactment in 2022, the CHIPS Act has provided $30B to expand U.S. chip manufacturing, funding 23 projects across 15 states in an effort to grow domestic production of advanced semiconductors from 0% to 30%.

However, the Trump administration is considering shifting the approach—reducing direct subsidies and instead using tariffs up to 100%—to encourage companies to manufacture in the States.

Consumers May Feel The Pinch

Shoppers are likely to feel the wallet-squeeze in their every day tech prices, too, in things like:

• Smartphones & laptops from Apple, Dell, and Samsung.

• EVs & smart cars that rely on advanced semiconductors.

• Gaming consoles & smart home devices.

What’s Next?

TSMC has already sent senior officials to Washington to negotiate, hoping to avoid tariffs without losing U.S. investment.

Meanwhile, companies like Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm are left wondering if America still wants to be a semiconductor powerhouse—or if shifting policies will push them to expand elsewhere. Only time will tell.

Grok Talk: Diving Into Elon Musk’s X-Exclusive Chatbot

Grok AI is making waves as the built-in artificial intelligence assistant for X (aka Twitter)—but is it the game-changer it claims to be?

Positioned as a witty, edgy, real-time chatbot with access to live social media data, Grok is taking a different approach from ChatGPT and some of the other major AI models.

What is Grok?

Developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, Grok is an AI chatbot integrated into the X platform, available to Premium ($8/month) and Premium+ ($16/month) subscribers.

Unlike ChatGPT, Grok doesn’t just rely on pre-trained data—it pulls real-time updates from X’s posts, offering what it claims is the most current information available.

But there’s a catch: Grok lacks general web access, meaning it’s stuck inside X’s ecosystem.

✅ Pros

• Instant access to trending X discussions—great for breaking news and sentiment analysis.

• More personality than most chatbots, with a “fun mode” for sarcastic or snarky responses.

• Strong at content creation for X posts, summaries, and image generation.

• Willing to engage with “spicy” topics that some AI models avoid.

❌ Cons

• No general web browsing, meaning it’s limited to X posts for real-time info.

• Serious privacy concerns, as user posts are used to train the model by default.

• Prone to misinformation since its source material is unverified user content.

• Paywalled features—free users get only 10 queries every two hours.

Grok vs. ChatGPT

Looking Ahead

Grok is still evolving, and with Grok 3 now live, Musk is making big claims about its "scary smart" reasoning capabilities.

Powered by 100,000 NVIDIA H100 GPUs, this latest version is supposedly outperforming all other publicly available AI models—but whether it truly surpasses OpenAI’s GPT-4o or Anthropic’s Claude 3 remains to be seen.

In the service department, time is money—and nothing slows things down like a missing part number, an unidentifiable component, or a mystery issue on a vehicle.

Instead of flipping through manuals or waiting on a parts supplier to confirm, AI can help identify, source, and troubleshoot parts.

Step 1: Take a clear photo of the part or suspect component, including any visible markings.

Step 2: Upload the image to ChatGPT, Claude, Google Lens, or any other AI platform that accepts image uploads. Then, use the prompt:

Beyond the AI Hype: Three Easy Ways to Transform Your Dealership with Data

If you’re drowning in data but still playing guessing games when it comes to which marketing efforts are actually driving sales, AI can help.

Nick Askew, Founder + CEO, Space Auto, breaks down three simple ways to use AI right now to better analyze data, uncover hidden sales opportunities, and fix the inefficiencies stealing your time and profit.

The best part? It won’t cost you a dime.

Read the full breakdown here to learn how AI can start working for you (for free) today.

• OpenAI says it’s making moves to “uncensor” ChatGPT. 🤬

• Texas, Virginia, and New York have already banned China’s chatbot, DeepSeek, citing security concerns. South Korea isn’t taking any chances either. 🚫

• The New York Times has green-lit an internal AI tool called Echo for use by its product and editorial staff. 🗞️