Amazon Reveals Nova Sonic: A Super-Efficient, Price-Savvy Voice AI

Amazon makes a big splash with the launch of Nova Sonic, a voice AI model designed for real-time applications like voice assistants and streaming.

In terms of performance, Nova Sonic outshines GPT-4o in several areas:

• ✅ Average latency of 1.09 seconds (compared to 1.18 for GPT-4o)

• 🌍 Remarkable multilingual accuracy with only 4.2% error rate on the Multilingual LibriSpeech benchmark

• 📶 Increased resistance to background noise and degraded articulation

But what’s really grabbing attention is Amazon’s aggressive pricing strategy: usage costs are about 80% lower than GPT-4o. This announcement is reshaping the voice AI market, especially for companies seeking scalable and cost-effective solutions.

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Google Plans $75 Billion Investment in Its Data Centers

Google has unveiled a massive $75 billion investment plan to bolster its global data center infrastructure. This move directly addresses the exponential growth in computing needs driven by the rise of:

• Generative AI (such as Gemini),

• Cloud computing,

• and high-energy digital services.

The goal: to build new high-energy efficiency sites capable of supporting massive workloads. Between 2019 and 2022, Google had already invested over $50 billion in its data centers.

📈 According to internal estimates, this new plan could create tens of thousands of jobs directly and indirectly.

🗨️ “Building the foundations for sustainable technological infrastructure for decades to come,” stated Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet.

This initiative shows that the global AI race is not just about algorithms, but also about the physical infrastructure that supports them.

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French Tech Faces Trade Tensions with the U.S. Government

This week, several leaders of French Tech (Mirakl, Doctolib, Qonto…), represented by Maya Noël, general director of France Digitale, met at the Ministry of Finance to highlight the trade tensions with the United States.

The U.S. administration is considering new protectionist measures that could impact:

• Cross-border investments,

• Data flows,

• and technology transfers.

Nonetheless, French Tech remains highly dependent on foreign capital:

• 💸 Over 13 billion euros raised in 2022

• 🦄 More than 25 French unicorns in 2023

The entrepreneurs are calling for a balanced economic diplomacy, to maintain the ecosystem's attractiveness and strengthen solid technological partnerships with the United States.

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The European Union Prepares Measures Against American Tech Giants

In response to the massive tariffs imposed by the United States — up to +54% on some Chinese products — the European Parliament is considering targeted measures against several American tech giants, including Google, Meta, and Amazon.

📉 These tariff increases have already led to significant stock market losses for several tech groups and are fueling growing trade uncertainty.

🧩 The EU is concerned about a domino effect on the supply chain of strategic electronic components, vital for:

• Artificial intelligence,

• Cloud computing,

• Semiconductors.

⚠️ Long-term consequences

These tensions may slow down R&D investments, especially in AI, which rely on international cooperation, data exchanges, and smooth access to hardware innovations.

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United States: Trump Dissolves Justice Department’s Anti-Crypto Unit

The Trump administration makes a bold move: the anti-crypto unit of the Justice Department (NCET), established in 2022, is officially dissolved.

🎯 New priority: refocus on combating terrorism and organized crime.

💸 Crypto platforms (wallets, exchanges, mixers) will no longer be prosecuted unless there is a flagrant violation.

📁 Result: several investigations have been dropped and the SEC is suspending certain proceedings, marking a significant decrease in regulatory pressure.

💰 Meanwhile, the total cryptocurrency market capitalization exceeds $2 trillion in April 2025, with nearly 40% held by North American investors.

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