<span>STORY: From Google’s biggest ever India investment to a tool built to spot batteries in waste which cause fires, this is AI Weekly.</span><span>:: AI Weekly</span><span>Google announced its biggest ever investment in India.</span><span>The U.S. tech giant plans to spend $15 billion to set up an AI data centre in the south of the country.</span><span>Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian spoke at an event attended by Indian tech and finance leaders.</span><span>“It’s the largest AI hub that we are going to be investing in anywhere in the world outside of the U.S.”</span><span>China has clamped down harder on U.S. chips, including Nvidia’s AI processors.</span><span>That’s according to Britain’s Financial Times.</span><span>It said Chinese customs officials were sent to key ports to conduct strict checks on semiconductor shipments.</span><span>It comes with Beijing focused on promoting home-grown semiconductor production.</span><span>A UK start-up has developed an AI system which could lead to fewer fires in landfills and mixed recycling, and recover rare earth materials.</span><span>LionVision’s tool seeks out loose lithium-ion batteries in the waste stream.</span><span>The batteries can cause fires in landfills and mixed recycling when damaged in refuse trucks or on processing lines.</span><span>The system is already in use at a recycling plant in the UK.</span><span>And AI continues to boost earnings at chipmakers.</span><span>TSMC reported third-quarter revenue beat forecasts and rose 30% on the year to $32 billion.</span><span>The world’s largest contract chipmaker saw orders for its products leap on surging interest in AI.</span><span>While demand for AI-related chips and servers also had Samsung excited.</span><span>The South Korean firm projected a 32% rise in Q3 operating profit from a year earlier to $8.5 billion.</span><span>That’s way ahead of analyst projections and would be the firm’s strongest result in more than three years.</span>
