AI’s New Battleground: Compute, Courts, Chips & the Power Grid

In today’s episode of AI in Flow, Claire and Peter break down the biggest AI stories for Monday, 27 April—and the throughline is clear: AI is now infrastructure and strategy, not just demos. They cover US warnings to allies about alleged Chinese model distillation and what that could mean for procurement and compliance; a pivotal earnings week for Big Tech as investors demand returns on soaring AI capex; and the eye-watering reality of frontier AI economics, where ongoing inference and compute can dwarf headcount. The episode also looks at the Musk vs OpenAI case and why enterprise buyers should plan for provider risk, contrasting data-centre momentum in India with UK grid-connection bottlenecks, plus new supply-chain pressure in China, AI-enabled defence trials in the UK, and Apple’s reported push toward always-on, on-device multimodal AI. The takeaway: competitive advantage will be shaped as much by power, governance, supply chains, and hardware ecosystems as by model quality.About Six & FlowSix & Flow is a digital transformation consultancy helping businesses adapt, grow, and thrive in a fast-changing world. We specialise in AI, CRM, and revenue operations, blending strategy, technology, and creativity to deliver measurable impact. From scaling startups to global enterprises, we partner with ambitious teams to unlock growth through smart automation, customer-centric marketing, and forward-thinking sales enablement. Learn more at sixandflow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.