{"publisher":{"name":"MediaBias News","url":"https://mediabias.news","methodology":"https://mediabias.news/methodology","editorialPrinciples":"https://mediabias.news/editorial-principles","corrections":"https://mediabias.news/corrections"},"scoreGuide":{"trust":"How well corroborated and evidenced the source reporting is. 0-100, higher is better.","critic":"Craft quality of the source journalism: context, balance, fact vs comment. 0-100, higher is better.","hype":"How far the source presentation runs ahead of substance. 0-100, LOWER IS BETTER.","scope":"Scores assess the original reporting this article was written from, not the truth of the underlying event and not the quality of this write-up."},"assessmentGuide":{"type":"coverage-and-source-reporting-analysis","factCheck":{"status":"not-performed","note":"Media Bias News compares coverage and scores the source reporting. 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The decision followed concerns raised by US officials regarding the deal.","category":"Business & Economy","area":"United States","publishedAt":"2026-11-04T09:05:17.177Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-11-04T08:33:07.965Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-04T09:05:17.177Z","readTime":"2 min read","scores":{"trust":62,"critic":85,"hype":15,"notes":{"trust":"Trust 62: FT cited, figures sourced, date/location given, but no named persons.","critic":"Critic 85: explains why deal mattered, provides specific figures, notes unknown responses, stays factual.","hype":"Hype 15: measured language, no exaggerated claims, headline modest."}},"tags":["#Oracle","#Tencent","#AIChips","#USChinaRelations","#TechnologyDeals"],"entities":["Oracle","Tencent","US officials","Financial Times","Trump administration"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["Oracle cancelled a five-year AI chip leasing contract with Tencent worth about $7 billion.","The deal would have provided Tencent with access to up to 100,000 advanced AI chips.","US officials raised concerns about the contract, leading Oracle to scrap it.","The Financial Times reported the cancellation, citing sources familiar with the matter."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Oracle has cancelled a five-year contract to lease advanced artificial intelligence chips to the Chinese technology company Tencent. The deal was valued at approximately $7 billion and would have given Tencent access to up to 100,000 AI chips. The cancellation followed concerns raised by US officials."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on contract details"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The Financial Times reported that the contract was valued at seven billion dollars. Handelsblatt, citing the FT and two sources, also reported the seven billion dollar valuation. However, other reports, including digests from Dagens Industri, Social News XYZ, Biznis.rs, CNBC-TV18, Moneycontrol, WTVB, The Hindu Business Line, Bloomberg, and Seeking Alpha, also state the $7 billion valuation. The Hindu Business Line and Moneycontrol specified the contract was for 100,000 chips, a detail also mentioned by Handelsblatt and Biznis.rs. Handelsblatt also noted the chips would be used in multiple data centres in Southeast Asia."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the reports printed below mention any response from Oracle or Tencent regarding the cancellation. 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