Oracle laid off 21,000 workers, a 12.9% reduction, partly due to AI adoption and a restructuring plan to focus on cloud offerings. The company plans to raise $45–50 billion in 2026 to expand AI data c…
SEO teams face complex build-versus-buy decisions for AI tools, as AI lowers barriers to building custom solutions but introduces hidden costs in token usage, API calls, and maintenance. Companies lik…
France has ordered 5,000 drones from Harmattan AI, a Dassault-backed startup, marking a major test of whether startup speed can scale to military procurement. The order follows Dassault's participatio…
Indonesia plans to embed artificial intelligence into President Prabowo Subianto's flagship programmes, including a $15 billion free-meal scheme for 83 million children and pregnant women, to improve …
China's goal to power AI data centers with 80% renewable energy by 2030 faces practical grid challenges, as intermittent supply clashes with the constant demand of AI workloads. Despite massive clean …
Digital forensics expert Hany Farid warns that the average person cannot distinguish AI-generated deepfakes from real content, as generative AI has made manipulation effortless and visually indistingu…
China plans to launch space-based AI data centers over the next five years, according to a five-year plan from China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC). Elon Musk also announced at Da…
The Public Utility Commission of Texas approved ERCOT's first 'Batch Zero' process to group large electricity connection requests of 75 MW or more into a single study, as ERCOT tracks over 438,000 MW …
The U.S. Commerce Department ordered Anthropic to suspend foreign access to its top-tier AI models Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing risks of diversion to foreign military or intelligence users. Anthropic …
Micron Technology's upcoming quarterly report on June 24 is being watched by investors as a key test of whether AI-driven spending can sustain the semiconductor rally. Micron's shares have surged abou…
Norway has banned generative AI for elementary school students (grades 1-7), citing declining test scores and concerns that AI undermines foundational skills like reading and writing. The policy, whic…
OpenAI and Anthropic have both filed for US IPOs, with OpenAI targeting up to a $1 trillion valuation and a potential listing as early as September, according to Reuters. The combined private-market v…
Norway will impose a near-total ban on AI tools in primary schools starting August 2026, with limited supervised use for older students, as part of efforts to combat negative impacts on learning. Prim…
Rising AI compute costs are driving enterprises to adopt cheaper Chinese models like DeepSeek, with U.S. developers reporting costs of $10 per hour on Claude versus under $0.50 on DeepSeek. Companies …
Norway will ban generative AI for elementary school students aged 6-13 starting in late August, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre announced. Students aged 14-16 may use AI only under teacher supervision…
Meta is lobbying Congress to attach language to the Kids Online Safety Act that would grant social media platforms immunity from state-law lawsuits over child safety and privacy, according to Reuters.…
Norway will ban generative AI use for elementary school students from first through seventh grade starting late August, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere announced. The policy restricts AI for teens ag…
Meta Platforms has contracted roughly 1.6 gigawatts of AI computing capacity from data center developer Crusoe for two planned campuses in Texas and Missouri, according to a Bloomberg report that coul…
The United Arab Emirates Cabinet approved a resolution on June 18, 2026, setting a minimum social media age of 15, banning children under 15 from creating or operating personal accounts. Platforms hav…
A European retail association is lobbying for AI-generated advertising to be exempt from the EU AI Act's transparency rules, arguing that labeling all AI-produced commercial content imposes a dispropo…