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AI data center energy costs in Europe range from €44M to €170M+ annually for a 100 MW campus, driven by AI rack density increases, grid infrastructure limitations, and EU efficiency regulations. Operators are combining p…
A North Korea-linked phishing email led to a $36 million theft from Humanity Protocol, with tokens tied to decentralized AI projects Venice and Morpheus rising after the U.S. government ordered Anthropic to restrict fore…
A website administrator deployed Anubis, a proof-of-work system, to block AI companies from aggressively scraping the site, which was causing downtime. The system imposes computational costs on mass scrapers while minima…
Satya argues that in an AI-driven economy, companies must own their learning loops by compounding human capital with token capital, rather than merely consuming frontier models. This requires trusted engineering systems …
Pearl Research Labs claims to have built a live GPU-secured blockchain without proving the work is useful AI computation, facing a 112 MW usefulness test. A preprint estimates Pearl's network runs at roughly 24 EH/s, equ…
Hany Farid, a leading deepfake expert, no longer trusts his own eyes due to the rapid advancement of AI-generated synthetic media, raising concerns about the erosion of visual truth and its implications for society.
Kevin Bryan criticizes the politicization of science policy, arguing that cutting DEI-driven programs harms fundamental research and that culture war tactics will damage American institutions when future administrations …
DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis proposed an 'Einstein test' for artificial general intelligence, requiring an AI to independently derive general relativity using only pre-1911 knowledge. He stated that no current system meet…
A UK police officer is under criminal investigation for allegedly using artificial intelligence to generate child abuse images. The officer, whose identity has not been disclosed, faces potential charges related to the c…
On June 12, 2026, the U.S. Commerce Department ordered Anthropic to disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for foreign nationals, cutting off international customers. A new white paper proposes Home Opus, a program to license prev…
Grassroots opposition groups blocked or delayed 75 US data center projects worth $130 billion in the first quarter of 2026, matching the total disruptions for all of 2025, according to a new report from Data Center Watch…
The Trump administration ordered Anthropic to restrict access to its newest AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, to US persons only, citing national security concerns. The move escalates a feud that began in February 2026 wh…
Six months after President Donald Trump warned states not to regulate artificial intelligence, 44 states have enacted at least one AI law, with 38 states adopting over 100 AI laws in 2025. The White House issued a legisl…
Amazon told the White House to kill Anthropic's Fable model running on AWS, giving the company 90 minutes to take it down. The decision was based on a report from Anthropic's largest investor that the deciders had not re…
Apple announced iOS 27 at WWDC, compatible with devices as old as the iPhone 11, but most AI features require newer iPhones with 12GB of memory, leaving older device owners without meaningful updates.
A Hacker News user asked what problems AI has created at companies, with responses citing meaningless reviews, trust issues in submissions, and fear of missing out (FOMO).
Moyan Chen, 24, was laid off from her data scientist role at Meta in May 2025 after less than a year on the job. She attributes the layoff to AI replacing repetitive tasks and is now reconsidering her career path, explor…
KPMG published a report on AI in business that contained fabricated case studies involving UBS, the NHS, and other organizations. GPTZero CEO Edward Tian, who helped uncover the errors, warns of 'secondary hallucinations…
Spotify removed 57,000 fake podcast episodes and banned 3,500 accounts after a US Senate investigation led by Senator Maggie Hassan exposed AI-generated content promoting illegal drug sales. The platform acted only after…
Jae Park, 32, left a tech job as a sales enablement ops strategist in March due to dissatisfaction with AI integration and has pursued a carpentry apprenticeship in Las Vegas, though finding a sponsor has been challengin…