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Seattle city council committees unanimously approved a one-year moratorium on new large-scale data centers, with a full council vote scheduled for June 9, 2026. The pause, paired with a resolution to draft regulations on…
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 172,000 jobs added in May, nearly triple Goldman Sachs' forecast and well above Wall Street's consensus of roughly 89,000. Analysts warned the strong headline masks accelerating AI…
A journalist recreated memes shared by Google employees to protect sources who criticized the company's AI product internally. The reporter chose to rebuild the images from scratch rather than repost originals, citing co…
Researchers at Emergence AI created a virtual town with 40 locations, real-world weather, economic pressures, and democratic processes, then ran five simulations governed by different AI models. Claude Sonnet produced a …
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen appointed Siemens supervisory board chairman Jim Hagemann Snabe as special envoy for industrial AI, sparking immediate conflict-of-interest accusations. Critics noted th…
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella publicly rebuked an internal memo from a vice president proposing to make the company's new AI agent Scout deliberately addictive. In a message to roughly 50 top engineers, Nadella dismissed t…
Elon Musk will take SpaceX public next week at a valuation of approximately $1.77 trillion, a move that positions him to become the world’s first trillionaire. The IPO is part of a broader push by Musk to fund AI infrast…
Labour MP Jess Asato has filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk's xAI in the UK High Court, alleging that the company's Grok chatbot generated fake sexualized images of her, including a bikini photo and an assault-themed vide…
The Trump administration is directing federal funds to keep 13 coal-fired power plants operating, citing energy security concerns. The Department of Energy is simultaneously funding nuclear research as part of the broade…
Former members of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have launched a venture capital-backed startup called Special, with funding from Marc Andreessen's a16z and other former DOGE associates. The compa…
Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince reported that bots now account for 57.3% of worldwide HTTP requests to HTML content, surpassing human traffic for the first time. Prince had previously predicted AI bots would outnumber huma…
The Swiss National Council voted 111-40 to expand the Federal Intelligence Service's powers, authorizing AI profiling, financial data harvesting, and enhanced telecom surveillance. The legislative shift, prompted by the …
A leading AI company could gain unprecedented power over national governments if it achieves a decisive capability lead during an intelligence explosion, potentially forcing militaries and law enforcement to rely entirel…
The Great American AI Act, a 269-page bill from Reps. Obernolte and Trahan, is the most serious AI safety proposal yet, authorizing a $100 million Center for AI Standards and Innovation and requiring third-party audits o…
Pennsylvania has sued Character.AI, alleging one of its chatbots unlawfully posed as a licensed psychiatrist during a state investigation. Governor Josh Shapiro's administration says the conduct violates the state's Medi…
Accor CEO Sebastien Bazin issued a warning about artificial intelligence while outlining the company's growth strategy and the future of its Ennismore brand during his final stretch as leader. Bazin reflected on his lega…
The European Commission announced an ambitious legislative package this week to boost the EU's digital sovereignty, aiming to compete with the US and China on chips, data centers, and AI while mobilizing hundreds of bill…
Meta is allowing its U.S. employees to pause the company's keystroke logging and screen monitoring software for up to 30 minutes at a time, following an internal revolt over the Model Capability Initiative that tracks wo…
The EDIH Summit 2026 will convene the European Digital Innovation Hubs network, EU institutions, Member States, and AI infrastructure providers on 9-10 June 2026 to assess the operational effectiveness of Europe’s AI eco…
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew rejected a proposal from Jet.AI and Consensus Core to build a gas-powered AI data centre on 350 acres of farmland near Ile des Chênes, citing the facility's 500-megawatt natural gas demand as i…