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New York’s Legislature is moving to ban new data-center construction for one year, citing concerns over water use, power grid strain, and pollution that critics call unfounded. The moratorium threatens to deny Empire Sta…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei walked back their earlier predictions that AI would eliminate millions of jobs, acknowledging that automation is instead creating more work. The shift reflects Jevons …
Regulated enterprises are adopting AI decision receipts—structured records of agent workflows—to provide compliance, audit, and security teams with a verifiable account of what an AI agent did, which data it used, and wh…
The EU AI Act requires enterprises deploying on-premises AI systems to compile an evidence pack before production, documenting system identity, risk classification, data sources, model details, and human oversight contro…
Developers demonstrated multi-agent AI collaboration using Git as a shared message bus for Claude Code and Codex, while AI gateways matured into a standard architectural concern for cost control and observability. OpenAI…
European enterprises purchasing AI platforms in 2026 must distinguish between data residency and data sovereignty, as the latter requires control over infrastructure, legal regimes, model routing, and audit trails across…
The Oversight Board has criticized Meta for unwarranted account bans, stating that hundreds of user public comments reveal a systemic problem with the company's enforcement practices. The board's findings highlight ongoi…
ABC's Four Corners, reported by Steve Cannane, investigates the global race to develop more powerful AI systems and reports that the world's most powerful AI companies seek to invest billions in Australia. The program, a…
An Amazon data center is under construction on Gilroy's eastern edge, with residents saying they were not informed until after building began. The project, expected to be operational by year's end, never required City Co…
The industry is transforming Non-Human Identity (NHI) to reduce attack surfaces by replacing vulnerable credentials like passwords and API keys with public-private key pairs and rapid rotation. Emerging standards from th…
Anthropic called for a slowdown in the rapid development of artificial intelligence, stating that a more measured pace "would be good for the world." The plea for caution came the same week the AI company beat its archri…
South Korea will require all internet forums and community websites to scan every user-uploaded image and video using AI censorship tools starting July 1st, under revised telecommunications laws. Website owners must purc…
Senior U.S. officials have held preliminary discussions with major artificial intelligence companies, including OpenAI, about the federal government acquiring shares in their firms, according to three people familiar wit…
Bay Area voters may face a 0.5% sales tax increase to subsidize BART and other transit agencies due to lower ridership, but one Alameda resident argues the region should first consolidate its 27 separate transit authorit…
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told staff Thursday he is "not sure what this document is or who is writing and leaking this nonsense," referring to an internal Microsoft document that labeled Phase 1 of the company's Scout …
San Jose voters may soon see a simpler alternative to ranked-choice voting, as a letter writer proposes a 1-to-5 star rating system for candidates. The suggestion comes amid debate over the city's consideration of ranked…
California lawmakers are again considering AB 412, a bill that would require AI developers to identify and disclose copyrighted works used to train generative AI systems. The Electronic Frontier Foundation submitted an o…
World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee called for artificial intelligence to preserve the web's original values of individual primacy, speaking to AFP at SXSW London 2026. Berners-Lee warned that AI models rely on the w…
Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark told BBC Newsnight that the AI industry needs a way to slow progress, warning systems could reach a point where they "develop without human input." Clark said Anthropic's chatbot Claude is…
The U.S. Department of Energy and Japan's MEXT and METI ministries announced a $1 billion strategic partnership, making Japan the first international partner in the DOE's Genesis Mission. The five-year, $500 million-per-…