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Climate-driven heatwaves, storms, and water stress are raising operational and capital risks for large-scale AI data centers, with 79% of global capacity facing elevated acute climate hazard exposure. Zurich Insurance re…
The nonprofit Better Images of AI, run through Tania Duarte's We and AI, argues that stock images of humanoid robots and glowing brains misrepresent AI systems and undermine accountability. The project offers a free libr…
Asian markets fell on Monday following weekend unrest, with Japan's Topix down 0.3% and Nikkei 225 losing over 1%, while South Korea's Kospi dropped 2.2% amid AI investment plans from Samsung and SK Hynix. China blacklis…
The Washington Post's June 24 analysis found ChatGPT gave left-leaning answers 80% of the time, Claude gave left-leaning responses 43% and balanced answers 57%, and Gemini was balanced 93% of the time, using a 2025 Stanf…
A Washington Post investigation found that major AI chatbots, including ChatGPT and Claude, consistently produce left-leaning responses on political topics, with ChatGPT endorsing Democratic Party positions such as aboli…
Nvidia's AI chip sales in China have stalled due to U.S. export controls and a shift toward domestic chips, with Huawei now matching Nvidia's market share and expected to surpass it. CEO Jensen Huang acknowledged the los…
OpenAI delayed the public release of its GPT-5.6 AI model after the U.S. government requested early access under a voluntary pre-launch testing protocol from a Trump-era executive order. The delay has shifted market expe…
A new report from Cobalt reveals that AI and LLM features bolted onto products create vulnerabilities rated high risk more often than other flaws, and these issues are fixed slower. The findings, based on five years of p…
German companies are increasingly adopting artificial intelligence to address severe labor shortages, with Bloomberg Economics estimating AI could add up to €323 billion to the economy over the next decade. Firms like ho…
Austria's State Secretary for Digitalization, Alexander Proell, urged the European Union to host Anthropic after US export controls forced the AI company to disable its frontier models for foreign users. Proell argued Eu…
LG AI Research has obtained ISO 27001 certification for information security across the AI lifecycle, strengthening its position in secure AI systems. The company plans to expand into regulated sectors like healthcare an…
At the Cannes Lions festival, technology heads from major holding companies discussed the challenges and opportunities of integrating AI into advertising, emphasizing the need for speed, experimentation, and new roles li…
PrismorSec released immunity-agent, an open-source control plane for AI agents that intercepts tool calls to enforce policies, audit actions, and prevent six common failure modes including overpermissive defaults and pro…
South Korea unveiled the 'Three Mega Projects' industrial development initiative, including a semiconductor cluster, an AI hub, and an AI data center complex, aiming to mobilize over 1,000 trillion won ($647 billion) in …
NANOG 97 in Bellevue, Washington, focused on AI's impact on data center design and network operations, with Cogent's Dave Schaeffer presenting statistics showing US AI infrastructure spending will reach $750 billion in 2…
A commentator argues that AI-driven productivity gains could drastically reduce the number of developers needed per app, leading to mass unemployment and collapsing valuations for AI chip companies like Nvidia and Micron…
KPMG's Global Tech Report 2026 found that 88% of organizations are embedding agentic AI, but only 24% achieve ROI at scale, and 53% lack the talent to execute transformation plans. Ninety-two percent of executives expect…
OpenAI restricted its new GPT-5.6 Sol AI model to customers approved by the Trump administration, citing government requests amid heightened national security scrutiny. The move follows similar actions against Anthropic,…
Google is rolling out Android 17 for Pixel phones with new features like App Bubbles and Pause Point, but all run through an AI architecture that cannot be fully disabled, raising privacy concerns. CNET confirmed users c…
Graduates at commencement ceremonies booed speakers who made AI-positive comments, reflecting anxiety about AI's threat to future jobs and a broader frustration with higher education's narrow focus on economic return. Th…