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The backlash against data centers is a proxy for public hatred of AI and wealth concentration, warns a commentator. Major LLM companies must engage directly with affected communities and artists, offering financial and c…
Local moratoria on data center construction, driven by anti-AI activism and community concerns, have blocked $18 billion in projects and slowed billions more, according to a recent report. The trend threatens to hinder A…
Anthropic surpassed OpenAI as the most valuable AI company at $965 billion, while three major AI conglomerates—Anthropic, OpenAI, and SpaceX—filed for IPOs within weeks. The quarter saw circular financing among AI firms,…
Wall Street triggered a massive selloff in tech stocks after Apple announced price hikes due to rising memory and storage chip costs, with Deutsche Bank warning of a 'memory supply crisis' as AI demand crowds out consume…
The Linux Foundation, Amazon Web Services, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, and other industry leaders launched Akrites, a coordinated effort to defend critical open-source software against AI-enabled cyber threats. The ini…
Rakuten Kobo rejected 45% of titles submitted to its self-publishing service in 2025, with CEO Michael Tamblyn attributing over 80% of those rejections to AI-generated content of poor quality. The company relies on quali…
The Linux Foundation and 20 tech giants including Amazon Web Services, Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI launched Akrites, a coordinated initiative to patch vulnerabilities in open-source software before AI-powered attacks c…
A new non-profit organization, Raise Us, launched Thursday with over $500 million in funding from Amazon, Microsoft, Anthropic, and the OpenAI Foundation to help US workers transition to an AI economy. Led by former gove…
Former Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb and former Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo launched RAISE US, a bipartisan nonprofit coalition to prepare the U.S. workforce for AI-driven job disruption. The initiative brings to…
California voters, even in deep blue areas, are increasingly rejecting tax increases as the state faces high living costs and economic anxiety. A May poll found 55% prefer lower taxes and fewer services, and only 57.5% o…
SpaceX has transformed into an AI landlord by leasing computing power from its Colossus data center to AI startups and tech giants, mirroring McDonald's real estate model. The company has signed deals with Reflection AI,…
US lawmakers introduced the AI Incident Reporting Act, requiring developers of advanced AI models to report safety and security incidents to the Commerce Department within seven days. The bill establishes federal oversig…
California launched a new portal to track AI-related job losses, serving as an early warning system for widespread job cuts due to artificial intelligence. The tracker, updated monthly, uses Unemployment Insurance claims…
The Trump administration has asked OpenAI to stagger the release of its upcoming model, GPT-5.6, initially releasing it only to a short list of trusted partners with customer-by-customer government approval. CEO Sam Altm…
President Donald Trump has refused to pivot his agenda to address the economy and inflation, instead focusing on election integrity legislation and holding up key appointments and surveillance tools. Despite rising infla…
New York City's Department of Education has invested over $1 billion in technology contracts, including $530 million on Chromebooks, as teachers, parents, and students report that AI programs like Amira hinder learning, …
Teachers, parents and students in New York City are pushing back against AI tools and Chromebook deployments in schools, citing concerns about student privacy, inappropriate use and lack of clear guidelines. A third-grad…
BCG's North America leader of people and organization practice, Julia Dhar, says workers with a 'high-agency mindset' are thriving in the AI era by proactively seeking clarity, building skills, and taking action. A BCG r…
OpenAI is reportedly considering delaying its IPO from 2026 to 2027 due to a tech selloff that has depressed AI stock valuations, with CEO Sam Altman insisting on a $1 trillion minimum valuation. The company's confidenti…
Two new reports from IAB and Integral Ad Science show that keyword-based brand safety blocking excludes 54% of video content unnecessarily, but multimodal AI can now evaluate video, audio, and images together to unlock p…