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SpaceX announced a $20 billion bond offering on June 18, 2026, to refinance debt and fund AI infrastructure, following its record $75 billion IPO. The company also disclosed holding 18,712 Bitcoin worth $1.29 billion, sp…
A developer argues that AI is scary not because of its intelligence, but because it arrived during a period of widespread societal fragility following COVID and mass layoffs. The post claims that fear of job loss, alread…
GitHub quietly replaced flat-rate Copilot pricing with token-metered billing called GitHub AI Credits on June 1, causing one developer on the $39/month Pro+ plan to receive a $180 bill and others to project cost jumps of…
Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, and Uber are cutting costs on internal AI tools as token prices rise, while major AI providers reportedly seek government bailout discussions amid market skittishness over the industry's financia…
The G7 summit in the French Alps hosted CEOs of OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind for a working lunch, while an estimated 20,000 protesters demonstrated in Geneva. Summit leaders took no substantive action on income…
CEOs are writing tone-deaf AI memos that threaten employees, refer to them as line items, or cheerlead technology they fear. Experts advise leaders to write separate memos for employees and shareholders, focusing on clar…
Stanford University and UC Berkeley ranked third and seventh, respectively, in U.S. News & World Report's 2025-2026 Best Global Universities list, maintaining top-10 positions amid federal research funding cuts that thre…
Legends Global has offered $102 million to buy the Oakland Arena, but city officials say they cannot consider the offer because Alameda County and Oakland are already in exclusive negotiations to sell the entire Coliseum…
The White House and Anthropic are developing a framework to assess the severity of security flaws in AI models and guide potential government intervention, following a dispute over a jailbreak in Anthropic's Fable 5 and …
Researchers are exploring how artificial intelligence systems can be programmed to make moral decisions, raising questions about the ethical frameworks that should guide AI behavior in everyday life. The article examines…
A group of six companies specializing in tracking sensitive technology shipments is backing the Chip Security Act, a bill that would require stronger tracking mechanisms for advanced AI chips to prevent them from reachin…
Residents of Lowell, Massachusetts, secured a one-year moratorium on data center construction and expansion, but a new lawsuit alleges that state officials and Markley, the developer of a towering data center nicknamed '…
US President Donald Trump claims prices are dropping and oil is flowing after a US-Iran peace deal, but data shows petrol prices remain above prewar levels and experts predict they won't normalize until late 2027. While …
Hong Kong has launched a two-month public consultation on its first five-year plan to align with Beijing's 2026-2030 blueprint, focusing on high-quality development, technological self-reliance, and economic rebalancing.…
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ordered six major U.S. grid operators to justify or revise rules for connecting large energy users like AI data centers, aiming to speed up integration while protecting consumers …
Senator Bernie Sanders introduced the American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Act on June 18, proposing a one-time 50% stock tax on the largest US AI companies to create a $7 trillion sovereign wealth fund. The fund would dist…
The Trump administration forced Anthropic to take its most advanced AI models offline after an export control directive, sparking a dispute over unspoken rules. The White House accuses Anthropic of reckless behavior, whi…
Music producer Jimmy Jam said AI-generated music needs guardrails, consent, and compensation, and proposed a separate Billboard chart for AI songs. Speaking with Terry Lewis on Pandora's Artists on AI series, Jam argued …
Federal regulators ordered regional grid operators to speed up connections for large energy users, including AI data centers, to address surging electricity demand. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission voted unanimou…
Anthropic confidentially filed a draft S-1 with the SEC on June 1, 2026, after a $65 billion Series H round at a $965 billion valuation, positioning it for a potential IPO. The company has not set a share price, share co…