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Cory Doctorow argues that the concept of AI digital sovereignty risk is a fallacy, using the analogy of blockchain's failure to solve trust problems. He asserts that adding AI to a problem does not eliminate the underlyi…
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission announced plans on June 18, 2026, to expedite grid connection approvals for AI data centers, cutting approval timelines to as short as 60 days for flexible loads. The move aims to…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has directed $347.2 million in charitable contributions from donors to his preferred causes since 2011, including $4.3 million to nonprofits tied to his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, amid a f…
Meta's newly appointed President Dina Powell McCormick is leveraging her Wall Street connections, including relationships with JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, to secure financing for the company's massive AI infrastructure bui…
Democratic operatives Shaunna Thomas and Leah Hunt-Hendrix launched the Guardrails Alliance, a super PAC backed by tech workers and labor unions, to support AI legislation with $5 million. The PAC aims to counter the inf…
Sebastian Kurz and Shalev Hulio's AI cybersecurity startup DREAM raised $260 million in Series C funding at a $3 billion valuation, led by Bicycle Capital and Group 11. The company sells sovereign AI cyber defense system…
A Consumer Reports investigation found that Uber and Lyft charge different customers significantly different prices for the same rides, with median price differences of about 50%. The investigation also revealed that bot…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei manages only one direct report—his chief of staff—while all other senior leaders report to his sister and company president Daniela Amodei, a structure he calls 'incredibly freeing' that allows…
A Broadcom survey of 1,800 senior IT leaders reveals that 56% of enterprises now run or plan to run production AI inference in private cloud, up from 41% using public cloud. Cost has overtaken security as the top public …
Inference has become the dominant force in enterprise AI, driving a new operating model for regulated enterprises that combines neoclouds, sovereign AI, and Postgres to address data sovereignty and compliance challenges.
The TAKE IT DOWN Act, targeting non-consensual deepfake imagery, was signed into law by President Trump on May 19, 2025, after passing the Senate unanimously and the House with a 409-2 vote. The bill requires platforms t…
Former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett announced the formation of a national AI advisory committee to develop long-term policy recommendations in innovation, education, regulation, and security, aiming to promote …
The International Code Council approved new gate safety standards after a 400-pound gate crushed 7-year-old Alex Quanbeck in 2019 at Mark Day School in San Rafael. The codes, effective in 2027, require national safety st…
Accenture shares plunged 20% on Thursday, their worst one-day drop ever, after the consulting giant forecast weaker revenue amid investor fears that AI will disrupt its core business. Hours earlier, Accenture announced $…
OpenAI's website is using a proof-of-work system called Anubis to block AI scrapers, causing delays for legitimate users. The system, inspired by Hashcash, aims to make mass scraping more expensive while developers work …
California legislators approved $15 million in the state budget to partially replace a canceled federal program that helped food banks purchase produce from local farms. The move comes after the Trump administration term…
A San Diego man, Reda Mazen Rida Sabassi, was charged Tuesday with using a charity and social media to raise funds for Hamas, a designated terrorist organization, and to personally enrich himself. Prosecutors allege he r…
Two AI agents, associated with projects ClawBank and Shodai, negotiated, executed, and linked a legally binding Ricardian contract to a smart contract on the Arc Network, triggering automatic payouts with zero human invo…
The US government issued an export control directive on June 12 suspending access to Anthropic's Mythos 5 and Fable 5 models for all foreign nationals, prompting Anthropic to disable the models for all customers. The act…
California anticipated a multibillion-dollar tax windfall from IPOs of SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic, but modern compensation structures like single-trigger RSUs, tender offers, and loans-against-shares are reducing and …