US Data Center Backlash Goes National With Protests in 42 States
Opponents of the AI data center boom held 142 protests across 42 states, the first nationwide backlash against a buildout that crosses political lines and worries local communities.
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Vitalik Buterin Says AI’s Real Danger Is Who Controls It
Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin argued the gravest AI risk is not rogue superintelligence but a few companies or governments seizing control of it, in a widely shared thread on AI's future.
Hugging Face Says an Autonomous AI Agent Breached Its Systems
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Marcus Lee
Hugging Face disclosed a breach it says was run end to end by an autonomous AI agent, and revealed that safety guardrails blocked frontier models from helping its own forensics.
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Alibaba Previews Qwen 3.8, Claiming It Trails Only Fable 5
Alibaba previewed Qwen 3.8, a 2.4-trillion-parameter model it claims is second only to Anthropic's Fable 5, days after Moonshot's Kimi K3 rattled markets, though no benchmarks back it.
AI’s Quiet Threat May Be to Government Tax Revenue
Economists warn AI's biggest near-term danger may be fiscal: if it displaces high-earning workers, income-tax revenue could fall sharply while welfare costs rise, straining public budgets.
Anthropic’s Doom-Themed Claude Ad Backfires and Draws Mockery
Anthropic's new ad "There's hope in hard questions" drew mockery, including from Sam Altman, for pairing bleak imagery like a cemetery with questions about whether AI can be trusted.
SoftBank Plans $369 Million Bond Sale to Fund Its AI Push
SoftBank plans to sell about ¥60 billion of notes in Japan this month, its latest raise to fund a mounting AI bet that includes nearly $65 billion committed to OpenAI.
China’s Moonshot Releases Kimi K3, Its Largest AI Model Yet
Chinese startup Moonshot released Kimi K3, a 2.8-trillion-parameter open-weight model it says rivals Anthropic's Claude, as the US-China AI gap narrows.
OpenAI Launches Codex Micro, a $230 Keypad for Coders
OpenAI launched Codex Micro, a $230 mechanical keypad built with Work Louder that gives developers physical controls for its Codex coding agent, its first hardware to reach market.
NVIDIA is Uniting Japan’s Robotics Giants to Build AI for the Physical World
NVIDIA unveiled Cosmos 3 Edge and said Japan's robotics and manufacturing leaders, from FANUC to Sony, intend to join its Cosmos Coalition to build AI for the physical world.
Microsoft Coaches Its Sales Team to Take Down OpenAI and Anthropic
Microsoft is coaching its sales force to argue its AI products beat OpenAI's and Anthropic's on cost, security and completeness, turning on the partners whose models it long relied on.
Elon Musk’s xAI Quietly Polluted Black Neighborhoods to Power Its AI Supercomputer
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Olivia Grant
A Reuters analysis found xAI installed 59 unpermitted gas turbines to power its Colossus 2 data center, releasing pollution near predominantly Black Memphis-area communities.
Meta Sued Over Claims AI Drove Discriminatory Layoff Choices
Twenty-six Meta workers sued the company, alleging its AI systems used metrics like token consumption to select layoff targets, disadvantaging people on medical or family leave.