U.S. Tech Giants Set to Invest $650B in AI Infrastructure
Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft are expected to spend $650 billion on AI infrastructure in 2026, up from $410 billion in 2025, highlighting rapid scaling amid compute demand.
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Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft are expected to spend $650 billion on AI infrastructure in 2026, up from $410 billion in 2025, highlighting rapid scaling amid compute demand.
Former DeepMind researcher David Silver has raised $1 billion for London-based Ineffable Intelligence, aiming to build a superintelligence that learns autonomously through experience.
OpenAI is reportedly closing a funding round expected to exceed $100 billion, potentially boosting its valuation beyond $850 billion as it invests heavily in AI infrastructure.
Microsoft says an Office bug allowed Copilot AI to summarize confidential emails for weeks, raising concerns over enterprise data protection and AI safeguards.
xAI and its subsidiary MZX Tech face a lawsuit over emissions from natural gas turbines at Mississippi data centers, raising health and environmental concerns.
The European Parliament has disabled built-in AI tools on official devices, citing cybersecurity and privacy risks associated with uploading sensitive data to cloud services.
The UK government will now regulate AI chatbots under the Online Safety Act, requiring platforms like ChatGPT and Google Gemini to block illegal content or face fines.
Top technology executives are traveling to New Delhi for India’s AI Impact Summit as global firms accelerate expansion in one of the world’s fastest-growing AI markets.
Anthropic appointed former Microsoft and GM executive Chris Liddell to its board as it closes a $30 billion funding round valuing the AI startup at $380 billion. The move signals preparation for a potential IPO in 2026.
The Trump administration is considering exemptions for major U.S. tech firms from upcoming chip tariffs as they expand AI data center investments.
Apple confronts rising memory chip prices as iPhone demand surges, weighing whether to raise prices or absorb costs, a choice that could reshape the global smartphone market.
Perplexity has agreed to a $750 million, three-year deal with Microsoft to use Azure and access frontier AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI, Bloomberg reported.
Amazon is in early discussions to invest tens of billions of dollars in OpenAI, a move that could deepen its position in the global AI race and make it the startup’s largest new backer.
Nvidia, Amazon, and Microsoft are in talks to invest as much as $60 billion in OpenAI, according to a report. The discussions underscore intensifying competition and rising costs in advanced AI development.
OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs acknowledged ICE violence in Minneapolis, while tech workers call for stronger public opposition and contract cancellations.