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How hard is it to build orbital data centers, actually?
"The ISS radiators are expensive and heavy. We're focused on making them cheap and light."
Jul 15, 2026
Politico Technology
'I wouldn't call it panic': Industry quails at Hochul's data center pause
Artificial intelligence advocates fear New York’s one-year moratorium on new data centers could embolden Democrats across the country to put more restrictions in place.
Jul 15, 2026
Politico Technology
Inside Anthropic’s state-by-state plan to ratchet up AI rules
By pushing for ever-tougher AI safety laws, Anthropic is drawing a distinction between its state lobbying strategy and OpenAI’s campaign to streamline a set of rules across the country.
Jul 15, 2026
The Register
At last, a good reason to buy an AI PC: Reining in runaway token bills
Gartner thinks we’re headed to a hybrid AI model where you offload stuff to the desktop whenever possible
Jul 15, 2026
The Register
South Korea to launch universal basic AI chatbot
Tender calls for providers to power free service with local LLMs, government to supply some GPUs
Jul 15, 2026
The Register
Australia demands AI companies must produce more energy than they consume, stop ‘theft’ of content
PM frames sweeping new regulations as the equivalent of labour movement touchstones like winning a minimum wage
Jul 15, 2026
TechCrunch AI
TechCrunch AI
OpenAI researcher Miles Wang in talks to launch AI drug discovery startup valued at $2B
The funding discussions point to investor interest in applying AI to make breakthroughs in life sciences.
Jul 15, 2026
The Register
OpenAI hides Codex agent instructions behind encryption, leaving developers in the dark
Developers worry encrypted MultiAgentV2 messages will make debugging and auditing harder
Jul 14, 2026
TechCrunch AI
TechCrunch AI
OpenAI pushes back on Apple trade secret lawsuit
OpenAI has issued another statement on the lawsuit, this time suggesting it lacks merit.
Jul 14, 2026
TechCrunch AI
TechCrunch AI
OpenAI’s new flagship model deletes files on its own, people keep warning
A number of social media posts claim that GPT-5.6 Sol deleted files and data without warning. OpenAI had basically disclosed the problem in June.
Jul 14, 2026
Ars Technica
Lawsuit claims Meta's layoff decisions were made by AI, not humans
Meta denies using AI to terminate workers with disabilities and medical problems.
Jul 14, 2026
The Register
If you want Claude to speak nicely to you, try Hindi or Arabic
Anthropic finds Claude expresses different values across languages
Jul 14, 2026
The Verge
SpaceXAI’s Grok programming tool was uploading its users’ entire codebase to cloud storage
SpaceXAI's Grok Build AI coding tool was spotted uploading users' entire codebases to Google Cloud before it was reported, and the company turned it off. The Register reports that Cereblab published f…
Jul 14, 2026
TechCrunch AI
TechCrunch AI
Google faces another AI training lawsuit from major publishers
Hachette, Cengage, Elsevier, and other publishers allege that Google trained its AI on copyrighted works without the necessary permissions.
Jul 14, 2026
The Register
New York becomes first state to halt datacenter buildouts
50 MW-plus bit barn builds on hold while Empire State hashes out rules to protect the environment and ratepayers
Jul 14, 2026
TechCrunch AI
TechCrunch AI
DeepMind CEO calls for an independent standards body to regulate frontier AI
DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is proposing an AI "standards body" modeled after FINRA, to test frontier models and develop best practices for their release.
Jul 14, 2026
The Register
DeepMind bigbrain calls for America to set AI standards before it's too late
Industry, regulate thyself
Jul 14, 2026
IEEE Spectrum AI
How I Turned AI to the Dark Side
Summary Researcher Dave Kuszmar discovered multiple systemic vulnerabilities that let him bypass LLM safety and obtain dangerous instructions. These exploits worked across nearly all major LLMs reveal…
Jul 14, 2026
TechCrunch AI
TechCrunch AI
New York State halts construction of all new data centers
New York has become the first state to temporarily halt approval of large data centers, as Gov. Kathy Hochul argues the AI-driven building boom shouldn’t come at the expense of higher electricity cost…
Jul 14, 2026
Ars Technica
New York bans data center construction for a year, rattling AI industry
New York’s data center moratorium may become the blueprint for anti-AI movement.
Jul 14, 2026
TechCrunch AI
TechCrunch AI
Reflection inks $1B compute deal with Nebius
Reflection AI has signed a $1 billion deal to access Nebius' compute. Reflection was founded in 2024 and is developing open source AI technology.
Jul 14, 2026
TechCrunch AI
TechCrunch AI
The real AI race may no longer be at the frontier
Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue says enterprises increasingly want open models, due to cost, accessibility, and ownership. Do frontier models still matter if most production AI ends up running on open …
Jul 14, 2026
MIT Technology Review
The Download: Claude’s inner workings, and the future of world models
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. What Anthropic’s latest AI discovery does—and doesn’t—show —Ja…
Jul 14, 2026
The Verge
New York becomes the first state to enact a data center moratorium
New hyperscale data centers can't set up shop in New York for up to a year now that Governor Kathy Hochul (D) has signed the nation's first statewide moratorium. But a bill passed by the state legisla…
Jul 14, 2026
The Register
Anthropic's extravagant tokenizer complicates AI pricing
Token consumption doesn't tell the whole tale but it shouldn't be ignored
Jul 14, 2026
The Register
India’s tech services giant HCL is getting into the AI datacenter business
Starting small with $37m and maybe 50MW but reckons full-stack service plan can succeed
Jul 14, 2026
The Register
Gobi X: Creating more energy for AI, not taking it from society
PARTNER CONTENT: How Envision is reversing the datacenter playbook by making computing chase abundant desert power, not the other way around
Jul 14, 2026
The Register
Zuck's AI ambitions put Meta on course to become America's next big cloud provider
Renting out spare compute is simply the natural progression for any sufficiently large infra company
Jul 13, 2026
TechCrunch AI
TechCrunch AI
Hermes agent maker Nous Research in talks for new funding at $1.5B valuation
The company is raising at least $75 million, led by Robot Ventures, with significant participation from USV and other prominent investors.
Jul 13, 2026
TechCrunch AI
TechCrunch AI
Satya Nadella has issued a shocking warning to companies using AI
Of all the debates raging about the potential downsides of AI, there is one worry causing the most hand-wringing among AI enthusiasts in Silicon Valley — that the giant AI labs that sell proprietary m…
Jul 13, 2026
The Register
The price is wrong: AI cost calculation has to consider task completion rates, not just token costs
Cheap can be expensive
Jul 13, 2026
Ars Technica
Apple sues OpenAI after ex-engineer allegedly used bug to steal trade secrets
OpenAI accused of conspiring with former Apple employees to steal trade secrets.
Jul 13, 2026
MIT Technology Review
MIT Technology Review
What Anthropic’s latest AI discovery does—and doesn’t—show
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Anthropic—currently the world’s most valuable AI company, with…
Jul 13, 2026
The Register
Microsoft chief turns hostile on frontier AI labs, warns companies to guard their IP
Lock it down, warns Satya Nadella, seemingly forgetting the billions Redmond chipped in to OpenAI back in the good old days
Jul 13, 2026
TechCrunch AI
TechCrunch AI
Should AI help you get away with killing your spouse?
What does a world of total user-aligned AI actually look like?
Jul 13, 2026
TechCrunch AI
TechCrunch AI
Anthropic starts localizing Claude pricing for India, its biggest market after the US
Claude users in India are starting to see Indian rupee-denominated subscription plans.
Jul 13, 2026
IEEE Spectrum AI
The AI Arms Race in Technical Interviews Is Escalating
Software engineering jobs are under threat from AI. Some applicants are fighting back by using AI in the interview process, employing AI assistants that suggest responses on the fly during remote tech…
Jul 13, 2026
Ars Technica
Now, defenders are embracing the prompt injection, too
"Context bombing" tricks hacking agents into shutting down before they can do harm.
Jul 13, 2026
Ars Technica
Simulating everything, sort of: The promise and limits of world models
Experts explain how they work, what they can do, and what's still unsettled.
Jul 13, 2026
IEEE Spectrum AI
Building a Foundation Stack for General-Purpose Robots
This article is brought to you by X Square Robot. Large language models gave artificial intelligence a working recipe. Pretrain a large model on broad data, and general capability follows. Robotics ha…
Jul 13, 2026
The Register
Apple accuses OpenAI of stealing its core tech secrets
Lawsuit alleges job-swappers took secrets with them, helped by coaching on how to avoid scrutiny
Jul 13, 2026
The Register
Meta admits its first ‘superintelligence’ was too stupid to survive for three days
Pulls AI-powered image tweaker after allowing free-for-all
Jul 13, 2026
The Register
It's an AI web, and we're just rats in the walls
Bots, not people, are now the ones who use the internet the most
Jul 12, 2026
The Register
AI customers are coming around to the idea that small is beautiful
OpenAI and Anthropic have built AI Swiss Army Knives, but the future may be smaller built-for-purpose tools
Jul 11, 2026
Politico Technology
‘Not where they hoped it'd be’: Launch of Trump AI promotion program underwhelms
The administration is struggling to balance its desire to dominate AI globally with its ad-hoc security restrictions.
Jul 11, 2026
The Register
Irish datacenters now guzzle 23% of the country's electricity
Consumption rose another 10% while restrictions on most new grid connections remained around Dublin
Jul 11, 2026
Wired
OpenAI’s Head of Safety Is Leaving the Company
Johannes Heidecke’s departure comes as OpenAI tries to further integrate its research and safety teams.
Jul 11, 2026
TechCrunch AI
TechCrunch AI
Meta removes controversial AI feature on Instagram after backlash
"Our intent was to provide a useful creative tool and to give people control over whether their public content could be referenced in this way," the company said in a blog post. "We've heard the feedb…
Jul 10, 2026
The Verge
Meta turns off the Instagram feature that let users make AI deepfakes of public accounts
Following significant backlash, Meta is turning off the feature it announced this week that let users generate AI images based on content from public Instagram accounts just by tagging them. The featu…
Jul 10, 2026
The Verge
Apple sues OpenAI for allegedly stealing hardware secrets
Apple has sued OpenAI, alleging that engineers stole Apple secrets to advance the AI startup's hardware plans. In its complaint, Apple says it uncovered "a pattern of theft of Apple's trade secrets by…
Jul 10, 2026