Daily Reports on Artificial Intelligence · Data Centers · Regulation
Lead Story · Wired
New EU rules stipulate that people must be told when they’re interacting with AI or looking at AI-generated or -edited content, leading to fear of “disclosure fatigue.”
Aug 2, 2026
Politico Technology
As opposition to the AI projects gains momentum, industry supporters say they have ceded the narrative to their critics.
Aug 1, 2026
The Register
88 custom cores, 176 funky threads, 1.5 TB of laptop RAM, and 1.8 TB/s of NVLink connectivity — this isn't your typical datacenter chip
Aug 1, 2026
TechCrunch AI
OpenAI has reportedly found evidence of additional agent misbehavior as it looks into the incident that occurred with Hugging Face.
Jul 31, 2026
Ars Technica
Reddit advances lawsuit accusing Perplexity AI of conspiring with web scraper.
Jul 31, 2026
Ars Technica
Had the hacks used conventional methods, someone would likely go to prison.
Jul 31, 2026
Ars Technica
“What on earth is Google doing?” Misinformation fears spur walk-back of AI tool.
Jul 31, 2026
TechCrunch AI
A tool that allowed anyone to generate fake AI-generated imagery and superimpose it over real Google Earth maps quickly spurred backlash.
Jul 31, 2026
The Verge
Pompeii reimagined with Nano Banana 2 in Google Earth. | Image: Google Google has shut down Google Earth feature it launched Thursday that allowed users to edit satellite images with text prompts usin…
Jul 31, 2026
Wired
As OpenAI and Anthropic employees grow quieter online, researchers at Chinese AI labs are flocking to X to explain their work, recruit talent, and shape the global conversation on AI.
Jul 31, 2026
TechCrunch AI
SpaceX is building a new power plant for xAI's Colossus data centers, but it won't remove existing, unpermitted turbines for many more months.
Jul 31, 2026
The Register
Whoever wins, we lose
Jul 31, 2026
TechCrunch AI
The startup is building voice models designed to make AI phone calls pass the Turing test.
Jul 31, 2026
Ars Technica
The AI chatbot was more effective at creating “exploitable trust” than the humans.
Jul 31, 2026
TechCrunch AI
After years of pushing full speed ahead on AI, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says maybe it’s time for the AI industry to “pace” itself. The comments came just days after one of OpenAI’s own models broke out o…
Jul 31, 2026
The Register
European firms feel the greatest pressure as US giants dominate cloud and AI infrastructure
Jul 31, 2026
The Register
Refundable charge intended to discourage time wasters from filing applications that will never be realized
Jul 31, 2026
The Register
Wrote and published malware during tests, which is apparently OK because leaky test environments were the real problem
Jul 31, 2026
Wired
In a review triggered by OpenAI’s Hugging Face incident, Anthropic discovered three of its AI models had breached real organizations during third-party evaluations.
Jul 31, 2026
TechCrunch AI
After OpenAI's models broke into Hugging Face, Anthropic checked its own history and found three similar incidents
Jul 31, 2026
TechCrunch AI
A federal judge said the Trump administration has not presented enough evidence to justify labeling Anthropic a supply-chain risk, casting doubt on the government's ban on its AI technology.
Jul 30, 2026
Wired
Researchers fear AI is moving too fast, while Mark Zuckerberg is worried about who owns it. Plus: Inside Black Forest Labs’ push into robotics.
Jul 30, 2026
TechCrunch AI
As experts have warned for the last two years, some companies — like Microsoft and now Google — are finding and patching an exponential number of bugs in their products, thanks to the use of LLMs and …
Jul 30, 2026
The Register
Chocolate Factory LLMs join Big Red's Fusion automation party
Jul 30, 2026
The Register
High-bandwidth flash promises SSD-like capacities with HBM-like speeds, but it's not all unicorns and rainbows
Jul 30, 2026
Wired
This week on Uncanny Valley, we discuss the open- vs. closed-source debate in AI, key players in White House AI policy, and how to stop your chatbot logs from showing up in search-engine results.
Jul 30, 2026
The Register
ShieldFont is available today if you've got copy that needs protecting
Jul 30, 2026
The Verge
Apptronik’s Apollo 2 robot takes a baseball glove off of a shelf. | Image: Google Google DeepMind says the latest version of its Gemini Robotics AI model can "control entire humanoid robots." While th…
Jul 30, 2026
TechCrunch AI
The deal gives Okta identity threat detection capabilities as enterprises seek to secure AI agents and other non-human identities across cloud environments.
Jul 30, 2026
TechCrunch AI
British AI neocloud Nscale is buying software startup Anyscale, which helps companies scale their AI workloads across data centers and servers.
Jul 30, 2026
Wired
The latest version of Google DeepMind's AI model includes a significant jump into “physical AGI.” But plopping AI into the real world comes with risks.
Jul 30, 2026
TechCrunch AI
A new study estimates only 2,000 U.S. engineers have the expertise to deliver meaningful AI ROI, as enterprises race to hire forward-deployed engineers to implement AI at scale.
Jul 30, 2026
Ars Technica
Plus, a new policy for the AI protocol ensures features aren't removed suddenly.
Jul 30, 2026
TechCrunch AI
Cybersecurity experts told TechCrunch that one of the biggest lessons to be taken from the OpenAI hack against Hugging Face has nothing to do with AI, but traditional cybersecurity defense.
Jul 30, 2026
The Register
Tech giant counts record piles of cash while buyers face years of elevated prices
Jul 30, 2026
IEEE Spectrum AI
Much of modern AI runs on multiplication. Neural networks behind everything from generated answers to photo organization and song recommendations perform millions or billions of operations that multip…
Jul 30, 2026
MIT Technology Review
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. A fundamental flaw leaves LLMs strikingly vulnerable to attack…
Jul 30, 2026
MIT Technology Review
It is impossible to make large language models fully secure against hacks because of a fundamental flaw in how they work, a team of researchers argue in a paper presented at the International Conferen…
Jul 30, 2026
The Register
If your AI goes rogue, better have a good lawyer
Jul 30, 2026
The Register
But AI has come along just in time to cover being dumped by Apple
Jul 30, 2026
TechCrunch AI
Microsoft pitched its own homegrown AI models, harnesses, and even a Mythos competitor on Wednesday, telling Wall Street it plans for continued growth.
Jul 30, 2026
TechCrunch AI
As Meta pours billions into AI infrastructure and agents, Zuckerberg is working to convince investors that the payoff will be worth the price.
Jul 29, 2026
The Verge
Microsoft is working on an AI "super app" that combines Copilot's chat, coding, and agentic capabilities. During an earnings call on Wednesday, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said the app will span "both…
Jul 29, 2026
The Verge
Meta is all-in on AI, and sometime soon, the company is going to make a big push into personal AI agents that can do things on your behalf. On Wednesday's Q2 2026 earnings call, CEO Mark Zuckerberg pr…
Jul 29, 2026
TechCrunch AI
Weng previously served as the VP of AI Safety Research at OpenAI.
Jul 29, 2026
The Register
Government agency will use Google Cloud H4D VMs to replace HPE Cray machines
Jul 29, 2026
The Register
Meanwhile, the other state-backed foundry, Intel, wraps up RAMP-C defense test chip program
Jul 29, 2026
TechCrunch AI
Andon Labs' latest vending machine simulation shows Opus 5 lied and colluded its way to become the best AI capitalist ever.
Jul 29, 2026
Wired
I watched a new tool try to get around the model safeguards of four major frontier companies. You might be surprised by how they performed.
Jul 29, 2026
Politico Technology
The OpenAI CEO discussed a forthcoming artificial intelligence model with federal lawmakers as the cybersecurity debate over the advanced technology intensifies.
Jul 29, 2026