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TSMC Stock Falls Despite Record Revenue, Signaling AI Doubts
Investors reacted negatively to raised capital spending forecasts, suggesting growing skepticism about returns on AI infrastructure investments.
Databricks reaches $188B valuation in latest funding round
The data platform company has raised four major rounds in 18 months as it pivots from analytics to AI infrastructure.
White House Takes Control of AI Model Access Approvals
Trump administration now dictates which entities can access frontier models from Anthropic and OpenAI, marking a shift from company-led distribution.
Moonshot's Kimi K3 AI Model Tops Coding Benchmarks
Beijing startup's open-source release outperforms leading U.S. models in developer tests, escalating AI competition.
Flock Safety Deploys AI to Catch Police Misusing License Plate Database
At least 20 Georgia officers disciplined in past year for allegedly tracking romantic partners and acquaintances through vehicle-location system.
Meta in Talks to Lease Cloud Compute to Anthropic
The social media giant could enter the cloud infrastructure market as it seeks returns on massive AI data center investments.
U.S. Companies Adopt Chinese AI Models to Cut Costs
DoorDash, Cursor, and others turn to Moonshot and DeepSeek as American AI pricing climbs, despite security concerns.
AI Memory Chip Shortage Drives India Smartphone Slump
Shipments fell 10% as manufacturers prioritize high-margin AI data center components over consumer electronics memory.
EU Orders Google to Share Android AI Access and Search Data
Digital Markets Act ruling requires tech giant to open capabilities to rivals by 2027, drawing privacy warnings from Google.
OpenAI CFO's Four-Question Framework for Measuring AI ROI
Sarah Friar argues AI success requires tracking 'useful intelligence per dollar,' not just adoption metrics or cost per token.
Why AI Won't Replace Entry-Level Jobs—It Will Redefine Them
Automating junior tasks without rebuilding apprenticeship destroys the pipeline that creates experienced decision-makers.
Palm Beach County Blocks Hyperscale AI Data Center Expansion
Commissioners voted 5-1 against Project Tango amid concerns over resource consumption and community impact near an elementary school.
ICE Contract With Thomson Reuters Expands to $125M for Tracking Minors, Fraud
The agency will pay up to five times more annually for data access as immigration enforcement targets unaccompanied children and their sponsors.
Project Maven: Inside the Pentagon's AI Warfare Revolution
A new book reveals how the U.S. military's most significant AI initiative evolved from failed demos to targeting support in Ukraine and beyond.
Tech Giants Issue $300B in AI Bonds as Investor Appetite Wanes
Hyperscalers face rising borrowing costs and weakening demand as bond markets struggle to absorb unprecedented debt issuance for infrastructure buildout.
US utilities face 100+ GW capacity gap as AI data centers surge
Bank of America projects data center demand will outstrip planned generation additions through 2030, forcing developers toward on-site gas and extended coal operations.
Patreon Blocks AI Training Bots After Scrapers Ignored Requests
The creator platform now uses Cloudflare technology to actively prevent AI companies from harvesting content, after robots.txt files proved ineffective.
Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 Narrows Gap With U.S. AI Models
Chinese startup claims its new system beats OpenAI and Anthropic on coding benchmarks, echoing last year's DeepSeek shock.
Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 Model Triggers Market Sell-Off
The 2.8-trillion-parameter system outperforms some U.S. rivals on coding tasks while Chinese AI stocks plunge double digits.
Massachusetts Proposes $425M Robotics and AI Investment
New economic development bond bill positions automation as central to state competitiveness, funding research, defense innovation, and workforce development.
Archy Adds AI Payment Posting to Dental Practice Software
New automation module reads insurance remittances, auto-posts routine claims, and flags exceptions for review inside existing practice management platform.
80% of U.S. Factories Run Without Automation Despite AI Hype
New data reveals a massive execution gap as manufacturers struggle to deploy the technologies executives say are critical to competitiveness.
Xi Jinping calls for global AI cooperation, criticizes US tech restrictions
Speaking at Shanghai's World AI Conference, China's president positioned the nation as a partner to developing countries while 29 nations joined a new Chinese-led AI governance body.
AI Infrastructure Debt Nears $570B as Bond Demand Softens
Big Tech is spreading AI buildout costs across credit markets, but declining coverage ratios signal investors may soon demand higher yields.