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New Orleans Pauses Data Centers as Public Splits on AI Buildout
New polling reveals Americans are wary of construction pace and terms, not necessarily opposed to facilities outright.
White House Expands AI Power Cost Initiative to Utilities, States
Trump administration broadens ratepayer protection effort beyond tech giants as data center electricity demand strains power grids nationwide.
Augmodo raises $21M to expand spatial AI beyond retail
The Seattle startup's wearable inventory-tracking technology is moving into warehouses, factories, and hospitals after proving itself in grocery stores.
Meta Expands Louisiana Data Center to 5 Gigawatts in $50B AI Push
The rural Richland Parish facility will become one of the world's largest data centers, supporting over 1,000 jobs and reshaping the local economy.
Community Colleges Scale Applied AI Training for Workforce
Miami Dade College and partners built a national consortium to train thousands of workers in job-ready AI skills through stackable credentials.
AI Data Center Boom Drives Up Chip, Electricity Costs
Memory chip prices have surged as much as 400% since 2024, pushing consumer electronics and utility bills higher through year-end.
UC San Diego Doctors Use $20K Robots for Remote Surgery on Pig
Humanoid robots successfully performed gallbladder surgery remotely, demonstrating potential to address surgeon shortages globally.
AI Teaching Assistants Lower Student Motivation, Study Finds
Randomized trial in Turkish schools shows students felt classes were less interesting when teachers used AI-generated materials.
HDFC Bank cuts 3,343 jobs as automation reshapes workforce
India's largest private lender reduced non-supervisory staff by 8,000 while expanding middle and junior management roles.
San Francisco Police Drone Feeds Leaked Online for Six Months
Security researchers discovered live surveillance video from five SFPD drones streaming to a public web address with no authentication required.
AI-Generated Code Outpaces Security Review Capacity
Organizations struggle to govern software risks arriving at machine speed while security processes remain human-paced.
Meta's Louisiana Data Center Cost Soars to $50 Billion
The Hyperion facility will reach 5 gigawatts as Meta races to build AI infrastructure, aided by state tax incentives.
Three manufacturers hit 98% uptime with pay-per-month palletizing robots
Boxed Water and two other mid-sized plants eliminated capital barriers and seasonal labor gaps using robotics-as-a-service for end-of-line automation.
Managers Devalue Work When Employees Disclose AI Use, Studies Show
New research reveals workers face an 'AI penalty' as bosses assume chatbots did the heavy lifting, creating a paradox around transparency.
Tencent's Hy3 Model Prioritizes AI Agents Over Parameter Count
China's tech giant launches a 295-billion-parameter model optimized for enterprise workflows, signaling a strategic shift toward deployment efficiency.
JPMorgan AI Agent Beats 60/40 Portfolio in Regime Detection Test
Investment bank uses large language models to identify market conditions and allocate assets, but replication reveals inconsistency across AI platforms.
Patreon Blocks AI Training Crawlers to Protect Creator Content
The membership platform partnered with Cloudflare to prevent automated systems from scraping work posted by photographers and other creators.
TSMC Q2 Revenue Jumps 36% as AI Chip Demand Stays Strong
The world's largest contract chipmaker posted $39.6 billion in quarterly sales, with June alone seeing 68% year-over-year growth.
Why Falling AI Token Prices Won't Cut Enterprise Agent Costs
Meta's new pricing undercuts rivals, but agentic workflows multiply token consumption faster than rates decline.
Meta Pulls Muse Image Tool After Backlash Over AI Training
The feature let users generate AI images from public Instagram photos without explicit consent, sparking immediate pushback from actors and privacy advocates.
Colocation Emerges as Key Infrastructure for AI Workloads
New research shows enterprises shifting production AI systems to hybrid environments as compute demands outpace public cloud economics.
99.9% of AI Infrastructure Vulnerabilities Go Unpatched
New research reveals organizations racing to deploy AI agents and frameworks are neglecting basic security hygiene, leaving critical flaws unaddressed.
MIT Develops Method to Detect CSAM-Generating AI Without Creating Illegal Content
Gaussian probing technique examines model modifications to identify harmful capabilities with 100% accuracy, offering platforms a scalable auditing tool.
Tokyo Ward Deploys AI Facial Recognition to Find Missing Persons
Arakawa ward installed 33 outdoor cameras near a busy transit hub, marking Japan's first municipal use of the technology for public searches.