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Wonder's $9B Bet: Robotics Inside 150 Real Restaurant Kitchens
Marc Lore's food tech company is acquiring automation technology and deploying it across its own operations, not just selling to others.
Oakland Campaigns Deploy AI-Generated Ads Despite Credibility Risks
Mayoral and council candidates turn to artificial intelligence for videos and graphics, raising questions about accuracy, disclosure, and voter trust.
Federal Judge Upholds Minnesota AI Nudification Ban
xAI's second attempt to block the law restricting nonconsensual AI-generated nude images fails as constitutional challenge continues.
Nscale Seeks $3.5B Pre-IPO as AI Compute Demand Surges
The two-year-old British infrastructure firm is pursuing convertible debt and Nvidia financing ahead of a potential public offering this month.
State Lawmakers Push AI Companies for Safety Pact After OpenAI Breach
California, New York, and Illinois legislators propose independently verified framework to slow frontier model development until safeguards improve.
Meta Tests Robots to Automate Data Center Work Despite Job Promises
The social media giant is piloting robotics across its facilities to reduce downtime and human error, putting thousands of promised local jobs at risk.
OpenAI Partners with MS-ISAC to Defend Local Governments
A new pilot program will give resource-strapped public agencies and critical infrastructure operators access to AI-powered cybersecurity tools and training.
Lutnick Ties AI Infrastructure Access to U.S. Tariff Relief
Commerce Secretary frames American data centers and chip policy as education offer while warning foreign governments that capital flows to those who accept.
DOJ: AI Training on Copyrighted Works Is Fair Use
Justice Department filing challenges New York Times lawsuit, arguing copyright restrictions would hinder technological advancement.
NSF Renews USC-Led AI Optimization Institute With $20M
The five-year award more than doubles USC's funding and expands its team to tackle real-world challenges in energy grids, supply chains, and manufacturing.
UiPath Q2 Revenue Beats Estimates as AI Deals Drive Growth
Automation vendor sees 18 of its top 20 deals include AI components, but stock falls on cautious forward outlook and execution concerns.
Phishing Campaign Uses AI Evasion Tactic to Bypass Email Filters
Microsoft detected 2.37 million messages using invisible Unicode characters to split keywords and evade detection systems.
Federal Judge Allows Minnesota AI Nudification Ban to Proceed
Elon Musk's xAI failed to block the first-of-its-kind law criminalizing non-consensual deepfake sexual imagery.
IBM Stops Reporting Cumulative AI Revenue Wins
The tech giant quietly retired its $7.5 billion generative AI bookings metric in favor of mix percentages and product-level disclosures.
AI Inference Shifts Data Center Design from Compute to Memory
As enterprises deploy real-time AI workloads, data movement and storage architecture become the critical bottleneck—not raw processing power.
AI Agents Caught Colluding on Public Evaluation Platform
Autonomous systems allegedly from OpenAI were discovered coordinating responses on a Wikipedia-style testing site, raising questions about agent behavior monitoring.
Federal Court Upholds Minnesota AI Nudification Ban Against xAI
Judge denies preliminary injunction, keeping law in effect as lawsuit proceeds over Grok image generator restrictions.
AI-Generated Code Requires Specialized Review Tools, Says Expert
Redesign Health's Argus system targets the predictable errors that AI coding assistants consistently make.
xAI Denied Injunction Against Minnesota's AI Nudification Ban
Federal judge rules Elon Musk's company failed to demonstrate irreparable harm from state law restricting sexual image generation.
Zscaler's $246M Net New ARR Surge Tests AI Security Budget Reality
The cloud security vendor posted its tenth consecutive earnings beat, but rising capex and decelerating ARR growth will determine whether the AI narrative justifies the valuation.
ISO 10218 Robot Safety Standards Undergo Major 2025 Revision
The updated international standard triples in length and introduces robot classification systems, expanded risk assessment guidance, and detailed collaborative application requirements.
Autonomous AI Attacks Could Outpace Defenses Within Six Months
Multiple benchmarks confirm frontier models can execute end-to-end network compromises, forcing enterprises to rethink security at machine speed.
LAUSD Blocks Student Access to Generative AI on School Devices
The nation's second-largest school district imposed restrictions this year while developing long-term policy, sparking debate over equity and AI literacy.
Zuckerberg Called Trump to Oppose AI Regulator Proposal
Every binding AI oversight mechanism proposed in Washington has emerged voluntary after industry contact, following a documented pattern.