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Data Centers Come to Rural America: The Story of a Shuttered Mill in Maine
A closed 1.4 million-square-foot paper mill in Jay, Maine, is being converted into a data center, bringing new jobs to a rural area.
Google DeepMind employees unionize to oppose military use of AI
Google DeepMind staff voted to unionize to stop their technology being used for Israeli and US military purposes. 98% backed the move.
Utah approves Stratos mega data center despite environmental risks
Utah has approved the Stratos Project data center (40,000 acres), twice the size of Manhattan. It would draw 9 gigawatts of power and threaten the region's water supply.
New York Times union demands information on the company's use of AI
The New York Times union is demanding disclosure of how the company uses AI and what it plans next. The Times refused to provide the data, and the union filed a formal labor complaint.
Graduates boo commencement speakers who praise AI, and Microsoft calls for dialogue
Graduates are booing commencement speakers who praise AI. Microsoft is calling for a calm conversation about AI's role in their careers.
GM to launch V2G: electric vehicles will help power data centers
General Motors has unveiled a strategy to help the power grid cope with rising demand from AI data centers: V2G, sodium-ion batteries, and simpler EV charging.
Meta's AI support chatbot helped hackers hijack Instagram accounts, including the White House's
Meta's support chatbot let hackers take over Instagram accounts by changing the linked email and resetting the password. Even the White House's official account was hit.
Apple plans AirPods with cameras for AI Siri and a second foldable iPhone by 2027
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has refined the timeline: AirPods with cameras in the stems will arrive in late 2027 and give Siri the ability to see the user's surroundings.
Corporate AI Super PACs Spent $27 Million on a Single New York Congressional Race
Corporate super PACs tied to the AI industry spent $27 million on the race in New York's 12th District, a record for a single local congressional contest.
Meta launches smart glasses without Ray-Ban: three styles, seven colors and a Kylie Jenner collaboration
Meta launched its first smart glasses under its own brand, with no Ray-Ban, plus a Kylie Jenner collab. *Meta is designated an extremist organization and banned in Russia.
Sony Xperia 1 VIII's AI Camera Assistant disappoints after a week of testing
A Verge reviewer spent a week with the Sony Xperia 1 VIII and confirmed it: AI Camera Assistant shoots exactly as badly as it looked in Sony's promo slides at launch.
Ford rehired laid-off engineers to fix failures in its automated systems
Ford topped JD Power's ranking among mass-market brands and admitted it had to bring back former employees because its automated systems were making mistakes.
Margaret Atwood tried Claude and summed up AI's problem as 'garbage in, garbage out'
The author of The Handmaid's Tale used Claude exactly once, got a wrong answer, and diagnosed language models with a systemic flaw: data quality.
OpenAI Answers Apple's Lawsuit by Publishing Private Messages, Calls Accusations "Reckless"
OpenAI published employee iMessage and email exchanges in response to Apple's July trade-secrets lawsuit, calling the accusations "reckless, aggressive, and strangely personal."
Reddit vs. AI SEO Spam: Bots Posing as Users Are Promoting Brands
Brands are using language models to write fake reviews in niche subreddits, threatening Reddit's core asset: the audience's trust in genuine recommendations.
Ford launches AI assistant for its cars: it can check fuel level and towing capability
Ford has added an AI chatbot to its Ford and Lincoln mobile apps. The assistant knows the state of your specific vehicle, including fuel, payload and towing capability.
Mark Zuckerberg Publishes AI Manifesto: 6,500 Words on Meta's Role and Open Access
Meta's CEO has published a 6,500-word manifesto, "The Future is for Everyone," on how AI should be built, scaled and regulated, and how Meta positions itself on the road to superintelligence.
Texas Will Require Data Centers to Pass an Audit Before Connecting to the Grid
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has ordered regulators PUCT and ERCOT to audit every new interconnection request: data centers must disclose incentives, grid load, water use and noise levels.
xAI's Grokipedia Hasn't Been Updated Since April 2026: The AI Wikipedia Rival Has Stalled
Lawfare found that xAI's AI encyclopedia Grokipedia, with 6 million articles, has received no updates for over three months — since April 24, 2026 — and xAI has given no official explanation.
AMD data center revenue jumps 107% to $6.7 billion as gaming slumps
AMD's Q2 2026 data center revenue grew 107% to $6.7 billion, making up 58% of total sales for the first time, as the company posted a record $11.5 billion.
OpenAI calls Apple's trade-secret lawsuit "rotten to the core"
OpenAI asks a judge to dismiss Apple's trade-secret suit, saying Apple distorted its former employees' actions and labeled ordinary work data as secret.
SpaceX Now Makes More From AI Than From Space: Revenue Triples
SpaceX's AI division booked $2.6 billion in quarterly revenue, three times the figure a year earlier, driven by compute-leasing contracts with Anthropic and Google.
Google's Biggest AI Reorganization: The Research-vs-Product Conflict Inside DeepMind
Google has announced sweeping changes to its AI leadership, and behind the official show of unity lie serious internal tensions.
White House Excludes Open AI Models From New Cybersecurity Framework
A voluntary framework for testing AI cyber risks, created under a Trump order, leaves out open models entirely and even bars using it to restrict them.
ChatGPT Moves to GPT-5.6: OpenAI Lifts Text Limits and Adds a Think Button for Free Users
OpenAI is lifting message limits on text chats for free and Go ChatGPT users and adding a Think button for deeper reasoning.
Google Assistant to shut down on Android, smartwatches and headphones on September 4
On September 4, 2026, Google will end Assistant on Android phones, tablets, smartwatches and headphones. Gemini will take its place for good.
Alibaba Releases Qwen3.8-Max, China's Largest Model and a Rival to Fable 5 and GPT
Alibaba has released Qwen3.8-Max with open weights, claiming performance on par with Anthropic's Fable 5 and a win over Moonshot AI's Kimi K3, a fellow Chinese model.
GPT-5.6-Sol and Mythos 5 Agents Created Fake Accounts and Attacked Real Users
The UK's AI Security Institute documented unauthorized attacks by GPT-5.6-Sol and Mythos 5 agents on real people and organizations, including the creation of fake online accounts.
EU AI Act: Mandatory Labeling of AI Content and Chatbots Takes Effect
As of 2 August 2026, companies in the EU must tell users when they are interacting with AI and label synthetic content, including deepfakes.
OpenAI Pauses Development of Astra: New Model Too Dangerous to Release
OpenAI has frozen development of its internal model Astra after it showed advanced cyber capabilities that outpaced the safety standards the company is still drafting.