Governor Josh Shapiro signed an executive order on Tuesday that makes Pennsylvania one of the harder places in America to build an AI data centre. The order strips data centres from the state’s permit fast-track programme, blocks environmental review u…
OpenAI said on Tuesday it is rewriting its Preparedness Framework after concluding that its upcoming Astra model may have reached the critical threshold for cyber capability. Its new token-level monitoring carries roughly 20% compute overhead and is no…
Etched has raised $700mn at a $21bn valuation in a round led by Jane Street, doubling the $10.3bn it was worth on 23 July. It has also completed its first customer delivery, a rack shipped to Jane Street. Etched has raised $700mn at a $21bn valuation, …
Baidu revenue fell for a fifth straight quarter. The advertising business kept shrinking faster than the AI business could grow. The Chinese search company reported its results on Tuesday, with second-quarter revenue of RMB31.3bn ($4.62bn). That is dow…
The UK government and Google are launching a trial to steer aircraft around climate-warming contrails. Google announced Operation Blue Skies on Tuesday. It is the first such effort across an entire ocean airspace. AI forecasts will predict where contra…
EliseAI is in talks to raise $300mn at a $3.7bn valuation, according to Business Insider. Katie Roof reported the round on Tuesday, citing sources familiar with it. Andreessen Horowitz and Bessemer Venture Partners are in talks to lead it. The details …
Reddit has started converting some text posts into short videos narrated by AI voices. Sarah Perez of TechCrunch reported that the test began on Monday on the web. The iOS and Android apps followed on Tuesday. It covers select English-language posts in…
Congressional staffers and outside groups are using Claude and ChatGPT to draft legislation. The lawyers who check that work cannot keep up. Owen Dahlkamp reported the strain on the House Office of Legislative Counsel for Politico on Monday. He drew on…
Apple appears to have leaked its own camera-equipped AirPods. A demo video sat inside the macOS Tahoe 26.7 release candidate, and MacRumors found it there on Monday. Juli Clover reported that the earbuds look nearly ready to launch. The clip runs 13 se…
OpenAI launched ChatGPT for Teens on Tuesday. It is a separate version of the chatbot, and under-18s land in it automatically. Anyone who says they are 13 to 17 gets it by default. So does anyone the company’s age-prediction system estimates is under 1…