Google DeepMind launches the DeepMind Institute to debate AGI
Google DeepMind launches the DeepMind Institute to debate AGI

“This is a critical moment to ensure we build AGI safely and its benefits to society far outweigh any risks,” wrote the three directors of the new DeepMind Institute. Google DeepMind has launched the DeepMind Institute, or DMI, a platform for research …

Apple is reportedly developing an enterprise server built on its own chips
Apple is reportedly developing an enterprise server built on its own chips

Apple is developing an enterprise server built on its own M8 Ultra chips and has discussed using Nvidia’s NVLink Fusion to connect them, aiming at AI developers, companies and governments from around 2029, The Information reported. The European Commiss…

The hardest AI security problems now live in what an agent is permitted to do
The hardest AI security problems now live in what an agent is permitted to do

OWASP’s 2026 Top 10 for LLM applications moved excessive agency from sixth to third and dropped improper output handling from fifth to tenth, in the first edition weighted partly on incident data. Europe’s Cyber Resilience Act began requiring 24-hour v…

Tesla’s new “Accordion” Superchargers pack eight stalls into one delivery
Tesla’s new “Accordion” Superchargers pack eight stalls into one delivery

Tesla has built a prefabricated Supercharger unit that ships pre-assembled with eight stalls and a 1.2MW power cabinet, cuts installation cost by 20% and can be unloaded with a forklift, with the first site live in Bavaria. A single unit exceeds the 1,…

Google and Nvidia launch an alliance to make data centres flex their power
Google and Nvidia launch an alliance to make data centres flex their power

Google, Nvidia and the startup Emerald AI have launched the AI Energy Management Alliance (AEMA). The coalition wants data centres to cut their power use when the electricity grid is under strain. In return, it wants grid operators to connect those dat…

The Commission president proposes no social media for children under 13 in the EU
The Commission president proposes no social media for children under 13 in the EU

The European Union plans to stop children under 13 from using social media and to prevent anyone under 15 from having a personal account, Ursula von der Leyen announced in her State of the Union address on Wednesday. “No social media under the age of 1…

UAE AI minister: data centres are now “more important than bridges”
UAE AI minister: data centres are now “more important than bridges”

The UAE will change its requirements for data centres and stop promoting where they are. Omar Sultan Al Olama, the country’s Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications, said so on Tuesday at Dreamforce i…

“The world is right to be afraid”: Sam Altman on AI power at Dreamforce
“The world is right to be afraid”: Sam Altman on AI power at Dreamforce

OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman said the public is right to fear that a few AI companies could gain too much power. He spoke on Tuesday at Salesforce’s Dreamforce conference in San Francisco. Salesforce has published the conversation, led by its chie…

“We don’t need any new laws”: Jensen Huang splits with Amodei at Dreamforce
“We don’t need any new laws”: Jensen Huang splits with Amodei at Dreamforce

“We don’t need any new laws. We don’t need new regulations,” Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang said on Tuesday, on the main stage of Salesforce’s Dreamforce conference in San Francisco. Earlier in the same keynote, Anthropic chief executive Dario Amo…

Musk was asked why Tesla and SpaceX are still separate companies. He said “great question”
Musk was asked why Tesla and SpaceX are still separate companies. He said “great question”

Elon Musk again teased combining Tesla and SpaceX, telling the All-In Summit “who could imagine what action one might take when there’s so much close collaboration in so many areas“. Any such deal would very likely cross the EU merger thresholds, which…