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A federal court rejected xAI's motion to dismiss an NAACP lawsuit alleging the company operated gas turbines at its Memphis-area Colossus data center without required air pollution permits.
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OpenAI has reduced its fundraising goal from a previously reported $30 billion to $20 billion, with $11 billion secured so far, according to reports from the Financial Times and Wall Street Journal.
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Mount Shasta wilderness managers report multiple incidents of hikers relying on AI chatbots that provided incorrect trail information, camping guidance and maps, though annual rescue totals remain steady.
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Google reports its experimental satellite equipped with Tensor Processing Units successfully ran the Gemma 4 model in space, generating a haiku and completing other prompts as part of tests for potential space-based AI data centers.
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Researchers found new malware called Volta-Autodoxer that uses commercial LLMs to analyze stolen credentials and prioritize high-value targets, according to findings shared with Wired.
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The longer view
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OpenAI's February 15, 2024, unveiling of Sora, a text-to-video AI model, sparked immediate discussions on AI's impact on content and authenticity.
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How Anthropic's massive November 2025 infrastructure commitment signaled a new phase in enterprise AI competition and domestic manufacturing.
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On November 30, 2022, OpenAI launched ChatGPT as a free research preview, swiftly reaching 1 million users and igniting global discourse on AI's potential impact.
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