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Trump vs. Hochul
The political fight over artificial intelligence and the future of America’s data center buildout is one of the most heated and important issues the country has ever experienced. On Tuesday and Wednesday, both sides of the war launched fresh broadsides against each other. Read on…Open
AI is a fast-growing business expense. Some companies are cutting costs by switching to cheaper Chinese AI models.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warned Tuesday that the company's new GPT-5.6 Sol model may face "hiccups" soon. Why it matters: The warning underscores that even one of the world's leading AI companies can struggle to scale the infrastructure needed to meet demand for cutting-edge AI. - Anthropic and SpaceX AI are also rolling out flagship models, intensifying competition for consumers and computing capacity. Driving the news: Altman wrote on X that the model's "growth is insane" and that "the inference team has done heroic work to be able to support demand." - But that demand may face scaling issues, he wrote. - "We are going to move mountains to continue to scale, but it is possible there are some hiccups soon," Altman said. Context: OpenAI…
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) is imposing the nation’s first-ever statewide freeze on new “hyperscale” data centers. Hochul is pausing state-level environmental permits for “up to” a year to give the state time to put together a framework to protect the environment, the energy grid and New Yorkers’ electric bills, her office said. Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5966562-new-york-ai-data-center-moratorium/ #KathyHochul #NewYork #DataCenters #AI #DataCenter #Environment
‘benefit the local community’
California-based technology giant Meta announced Wednesday that it is constructing its first artificial intelligence data center in Canada. Meta said in a press release that its new 1-gigawatt “AI-optimized” data center will be located in Alberta, Canada, and aims to help power the company’s “AI innovations and core products.” The data center project represents a total investment of more than 13 billion Canadian dollars. (RELATED: Meta Hires Former Trump Official, Senator’s Wife To Top Role) Meta projects that the data center project will help support more than 3,000 construction workers at peak and over 300 operational jobs. The company also said it is planning to invest approximately 60 million Canadian dollars for “local…Open
The order is the nation's first statewide moratorium on "hyperscale" datacenters, which typically house thousands of servers.
A.I. demands a populist approach that treats the technology as a public project.
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Christoph Scholz By Julio Rivera Cybersecurity is one of the only sectors where failure is not only expected, it has actually been normalized.
Apple said in the lawsuit that it reached out to OpenAI in February to raise its concerns early in its investigation, but said that OpenAI did not respond.
This year’s boom represents the most spent on global deal-making in a six-month period in a decade. But questions persist about whether it can continue.