AMERICANTHINKER (American Thinker) - Datacenter Towns Hold All the Cards Before the Golden Shovel Hits Dirt
Author By Alex Ashe Town need to invoice the future before the dirt moves.
NYTIMES (Eli Tan) - Corporate America Is Getting Hooked on Open-Source A.I.
Companies like AT&T are increasingly using cheap, freely available artificial intelligence models over expensive ones from Anthropic and OpenAI.
AXIOS (Madison Mills) - AI models are becoming unknowable
AI models may be getting safer while also getting harder to monitor. Which side of that seesaw prevails could determine whether AI is scaled safely or ruins civilization as we know it. Why it matters: Right now both options are running full steam and no one knows who's in charge of making sure the right one wins. State of play: OpenAI on Thursday released GPT-6 Astra , which president Greg Brockman said could eventually be seen as the start of artificial general intelligence, or AGI. - Astra performs better, but it's also better at avoiding monitoring, meaning it could be harder to know what it's thinking or doing. - OpenAI CEO Sam Altman separately told Axios this week that models are becoming "superhuman" in some capabilities and…
JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - Arizona AG Mayes seeks moratorium on new data centers despite pushback
AG Kris Mayes urged state lawmakers and Gov. Katie Hobbs to pass a law temporarily pausing data center construction until Arizona develops a plan to address the increasing demand for the centers.
AXIOS (Ina Fried) - "Welcome to the AGI era," OpenAI says as GPT-6 Astra debuts
OpenAI on Thursday released GPT-6 Astra , which president Greg Brockman called a "generational leap" and said could eventually be seen as the arrival of artificial general intelligence, or AGI. Why it matters: Astra pushes AI agents closer to doing complex professional work on their own — while also raising questions about how safely they can be deployed. Driving the news: Brockman says he personally believes OpenAI has reached AGI, while leaving users to decide whether Astra meets that definition. - "I think it might be about this model," Brockman said in a briefing with reporters about whether Astra could mark the arrival of AGI. - He ended the briefing by saying: "Welcome to the AGI era." Between the lines: OpenAI said that Astra…
YOUTUBE (Fox Business) - EVOLUTIONARY OR REVOLUTIONARY?: What blew Sam Altman away about Astra
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman joins ‘The Claman Countdown’ to discuss the rollout of its GPT-6 Astra model. #foxbusiness #clamancountdown 0:00 — OpenAI Launches GPT-6 Extra & Astra Enterprise 1:45 — Altman Shows Astra's Autonomous AI Capabilities 5:23 — OpenAI Battles Anthropic and Open-Source AI 8:39 — Altman Defends OpenAI's Massive AI Spending 10:11 — Will AI Strengthen or Weaken Human Thinking?
DAILYCALLER (Sean Moran) - Democrats Look To Use Data Centers As Political Football In Midterm Dogfight
‘voted to unleash … on the American people in an unfettered fashion’
DAILYCALLER (John Loftus) - Local Mom Dragged Into Court For Trying To Obtain Info On Secret Data Center Deals
Local Mom Dragged Into Court For Trying To Expose Underhanded Data Center Deals
NYTIMES (Erin Griffith) - Which Investors Will Get Rich From Anthropic’s IPO?
When Anthropic goes public in a blockbuster offering, which investors will profit? The answer says a lot about how much start-up investing has changed over the years.
NYTIMES (Kalley Huang, Lauren Hirsch and Kate Conger) - Nvidia Buys Hugging Face in $12.9 Billion Deal
The acquisition of the start-up is an indication of Nvidia’s growing role as Silicon Valley’s central banker and its emphasis on open-source technology.