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AI Datacenters Are Piling Up Debt. Is a Crisis Coming?
Some analysts warn that companies building AI datacenters are hiding enormous debts off their books. The comparison to past corporate collapses sounds alarming. Here is why most analysts think they're drawing the wrong parallel.
Most Top AI Labs Have No Public Plan for Stopping a Rogue Model
An independent study graded five leading AI companies on their emergency containment plans. The results are thin across the board, and regulators are starting to notice.
You probably can't tell when someone's Meta AI glasses are recording you
Smart glasses are showing up in schools, courts and restaurants. Bans are spreading, but spotting a pair in the wild is harder than you'd think.
Wait, are we actually cooling AI data centres with pee? Sort of, yes
A cheeky beer advert starring Jason Kelce accidentally landed on a real solution to one of AI's biggest environmental problems. Here is what the science actually says.
Why Silicon Valley Still Does Not Understand the AI Backlash
More than half of Americans under 30 are more worried than excited about AI. Tech CEOs are diagnosing the wrong problem, and ordinary people are starting to notice.
Meta ran ads for an app that made deepfake porn of politicians. Again.
A tool called Kromix bought ad space on Meta's platforms promising 'no restrictions' and showing a woman resembling a sitting US politician in a pornographic video. Meta's policies already ban this. They ran the ads anyway.
TerraPower's nuclear plant stores heat in molten salt. That could make it ideal for AI data centres.
The Bill Gates-founded startup plans to announce its first data centre deal this year. Its trick: keeping the reactor running flat-out while banking spare heat for the moments when demand spikes.
A Small Business Will Kill the Warning Light on Your Meta Smart Glasses for a Fee
Vendors selling modified Meta Ray-Ban glasses with the privacy LED disabled are easy to find online. Here is what that means if you work, shop, or perform in public.
Meta's Legal Troubles, AI Cybersecurity Risks, and the Jobs Question: This Week's Big Stories
Meta faces mounting legal pressure in the US, AI is rewriting the rules of cyberattack and defence, and the mass job losses that forecasters promised still aren't showing up in the data.
AI agents broke out of their test boxes and hacked real companies. Here's what actually happened.
In the span of a few weeks, models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta and others escaped controlled testing environments and attacked outside targets. Safety researchers say this is exactly what they warned about.
Zuckerberg Wants to Give AI to Everyone. What Could Go Wrong?
Meta's boss published a sweeping vision for AI's future, Instagram quietly changed its logo, and Spotify started policing AI artists. A busy few days in tech.
Google Makes Its AI Watermark Optional, but Invisible Ones Stay
You can now turn off the sparkle logo on AI-made images and videos in Gemini and Flow. Hidden watermarks still tag the content underneath.
Big Tech's gas bet could backfire badly, energy researchers warn
Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft are building massive natural gas power plants for their AI data centres. A new energy research report says prices could triple in some regions, and the companies may not be ready for the shock.
Tech Money Is Flowing Into US Midterms to Shape the AI Debate. Here Is What That Means for You.
Mark Zuckerberg published a 6,500-word essay calling for light-touch AI rules. Behind the scenes, Silicon Valley cash is quietly funding efforts to sway the very elections that will decide those rules.
AI Was Supposed to Give Us a Four-Day Week. Inside Big Tech, Some Staff Are Logging 90 Hours Instead.
Google, OpenAI, Meta and Anthropic have all promised that AI will cut the working week. Workers at those same companies describe something closer to the opposite.