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  Will it be AI or the climate crisis that ends humanity? We can make it neither. Both of these threats have the same roots: private entities seeking to cash in. We have the power to stand against them.

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  Defund Elon Musk: No private individual should have the power to determine US foreign policy, as Musk has attempted to do in Ukraine.

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  After Uber Destroyed Taxi Cabs, Drivers Now Face the Existential Threat of Self-Driving Cars: "It feels like every time I adjust to a new reality, another tech comes along & threatens my livelihood."

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  Anthropic's Claude AI blocks video game cloning and reverse-engineering — sweeping new restrictions also hit legitimate developers and basic troubleshooting tasks.

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  Intel’s woes wipe out $1 trillion of semiconductor market cap in one day — PC market bloodbath leaves few chip stocks unscathed: $1 trillion in semiconductor market capitalization wiped out.

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  Sam Altman Says Gen Z Are Lame for Not Worshipping AI: "They always want to go do the thing that was cool five years ago."

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  Cisco gives 27-year-old engineer unlimited AI tokens to rewrite 98% of the company's legacy code in 24 months — president plucks former startup founder, telling him to 'go nuts'.

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  Sam Altman Absolutely Hates the Idea of People Running Their Own AI Models at Home, Argues They Shouldn’t Own Computers: He'd prefer if we surrender all our RAM to data centers.

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  Google Starved Out Publishers With AI Search. Now, Its Pivot Is Blowing Up in Its Face: Its AI Mode isn't the cash cow it hoped it would be.

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  Trump ignored intel on China’s Nvidia spy to protect company’s stock, report says: Spy accused of exploiting Trump ties to Huang, funneling secrets to China.

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  Elon Musk is a 'real genius', Putin says after satellite talks with SpaceX boss: "We are in close contact with our American partners, including Mr. Musk."

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  SpaceX no longer needs NASA, and that’s a problem for America’s space agency: “NASA desperately needs SpaceX, and SpaceX knows it, and Elon knows it.”

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  US data centers could wipe out 15 years' worth of progress in greenhouse gas emissions, report claims — buildouts could emit as much carbon dioxide as all of Mexico.

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  AI component hikes force the world's largest PC makers to return manufacturing capacity to China — brands to seek lower production costs and efficiency in established supply chain.

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  As US ties fray, Europe plans first undersea cable link to Greenland: Europe’s Pan-Arctic Cable will bypass US to link Canada, Japan, and South Korea.

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  Google AI gets cagey when asked who won the 2020 elections: But the AI responses get more forthright when asked outside the US.

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  Data center gear is being hijacked in transit to the tune of hundreds of millions — grand-theft-GPU thieves hack accounts, perform hit-and-runs, spoof GPS signals, and funnel hardware to China.

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  Solar Panels Are Now Producing So Much Power That They’re Leaving Nuclear Plants in the Dust: "Solar is now the engine of the power transition."

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  “No human at the helm”: Delaware plan would let AI agents run entire businesses: Owners of AI-run firms would evade liability for “reckless” AI, US Rep. Comer says.

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  Nintendo Loves You: No Plans To Abandon Physical Media Because ‘Fans Enjoy It’: "we have no plans to abandon physical media. We know how much fans enjoy it."

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  AI models cost more when you don’t use English: Some languages require far more tokens for AI models to process, raising costs and reducing context for the people who use them.

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  Top Economist Finds That AI Has Provided “Zero Financial Payoff” to Companies Outside Tech: "There are still no signs of AI boosting productivity growth."

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  ChatGPT Is Building Detailed Psychological Profiles of Its Users: system is acting as your advisor, your friend, your doctor, your lawyer, and so it has information on everything.

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  Big Tech is cashing in on AI while the rest of corporate America sees no financial returns — report outlines how rising token costs threaten to squeeze corporate profit margins.

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  Are Delivery Robots Scanning You Into a Database Scarier Than Flock? Et tu, ramen messenger?

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  Growing Majority of Americans Convinced That AI Is Bad for Society: Public opinion is not on the AI industry's side.

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  Banks Preparing for Aftermath of Unprecedented Catastrophe Caused by AI: "You can't stop it."

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  AI Billionaires Are Flooding Money Into Politics to Influence Elections, But It’s Backfiring: Even a whiff of AI money seems to disgust voters.

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  Behind the Scenes, Meta’s Board Is Battling With Mark Zuckerberg Over His Out-of-Control AI Spending: The directors have had enough.

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  Updated Google privacy policy says your Gmail might be used for advertising: Turning on Personal Intelligence gives the company more data for ad targeting.