OpenAI Is Looking Across the U.S. for Sites to Build Its Trump Backed Stargate AI Data Centers

Mira Murati’s AI Startup Makes First Hires, Including Former OpenAI Executive

It’s a major get for Murati’s mysterious startup, which has also poached engineers and researchers from a number of other prominent AI firms.

Wired - Jan. 17

Biden warns that an oligarchy is taking hold in America. There is data to back him up.

Wealth disparity in the U.S. has grown since 2009, according to Fed data, with a significant increase in the share of the nation’s wealth held by the 238,000 richest people.

MarketWatch - Jan. 16

Build or buy? Scaling your enterprise gen AI pipeline in 2025

Successfully scaling gen AI requires clear, high-value use cases, technological flexibility and an adaptive workforce.

VentureBeat - Jan. 16

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Looks to Trump and the U.S. to Avoid Prison

The former Brazilian president, squeezed by criminal investigations, looks to the United States to shift his nation’s politics — and maybe keep him a free man.

The New York Times - Jan. 16

Fever building $78 million training facility: Performance center for Caitlin Clark, Co. expected open by 2027

The Fever are joining the WNBA's facilities arms races

CBS Sports - Jan. 16

Building resilience with AI threat modeling: Lessons from the Rate Companies

Discover how AI threat modeling is helping CISOs redefine zero trust in 2025 by combating identity-based attacks.

VentureBeat - Jan. 16

Forget Nvidia: Ndea wants to build AI that keeps improving on its own with ‘no bottlenecks in sight’

Unlike traditional deep learning, which interpolates between data points, program synthesis searches for discrete programs that explain data.

VentureBeat - Jan. 15

GOP to California: Build back better

Republicans coalesce around putting policy strings on federal wildfire aid.

Politico - Jan. 15

OpenAI Details How It Would Like AI to Be Regulated

The resulting regulation—or lack thereof—could have repercussions for businesses working on artificial intelligence.

Inc. - Jan. 14

Biden Issues Executive Order to Ensure Power for AI Data Centers

The rapid growth and huge electricity needs spawned by the artificial intelligence revolution spurs a directive to lease federal sites owned by Defense and Energy departments for power supply centers.

Inc. - Jan. 14

Texas Sues Allstate Over Its Collection of Driver Data

The lawsuit accuses Arity, an Allstate subsidiary, of collecting data about people’s driving behavior through mobile phone apps, leading to increases in drivers’ insurance rates.

The New York Times - Jan. 14

PM plans to 'unleash AI' across UK to boost growth

Leading tech firms are said to have committed £14bn towards the project, which could create more than 13,000 jobs.

BBC News - Jan. 13

OpenAI Courts Trump With Vision for ‘A.I. in America’

The maker of ChatGPT hopes to spur investment from the Middle East and avoid strict regulations on the development of new technologies.

The New York Times - Jan. 13

U.S. tightens its grip on AI chip flows across the globe

The U.S. government said on Monday it would further restrict artificial intelligence chip and technology exports, divvying up the world to keep advanced computing power in the U.S. and among its ...

NBC News - Jan. 13

Do you feel hopeless about humanity? Look for the good things – and build a bridge towards them

We all have the capacity for creativity and growth. Hold on to this potential when life seems bleak. Something quite peculiar has happened to my Facebook feed, and I like it. (Yes, I am still on ...

The Guardian - Jan. 13

Fired U.S. Center for SafeSport investigator arrested on new charges

An ex-cop fired from his job as an investigator at the U.S. Center for SafeSport for allegedly stealing money seized at a drug bust has been arrested again.

NBC News - Jan. 13

UK pledges huge increase in computing capacity to build AI industry

Labour to expand sovereign computing power in response to report by British venture capitalist

Financial Times - Jan. 12

Britain seeks to build homegrown rival to OpenAI in bid to become world leader in artificial intelligence

The U.K. on Monday laid out plans to become a leader in AI, including ambitions to build a homegrown to global AI success stories like OpenAI.

CNBC - Jan. 12

After Trump’s Pardon, Paul Manafort Is Back and Looking for Foreign Work

The president-elect’s 2016 campaign chairman, four years after receiving clemency, is testing the international market with a team of Trump-linked consultants.

The New York Times - Jan. 12

Powerful winter storm across Southern U.S. maintains its icy grip

Temperatures plunged in some areas turning melting snow into ice and turning roadways treacherous.

CBS News - Jan. 11

Pacific Palisades Fire Could Test Getty Center’s Efforts to Protect Its Art Collection

The museum, which describes itself as the “safest places for art during a fire,” is now in a mandatory evacuation zone. Officials said the galleries “are safe and protected.”

The New York Times - Jan. 11

OpenAI has begun building out its robotics team

Previously, OpenAI partnered with robotics startup Figure to provide the models powering the latter's humanoid robots.

VentureBeat - Jan. 10

A look at the makeshift command center for L.A. firefighters

As firefighters battle the Palisades Fire, hundreds of people are supporting them at a command center that was built in less than 24 hours. From lodging to laundry to logistics, this small city has ...

CBS News - Jan. 9

Elon Musk says all human data for AI training ‘exhausted’

Tech boss suggests move to self-learning synthetic data though some warn this could cause ‘model collapse’. Business live – latest updates Artificial intelligence companies have run out of ...

The Guardian - Jan. 9

How Narvar is using AI and data to enhance post-purchase customer experiences

How Narvar's new tech is using AI to harness the power of 42 billion consumer interactions a year to improve retail operations.

VentureBeat - Jan. 9

U.S. to Build New Stockpile of Poulty Bird Flu Vaccine

This bird flu outbreak has killed more than 130 million commercial, backyard and wild birds in all 50 states.

Inc. - Jan. 8

Who Is Hussain Sajwani, the Developer Behind Trump’s $20 Billion Data Center Pledge?

Hussain Sajwani, the founder and chairman of DAMAC Properties of Dubai, built the first Trump-branded golf course in the Middle East a decade ago.

The New York Times - Jan. 8

Mexico's president claps back at Trump, suggests new name for U.S. — America Mexicana

President Claudia Sheinbaum proposed using the 17th-century name in response to President-elect Donald Trump's comment he'd try to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico.

NBC News - Jan. 8

Back to office disputes spread across UK public sector

Staff at Land Registry to take industrial action after being ordered back to their desks three days a week

Financial Times - Jan. 8

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