Former BP Chief Joins A.I. Data Center Developer

Bernard Looney will join Prometheus Hyperscale, a Wyoming start-up, to help it address the enormous energy needs of the artificial intelligence industry.

Tech - The New York Times - 4 days ago

Feeding AI’s appetite: Who pays the price for power-hungry data centers?

With the grid facing strain and more energy-hungry giants sitting down at the table, ensuring fair contribution isn’t just sound policy — it’s absolutely essential.

Politics - The Hill - November 7

Pokemon Go Developer Doesn't Want Its AI Mapping Data Used For War

Pokemon Go players recently learned that the game's developer, Niantic, is using their data to create a 3D model of the world before expanding it into a Large Geospatial Model with AI. Niantic ...

Tech - GameSpot - 2 days ago

Goldman Institute calls for ‘data center diplomacy’ as U.S. competes in global AI race

Goldman Sachs Institute's Jared Cohen says the U.S. will need to outsource its data center capacity, and choose its global partners wisely.

Business - CNBC - October 29

We're hiking our price target on an industrial whose earnings benefit from AI data center boom

Given Eaton stock's year-to-date outperformance, it's not too surprising to see some profit taking on the mixed print.

Business - CNBC - October 31

As data center industry booms, an English village becomes a battleground

The English village of Abbots Langley has become a flashpoint in a British battle over data centers

Tech - ABC News - November 2

US regulator rejects bid to boost nuclear power to Amazon data center

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) rejected an effort Friday to allow an Amazon data center to tap into additional power from a nearby Pennsylvania nuclear plant. The decision could ...

Politics - The Hill - November 4

Constellation Navigates Regulatory Setback in Quest for Data Centers at Power Plants

As AI’s incredible power needs grow, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s rejection of a bid to boost an Amazon data center’s capacity may have far-reaching implications.

Business - Inc. - November 5

AMD unveils Versal Premium Series Gen 2 for data center workloads

Advanced Micro Devices announced its Versal Premium Series Gen 2 chip platform for data center customers doing AI processing and other work.

Tech - VentureBeat - November 12

Siemens Profit Tops Forecasts as Data-Center Demand Offsets Automation Woes

The industrial conglomerate reported a net profit of $2 billion for the fourth quarter, beating market views, after it benefited from high demand for electrical infrastructure driven by data centers.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - November 14

Microsoft debuts custom chips to boost data center security and power efficiency

At the Ignite developer conference today, Microsoft unveiled two new chips designed for its data center infrastructure: the Azure Integrated HSM and the Azure Boost DPU.

Tech - VentureBeat - November 19

The new paradigm: Architecting the data stack for AI agents

Discover how to build a robust data stack for your AI agents and unlock the full potential of generative AI.

Tech - VentureBeat - November 14

GTA 6 Will "Blow People Away," Former Developer Says

Game designer Ben Hinchliffe worked at Rockstar Games for more than a decade, and he contributed to games like Grand Theft Auto V, Red Dead Redemption II, and Grand Theft Auto VI before leaving ...

Tech - GameSpot - November 5

Meta’s Llama Used to Develop AI Model for China’s Military

Researchers connected to the People’s Liberation Army created a chatbot model based on Meta’s Large-Language Model AI.

Business - Inc. - November 1

Netflix Executive Promotes AI Game Development Shortly After Huge Layoffs

Generative AI has been the epicenter of conversation about the future of entertainment across movies , TV , music , and video games . With more studios and developers embracing the technology, ...

Tech - GameSpot - November 4

Nvidia advances robot learning and humanoid development with AI and simulation tools

Nvidia revealed new AI and simulation tools that will advance robot learning and humanoid development. The world’s biggest tech company by valuation (worth $3.432 trillion) said that the tools will ...

Tech - VentureBeat - November 6

Why OpenAI Is Trying New Strategies to Deal With an AI Development Slowdown

As quantum leaps in AI capabilities get harder to pull off, the market leader is pivoting to progress. Meanwhile, Elon Musk’s Grok AI may be opening to more X users.

Business - Inc. - November 11

Wordware raises $30 million to make AI development as easy as writing a document

Wordware, a San Francisco startup, raised $30 million to simplify AI development with a natural language platform, enabling non-coders to build AI agents without traditional programming.

Tech - VentureBeat - November 21

Senator introduces bill to compel more transparency from AI developers

A new Senate bill aims to make it easier for human creators to find out if their work was used without permission to train artificial intelligence, marking the latest effort to tackle the lack of ...

Orange partners with OpenAI, Meta to develop custom African-language AI models

Orange is working with OpenAI and Meta to build custom AI models that can understand West African languages not understood by most conversational systems.

Business - CNBC - 2 days ago

Infosys chair bets companies will develop their own AI models

Nandan Nilekani says small language models trained on specific data are ‘quite effective’

Business - Financial Times - Yesterday

South Africa’s Wits unveils pan-African AI center

World - Yahoo News - November 18

DataRobot launches Enterprise AI Suite to bridge gap between AI development and business value

DataRobot aims to boost AI success with a new Enterprise Suite featuring pre-built templates, AI agents, observability and governance tools.

Tech - VentureBeat - November 12

LVMH chief executive testifies in trial of former French spy agency chief

Bernard Arnault, France’s richest man, denies knowledge of scheme to protect luxury goods group. France’s richest man, LVMH chief Bernard Arnault, has testified in the influence-peddling trial of ...

World - The Guardian - 26 minutes ago

Former Michigan GOP chief voting for Harris

Gary Reed, the former executive director of the Michigan Republican Party, announced Tuesday that he will support Vice President Harris over former President Trump in November. "Trump has no fiscal ...

Politics - The Hill - October 30

FTX sues Binance and former chief Zhao for $1.8bn

Estate of collapsed crypto exchange files lawsuit alleging 2021 share deal was ‘fraudulent’

Business - Financial Times - November 11

Meta’s plan for nuclear-powered AI data centre thwarted by rare bees

Environmental issue disrupts search for energy deals amid a Big Tech race over artificial intelligence

Business - Financial Times - November 4

Microsoft supercharges Fabric with new data tools to accelerate enterprise AI workflows

At Ignite, Microsoft shared several new enhancements for Fabric, setting up the platform as the unified data layer for next-gen AI apps.

Tech - VentureBeat - November 19

Anomalo’s unstructured data solution cuts enterprise AI deployment time by 30%

Data quality vendor raises new money as it expands its unstructured data quality monitoring technology in a bid to help accelerate enterprise AI deployment.

Tech - VentureBeat - November 21

Anthropic releases Model Context Protocol to standardize AI-data integration

Model Context Protocol, a new open source release from Anthropic, aims to eliminate the need to write code for every AI data integration.

Tech - VentureBeat - 2 days ago

Talen, Constellation and Vistra tumble after government rejects Amazon nuclear data center agreement

Talen Energy in March sold the data center campus to Amazon for $650 million, which would be powered by the nuclear plant in a first-of-its-kind deal.

Business - CNBC - November 4

Elon Musk's xAI raising up to $6 billion to purchase 100,000 Nvidia chips for Memphis data center

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI is raising up to $6 billion at a $50 billion valuation, according to CNBC's David Faber.

Business - CNBC - November 15

Immigration Police Can Already Sidestep US Sanctuary City Laws Using Data-Sharing Fusion Centers

Built to combat terrorism, fusion centers give US Immigration and Customs Enforcement a way to gain access to data that’s meant to be protected under city laws limiting local police cooperation ...

Tech - Wired - November 19