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xAI fired an engineer who raised alarms about Grok safety, new lawsuit claims

A former xAI engineer is suing the company and SpaceX, alleging he was fired for raising AI safety concerns about Grok days before SpaceX's historic IPO.

Anthropic wants governments to have the power to block dangerous AI deployments

Anthropic proposed giving governments legal authority to block dangerous AI models, with fines tied to global revenue. A second framework covers worker protections.

Policy on the AI Exponential

We are sharing two policy proposals to prepare for AI progress: Our Advanced AI Framework and our Economic Policy Framework.

Nearly a million passports and photo IDs were left unprotected on the public internet

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Microsoft's president responds to the AI backlash with a 3,000-word essay and zero policy changes

Microsoft’s Brad Smith wrote a 3,000-word essay responding to graduates booing AI. He called it a wake-up call but offered no policy changes. Just adapt.

Xbox warns of a ‘reset’ as it prepares for layoffs

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White House offers to trade state AI preemption for federal online safety laws in new deal with Congress

The White House wants to preempt state AI laws for three years in exchange for passing KOSA, the NO FAKES Act, and age verification. Free speech groups object.

OpenAI says China-linked accounts used ChatGPT to fuel US data centre opposition

OpenAI found China-linked ChatGPT accounts generating anti-data centre content. The campaign flopped. But the legitimate debate over power costs is real.

Everyone wants a piece of Tesla's battery business

Electricity demand from AI data centers is pushing everyone — including automakers like GM and Ford — into the energy storage business.

Fresh off bond sale, Amazon borrows $17.5B from banks as AI spending continues

Companies are burning through exorbitant sums of money to keep pace in the AI arms race. Debt is climbing.

OpenAI says a suspected China-linked influence operation tried to sway the debate about US data centers

OpenAI said the effort "sought to exploit and amplify existing public concerns about energy prices and local impacts of data center development."

OpenAI to acquire Ona

Expands Codex with secure, customer-controlled cloud infrastructure for long-running agents across software and knowledge work.