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Markets are reeling in the aftermath of the midterms as investors, already nervous about the artificial intelligence build-out, weigh the implications of voter hostility toward data centers. Thursday saw the largest one-day destruction of value, about $2.5 trillion, in the history of the Nasdaq.

Open AI makes pledges on data center operation after midterm backlash

Paraguay’s president, Santiago Peña, resigned Thursday after millions of his country’s citizens lost access to their bank accounts because of the implosion of a digital lender to which he had until recently been tied.

Airbnb says it's launching an AI travel agent in the first half of 2027

Airbnb says its upcoming AI agent will help travelers plan trips, compare options, manage bookings, and get assistance throughout their stay.

Google: Schools can keep search while skipping Gemini, but AI search is non-negotiable

Google is technically offering schools more choice but not the choices anyone wants.

Lawsuit: Man introduced his wife to ChatGPT. She used it to plan his murder.

Bitter energy drinks turned out to be ChatGPT-steered poisoning, lawsuit says.

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3 takeaways from the big AI report on Anthropic everyone is talking about

Third-party safety researchers embedded in Anthropic's HQ released their first report on Thursday.

An Anthropic risk assessment from AI safety organization METR is out.

Among other findings, METR says that Anthropic is “likely improving the capabilities of their models on well-specified tasks at around twice the rate they did between March 2024 and October 2025.” That acceleration is “likely” thanks to Anthropic’s extensive use of AI to do R&D.

Meta warns that election backlash against data centers could make AI expansion harder

Meta warns that growing political opposition to data centers could threaten future AI investments, as communities push back against massive infrastructure projects.

OpenAI released a new cybersecurity model. Is that enough?

OpenAI's newest cybersecurity model comes out as AI labs face scrutiny of their work to protect digital infrastructure.

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OpenAI's new cyber model found ways to attack nearly 1000 Linux flaws

AI is making it possible to uncover and test security weaknesses at rapid speed