Artificial intelligence

Concerns about data centers initially centered on their energy and water consumption, but as more have come online, residents’ gripes are increasingly about noise.

For the new initiative, Vanderbilt University researchers will work to create “digital twins” of water system networks.

Data center construction for artificial intelligence is running into a very physical problem: not having enough humans to install fiber-optic cable.

Proof is hard to find in the deep, dark pits of AI slop. What we do have are AI Slop Vibes and a handful of AI detectors that can help us sniff them out.

Cyber incidents from OpenAI and Anthropic make waves, but the creator of the cybersecurity test at the center of the storm says there have probably been more. v

A judge denied a request from Elon Musk’s AI company xAI to block Minnesota’s law that will be the first in the nation to ban nudification technology.

The breaches signal that AI’s expanding capabilities are already fueling the security threat experts long feared.

Last year’s elections in a handful of states showed the potential of the country’s rapid buildout of hyperscale data centers as a tension point in campaigns up and down the ballot.

The Federal Communications Commission said it would ban the import of foreign-made humanoid robots in a move that targets China, arguing they pose a national security risk.

As Washington debates how to regulate advanced AI, Silicon Valley companies are increasingly sorting themselves into competing visions of open or closed AI systems.