… Instead, Sovereign AI fund will focus on investing in domestic startups capable of commanding sections of the global AI supply chain. “Even the US and China are going to be dependent on other folks,” says Keegan McBride, director of science and technology at the Tony Blair Institute, a think tank f… …
… In that proposal, Becerra calls for “workforce investment and transition support” but doesn’t provide a specific funding mechanism. “Displacement without support is abandonment,” Becerra said in a Monday memo outlining his plan. “I will work with the Legislature, the California public education sys… …
… The Trump administration is reportedly already weighing an executive order that would give US intelligence agencies more oversight over AI models. “It takes serious investment to rein in AI safety risks, and it seems that xAI has historically under-invested here,” says Adler. …
… But the plans for this campus, he alleges, illustrate how even big tech companies with stated climate goals and a public commitment to renewable energy are exploring fossil fuel investments as the AI race heats up. …
… Opal's audio product will launch in partnership with a specific AI lab—the source was unable to specify which—but Opal is in talks with OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI, allowing users to switch models to their preference. Opal Electronics plans to release two other products in the next 12 months. …
… Tesla Takedown helped promote the protests. “SpaceX wants the public to buy into the myth of the final frontier—but this is really a desperate cash-out before the cracks in Musk's empire become impossible to ignore,” Tesla Takedown tells WIRED. “Exploding rockets, a militarized Starlink, dangerous … …
… Other leaks described xAI potentially being banned in certain countries for its chatbot generating sexually abusive imagery, plans to spend a substantial amount of money manufacturing GPUs, and uncertainty about orbiting data centers in space working out as a business. …
… Anthropic plans to use its newfound computing power to “directly improve capacity for Claude Pro and Claude Max subscribers,” both companies said. …
… He added that Musk knew about plans to raise corporate investment exceeding $10 billion as far back as 2018. Musk even raised concerns about Microsoft’s involvement in a 2020 tweet. But he didn’t file a lawsuit until he founded a competitor, xAI, in 2023. …
… SpaceX is leasing access to some of the servers at the Colossus data centers for $15 billion annually to Anthropic, the AI startup that develops the Claude chatbot. Musk said on Wednesday that SpaceX plans to sign additional deals. …