Bill Gates warns that AI is entering a period of upheaval, urging governments and companies to address job losses, criminal misuse, child development and inequality now.
Meta is spending hundreds of millions of dollars annually on Microsoft Azure AI services, using outside models to test its systems while building its own technology.
Pew Research Center finds young Americans are growing more concerned about AI, with rising fears that workplace automation will eliminate jobs.
Ninety-nine proposed gas plants for US AI data centers could emit 318 million metric tons of carbon dioxide annually, complicating corporate climate targets.
Microsoft is merging its consumer and enterprise Copilot apps, retiring several features while preparing a unified platform for chat, coding, image creation, and AI agents.
Gulf states are investing billions in AI, data centers and subsea cables as regional conflicts expose their dependence on vulnerable routes and foreign technology.
Microsoft is negotiating with TSMC for more than 300,000 next-generation Maia AI chips for 2027, expanding its custom-silicon strategy and Azure capacity.
Governor Greg Abbott ordered a comprehensive audit and immediate freeze on new data center connections in Texas on August 4, 2026, citing the need to protect the state's power grid reliability.
The EU AI Act's rules on AI models become enforceable today, requiring companies to disclose AI interactions and marking the first comprehensive law regulating artificial intelligence globally.
LinkedIn adds a user-facing flag for AI-generated posts and scraps its AI enhance feature, pivoting to a proofreading tool as 41% of longform posts are flagged as entirely AI-written.
