IndustryMeta Expands Hyperion AI Campus in Richland Parish to $50B+ and 5 GW, Reshaping a Rural CommunityMeta has expanded its planned Hyperion AI data center in Richland Parish, Louisiana from a $10 billion project in 2024 to a more than $50 billion, 5-gigawatt supercluster.2 min read
IndustryMark Cuban warns AI could deepen US healthcare's middleman problemsBillionaire investor Mark Cuban warned that artificial intelligence could worsen problems in the US healthcare system by empowering insurers, PBMs and other intermediaries to automate claim denials and bureaucratic delays.2 min read
IndustryFive practical steps for companies to govern AI spending and scale agentic workflowsAs businesses move from simple chat uses to longer-running, agentic workflows, leaders need visibility into who is using AI, which models and products are consuming capacity, and what outcomes those usages deliver.5 min read
IndustryEuropean Commission proposes staff relocations, faster hiring and AI preparationThe European Commission presented a package of organisational reform proposals that would relocate some officials to member-state capitals, speed up recruitment, accelerate promotions and prepare the institution for artificial intelligence use.3 min read
IndustryOpen-weight models grow as a mainstream layer, reshaping AI market beyond frontier systemsOpen-weight (open-source) models from Chinese labs and community platforms are taking a growing share of real-world AI usage, handling heavy-volume infrastructure while closed frontier models operate as premium, higher-cost layers.4 min read
IndustryAsian chipmakers trigger global tech sell-off as AI investment risks weighAsian semiconductor stocks led a global technology market sell-off on Monday, with Samsung falling 10% and SK Hynix plunging 15% in Seoul, the latter prompting a market-wide trading halt.1 min read
IndustryIncrease in GitHub code activity in the Datasette project after AI model updatesThe focus is the open-source Datasette project and its GitHub repository, where the author examined the frequency of code changes.1 min read
IndustryVeteran Tech Founders Return to AI: Why Established Leaders Are Rejoining the FieldA number of successful former founders and executives are moving back into hands-on AI work, citing a fear of missing the pivotal moment in large language models and the opportunity to build influential products.3 min read
IndustryUber expands beyond rides: travel services, AV Labs data push, and financial experimentsOver the past year Uber has quietly broadened its app beyond ride-hailing and delivery to include hotel bookings via Expedia, boat rentals in Europe and concierge shopping.5 min read
IndustryShare of open-weight models increased in processing gateway tokensFresh data show that open-weight models handled 29% of gateway tokens, up from 11% in April, indicating a significant increase since April.1 min read
IndustryNadella warns firms pay twice for AI use, urges data ownership and model portabilityMicrosoft CEO Satya Nadella warned in a Monday blog post that companies effectively pay twice for AI: once in fees and again by handing over proprietary knowledge through prompts, feedback and corrections.3 min read
IndustryOpenAI ChatGPT available again on WhatsApp in the European Economic AreaOpenAI ChatGPT is available again on WhatsApp in the European Economic Area (EEA); the 1-800-CHATGPT verified contact can be used via messaging for questions, image uploads, voice messages, image generation, and multilingual communication.1 min read
