The proliferation of AI data centers plugging into the national power grid has helped drive up consumer electricity prices, raising the average national price of electricity by more than 6% in the past year. That’s not a good look for incumbents ahead of this fall’s election, and President Donald Trump addressed the challenge in his … Read more
During his State of the Union address, President Donald Trump tried to quell Americans’ concerns about rising electricity costs by claiming he had negotiated a “rate-payer protection commitment” with big tech companies that would allow them to build or pay for new power generation for their data centers. Leaders from Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, xAI, … Read more
Discontent erupted across the country over the ever-growing glut of server farms that accompanied the AI boom. The anger grew so loud that it began to push legislative agendas. Some states and communities are considering temporary bans on new data center development. Earlier this month, New York joined the club with a bold new proposal … Read more
Efforts by tech giants to boost AI adoption in India could mark a turning point as companies end free promotions in hopes of converting the world’s fourth-largest economy to windfall paid subscribers. India will become the world’s largest download market for generative AI apps in 2025, according to market intelligence firm Sensor Tower, extending its … Read more
With OpenAI on the verge of completing a new $100 billion round and Anthropic just closing its own monster $30 billion raise, one thing is clear: the concept of investor “loyalty” hangs in the balance. At least a dozen direct investors in OpenAI were announced as backers of the $30 billion raised by Antropic earlier … Read more
OpenAI is strengthening partnerships with four major consulting giants as the AI company looks to expand its business in 2026. OpenAI announced “Frontier Alliances” on Monday, a signal that the AI lab is willing to try different approaches to get businesses to meaningfully adopt its technology. The alliance includes multi-year partnerships between OpenAI and the … Read more
Aiming to attract more AI investment to the country, India is hosting a four-day AI Impact Summit this week that will be attended by executives from major AI and Big Tech labs, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Nvidia, Microsoft, Google and Cloudflare, as well as heads of state. Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Anthropic … Read more
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman addressed concerns about AI’s environmental impact this week while speaking at an event hosted by The Indian Express. First, Altman — who was in India for a major AI summit — said concerns about AI’s use of water were “totally bogus,” though he acknowledged that it was a real problem when … Read more
The 18-year-old who allegedly killed eight people in a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, Canada, allegedly used OpenAI’s ChatGPT in a way that alarmed company employees. Jesse Van Rootselaar’s gun violence chats were flagged by tools that monitor LLM companies for abuse and banned in June 2025. Company employees debated whether to turn the behavior … Read more
Jesse Van Rootselaar, the suspect in the Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia mass shooting, was raising alarm among OpenAI employees months before the shooting happened. This June, Jesse had conversations with ChatGPT involving descriptions of gun violence that triggered the chatbot’s automated review system. Several employees expressed concern that her posts could be a harbinger of … Read more