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Data centers are big buildings full of machines that process what we do on our phones and computers. AI requires…

In brief Chrome silently downloads a ~4GB Gemini Nano file called weights.bin to eligible devices with no opt-in prompt, and…

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche says an 11-month investigation produced “a body of evidence” that supports the federal indictment against…

In brief Synthegy, developed at EPFL, uses LLMs to rank synthesis routes against chemist-defined goals, matching expert judgments 71.2% of…

From Taibbi v. Higgins, decided yesterday by Judge George Daniels (S.D.N.Y.): This action centers around Owned: How Tech Billionaires Bought…

In brief Elon Musk’s SpaceX/xAI signed a deal to provide Anthropic access to the Colossus 1 AI supercomputer cluster. Anthropic…

from the does-the-vampire-squid-have-a-lawyer? dept Perhaps Matt Taibbi’s most famous bit of writing ever was his takedown of Goldman Sachs in…

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has promised to crack down on ultra-processed foods, a key policy…

In brief Defunct exchange Bittrex is asking a federal judge to undo its 2023 settlement with the SEC. The company…

When I arrived at last week’s AI Psychosis Summit in New York City, I found no group therapy sessions or…

In brief Crypto exchange OKX announced plans for perpetual futures tied to OpenAI, SpaceX, and Anthropic valuations. The derivatives contracts…

from the subtracting-votes-by-adding-confusion dept It may be almost impossible to devolve this country into a nation of slaveholders, but the…