Tag: AI Platforms & Assistants
Google’s head of data center design has jumped ship to Anthropic — so will this lead to a huge boost in capacity?
Anthropic is assembling a deep bench of former Google infrastructure specialists Google continues to lose veterans across critical data center functions to Anthropic John M. Wilson’s move adds another senior name to Anthropic’s infrastructure operation Google’s former global design and construction chief John M. Wilson has joined Anthropic as a…
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Amazon commits $1 billion to communities near data centers, AWS CEO says it no longer uses NDAs with government agencies
AWS CEO looks to debunk common ‘myths’ about data centers Amazon announces it will no longer make local governments sign NDAs when proposing data center projects The company has also laid out new codified community commitments CEO of Amazon Web Services Matt Garman has released a statement in defense of…
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Surprise surprise, AI data centers are still incredibly unpopular across the US — and nearly two-thirds of Americans say they oppose new facilities
A majority of US voters (61%) now oppose AI data center construction Trump voters support construction, but only at 49%, versus 47% opposing Polling took place in early September 2026 The majority of US voters have expressed their opposition to further AI data centers, as newly published research by The…
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Quote of the day by ARC Prize co-founder François Chollet: “OpenAI basically set back progress to AGI by five to 10 years”
Many AI developers and frontier labs are openly pursuing artificial general intelligence (AGI), which scientists describe as human-like intelligence in which a model can reason like humans and learn new capabilities outside its training data. But does that mean that they’re all on the right path? “If we don’t figure…
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Your boss might be bluffing about how much AI knowledge they really have
Even bosses are lying about how much they know about AI, study finds Many leaders are stressed about AI’s impact on their roles Emergn calls for more relevant, human-centric training As many as one in four (23%) UK senior leaders could be bluffing about how much AI knowledge they actually…
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OpenAI, Blackstone, Softbank form US data center lobbying group —American Infrastructure Alliance’s first job is stop states from blocking AI data center
OpenAI, Softbank, Blackstone, and construction unions have formed a lobbying group The American Infrastructure Alliance will support efforts to build data centers where local opposition is strong Opposition groups have called for a moratorium on new data centers, with existing research suggesting promises of long-term jobs are far-fetched Challenges to…
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