Category Compute

Situational Awareness doubles down with $400M chip startup bet as hedge fund turmoil deepens

Situational Awareness pours $400M into a chip startup as the AI hedge fund cuts public holdings and doubles down on infrastructure.

Amazon’s data center in Texas could power a gas plant with huge emissions, spotlighting the climate cost of the AI boom.

Amazon data center plans in West Texas are linked to a gas plant permitted for up to 33 million tons of CO2, raising climate concerns.

Rippling launched AI Spend Console to track AI usage, cut token waste, and tie employee spending to productivity after huge internal bills.

Cloudflare launches Kitesurf, an AI browser built for agents to browse, fill forms and automate web tasks with lower compute costs.

SoftBank donation to Trump’s library fund is drawing scrutiny after its Ohio AI data center deal on federal land raised bribery concerns.

Data center backlash is spreading across party lines as Florida communities protest AI builds, water use and local development.

SpaceX earnings show Starlink and AI compute now outweigh rockets, revealing a company increasingly focused on telecom and data centers.

UK testers say OpenAI and Anthropic AI agent hacking attempts showed autonomy, deception and fake identities during a live-web evaluation.

Anthropic is expanding its AI chip design push to boost Claude’s speed, efficiency and independence from outside hardware suppliers.