New York became the first state to halt data center construction after Governor Kathy Hochul today signed an executive order temporarily prohibiting the state from approving new permits for large projects. Hochul’s order applies to data centers of 50 megawatts or more, which could affect more than a dozen projects. The state Department of Environmental
In a recent interview, Instagram head Adam Mosseri said he can see a time in the future, perhaps just a year or two, when it will be necessary to put limits on Meta employees’ spending of AI tokens. “I think you can imagine, at least in a year or two… that a strong engineer’s burn
A group of publishers and authors have filed a class-action lawsuit against Google, accusing the tech giant of using their copyrighted works to train its artificial intelligence platform, Gemini. The group of plaintiffs, which includes Hachette, Cengage, Elsevier, author Scott Turow and SCRIBE, also alleges that Google intentionally removed or changed copyright information from these
Hinge founder Justin McLeod announced an $18 million fundraising for his new dating company, Overtone. McLeod stepped down from his CEO role at Hinge last year, and Hinge owner Match Group, which also owns apps like Tinder and OkCupid, is helping fund his new venture, along with FirstMark Capital and Pace Capital. While details about
Users of OpenAI’s latest encryption and cybersecurity-oriented flagship model, GPT-5.6 Sol, are posting horrible accounts on social media, claiming that the model simply deleted their files, data, and even entire databases on its own, without asking first. “GPT-5.6-Sol accidentally deleted almost ALL the files on my Mac,” wrote Matt Shumer, founder and CEO of AI
OpenAI on Tuesday rejected allegations made by Apple in a trade secret lawsuit, suggesting the complaint is baseless. “While we take these allegations seriously, we are not aware of any evidence that this complaint has merit,” OpenAI said in a statement, first shared by Bloomberg reporter Ed Ludlow on X. “We believe in fair competition
