The creator economy’s ad revenue problem and India’s AI ambitions

The creator economy is evolving fast, and ad revenue alone isn’t cutting it anymore. YouTubers are launching product lines, acquiring startups, and building actual business empires. In fact, MrBeast&#8…

Anthropic-funded group backs candidate attacked by rival AI super PAC

Dueling pro-AI PACs have centered around backing or targeting one New York congressional bid: Alex Bores, whose RAISE Act requires AI developers to disclose safety protocols and report serious system misuse.

EDB says AI sovereignty is a people strategy and only 13% of enterprises are ready

EDB: Robots won’t replace you, but ignoring reskilling might
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Trump is making coal plants even dirtier as AI demands more energy
Trump is making coal plants even dirtier as AI demands more energy

The Trump administration just tossed out Biden-era restrictions on mercury and other toxic pollutants from power plants. It’s repealing Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) just as electricity demand in the US ticks up with the buildout of new AI data centers. Those standards are particularly impactful when it comes to pollution from coal plants […]

InScope nabs $14.5M to solve the pain of financial reporting

The startup, founded by accountants who worked at Flexport, Miro, Hopin and Thrive Global, automates the difficulties of prepping financial statements.

Should AI Go To War? Anthropic And The Pentagon Fight It Out

Anthropic and the Pentagon clash over military AI use, exposing legal, ethical and national security tensions shaping the future of AI in warfare.

Great news for xAI: Grok is now pretty good at answering questions about Baldur’s Gate

A new report from Business Insider reveals that high-level engineers at xAI were pulled off other projects to make sure Grok could answer detailed questions about the video game “Baldur’s Gate.”

Amazon blames human employees for an AI coding agent’s mistake
Amazon blames human employees for an AI coding agent’s mistake

Amazon Web Services suffered a 13-hour outage to one system in December as a result of its AI coding assistant Kiro’s actions, according to the Financial Times. Numerous unnamed Amazon employees told the FT that AI agent Kiro was responsible for the December incident affecting an AWS service in parts of mainland China. People familiar […]

OpenAI’s first ChatGPT gadget could be a smart speaker with a camera
OpenAI’s first ChatGPT gadget could be a smart speaker with a camera

OpenAI’s first hardware release will be a smart speaker with a camera that will probably cost between $200 and $300, according to The Information. The device will be able to recognize things like “items on a nearby table or conversations people are having in the vicinity,” The Information says, and it will have a Face […]