California Makes AI Data Centers Pay Up, but Critics Question the Political Urgency

California has enacted seven laws forcing greater disclosure and shifting grid and water-upgrade costs toward AI data centers. Supporters call it overdue accountability, while critics argue voters have bigger concerns.

Sanders Wants to Hit the Brakes on Superintelligent AI

Bernie Sanders and Greg Casar are proposing a ban on artificial superintelligence, arguing that Big Tech cannot be left to police a technology they say could imperil humanity. The bill would halt advanced AI work pending federal oversight.

YouTube’s AI Helpers Could End Up Running the Show

YouTube says its expanded AI Studio tools will give creators more time to be creative. But as the platform tests, rewrites and can automatically select winning versions, the line between assistance and algorithmic control is narrowing.

YouTube Hands Viewers More Say Over What Its Algorithm Serves

YouTube is expanding its Gemini-powered custom feeds, letting users create and save several prompt-built recommendation streams. The tools add a layer of control over discovery, but the main homepage algorithm remains in charge.

YouTube Lets Users Shape More Than One AI-Curated Feed

YouTube is expanding its prompt-built custom feeds, giving users multiple saved routes through its enormous video catalog. The AI-made tabs are meant to supplement—not displace—the platform’s central recommendation engine.

Pezeshkian Fires Back at Trump’s ‘Annihilation’ Threat at the U.N.

Iran’s president used the U.N. General Assembly to accuse Washington and Israel of illegal attacks and global destabilization, answering Trump’s threat to “annihilate” Iran by casting Tehran as a victim of terrorism.

Sanders Wants to Ban Superintelligence Before It Outruns Washington

Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar are proposing a ban on artificial superintelligence and a new federal AI watchdog, arguing that Congress must act before the technology advances beyond meaningful control.

OpenAI’s Cheaper GPT-6 Push Meets a Safety Cloud

OpenAI is betting that GPT-6 Sol and Luna can make advanced AI affordable enough for everyday enterprise work. Early distribution partners tout cost and performance gains, while an unverified Astra safety allegation complicates the launch.

U.S. Proposes AI Incident Hotline With China

The United States proposed a notification mechanism and dialogue with China for sharing information about AI incidents with national-security implications ahead of the Trump-Xi summit.

OpenAI’s Math Claims Put Its New Advisory Panel to the Test

OpenAI says an internal model solved the Navier–Stokes problem and more than 100 other open questions. Its new independent mathematics panel is meant to build trust, but researchers want proof that elite advisers will have real influence.

Amazon’s Muse Block Exposes the Fight to Own AI Shopping

Amazon has shut Meta’s Muse out of its marketplace, framing the move as a security and authorization issue. Meta’s partnerships with Shopify and PayPal show the bigger contest is over who controls discovery, checkout and the customer relationship.

OpenAI’s GPT-6 Bet Is That Cheaper AI Will Beat Flashier AI

OpenAI’s Sol and Luna models push lower prices and wider deployment rather than a dramatic capability leap. Microsoft and Perplexity have moved quickly to adopt them, while safety criticism around the GPT-6 line remains in view.