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Data centers may face temporary power cuts to prevent blackouts on largest US grid

The decision arrives as the breakneck pace of data center construction has grid operators scrambling to generate power.

The OpenAI Hack Is Fueling a New Fight Over Open-Source AI

The AI industry mounted a full-court press in favor of open-source AI this week, as the fallout intensified from the OpenAI hacking incident.

Fish Audio raises $52M seed to build AI voice models for creators and enterprises

Since launching last year, the startup today has more than 8 million people using the open source or hosted version of its models, and now generates annual recurring revenue of $21 million.

Another group of writers is suing OpenAI over copyright claims

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Sarah Silverman is suing OpenAI and Meta for copyright infringement

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George R.R. Martin and other authors sue OpenAI for copyright infringement

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Recursive Superintelligence signs $410M compute deal with Amazon

Recursive’s emphasis on self-improving AI systems means much of the budget that would traditionally go toward headcount and operations is put straight into compute, as the company seeks to automate its own product development process.

Exclusive: Patents for AI agents are on the rise

Nvidia had the most agentic patent applications in the U.S., followed by Microsoft and Google.

Founders who sold their startup to Cisco raise $34 million to kill IT tickets. Read their new AI startup's pitch deck.

Harmony raised a $34 million round led by Lightspeed. Its founders previously sold their cloud software startup Epsagon to Cisco.

Perplexity's Personal Computer turns Windows PCs into AI agents

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Apple launches ‘Upgrade’ program to lease new devices

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Meta pledges to solve AI labeling problems it’s actively exacerbating.

The company has signed a voluntary code to comply with obligations under the EU’s AI Act to mark and label AI-generated content that takes effect on August 2nd. Meta unironically said it wants to help prevent “a growing array of different labels and disclosures” from confusing people and regulators, after launching its own bespoke system this month.