Meta unveils plans for massive water-guzzling data centers to power AI and pursue superintelligence, raising concerns over straining local water resources, potential shortages, and higher prices for communities.
Prime Day triggers a $24 billion spending spree across US e-commerce sites, up 30.3% year-over-year, while GenAI traffic to retail platforms skyrockets 3,300% as shoppers leverage AI for product research and purchases.
AI's skyrocketing electricity demand, projected to more than double by 2030, fuels both opportunities to cut costs, enhance competitiveness, reduce emissions through energy sector innovation, and the urgent need for countries to invest in power generation, grids, data center efficiency, and cross-industry collaboration.
Driven by AI's insatiable energy demands, data centers' electricity consumption is projected to double by 2030, with the US, Europe, and China accounting for 85% of current energy guzzling.
The Pentagon strikes a $200 million deal with Elon Musk's AI company Grok to utilize its chatbot technology for defense applications, escalating tensions between the tech billionaire and former President Trump.
NotebookLM unveils curated notebooks from partners, enabling interactive exploration of diverse topics like science, literature, travel guides, and expert advice through questioning and grounded responses.
In a groundbreaking move, Cognition acquires Windsurf, the pioneering agentic IDE, along with its IP, product, trademark, brand, and talented team, propelling its mission to revolutionize software engineering with cutting-edge technology and innovation.
The Department of Defense awards contracts to Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, and xAI to accelerate adoption of advanced AI capabilities, leveraging frontier companies' technology and talent to develop agentic AI workflows across mission areas through a commercial-first approach.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announces hundreds of billions in AI infrastructure investment, launching Superintelligence Labs and massive hiring spree while planning Prometheus supercluster for 2026 alongside additional multi-gigawatt facilities including Hyperion, plus a $14 billion Scale AI investment.
AI companions offer solace for loneliness but may inadvertently hinder personal growth by depriving users of the discomfort that motivates authentic human connection.