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A year after declaring Texas the “epicenter of AI development,” Governor Greg Abbott has declared a moratorium on all new power grid connections for data centers—at least until developers provide more information.
Texas halts data center connections to power grid amid overwhelming demand
Governor who touted Texas as AI “epicenter” pauses data center grid connections.
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The automaker's sales have been down quarter-on-quarter in China for more than a year now, particularly as buyers tire of the Model 3 sedan.
China is Tesla's cash cow, but for how much longer?
Tesla's Shanghai factory is busier than ever but might be cut loose.
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Cyclosporiasis fatalities are extremely rare, and despite the massive size of the outbreak, some experts were still surprised by the deaths.
Trump admin "aware" of deaths in explosive diarrhea outbreak, delays reporting
Federal officials will update the outbreak sometime "this week," a spokesperson said.
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Despite DeLay’s warning, the Trump FCC appears ready to eliminate the rule at its meeting this week.
Tom DeLay helped create TV ownership cap—he says Trump FCC has no authority to repeal it
Congress set ownership limit at 39%, but FCC claims authority to kill the rule.
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“We do not have, nor want, any of their trade secrets,” the ChatGPT maker wrote in a recent blog post in which the company also accused Apple of “making vague accusations” and “trying to change their narrative.”
OpenAI says Apple's trade secrets lawsuit is "aggressive and oddly personal"
“We do not have, nor want, any of their trade secrets,” the ChatGPT maker says.
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It's entirely possible that AI chatbots could someday soon take over much of the scam process as fully independent fraud agents.
AI scammers outperform humans when it comes to building trust
The AI chatbot was more effective at creating “exploitable trust” than the humans.
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Until now, the Ukrainian military has mainly relied on human operators to manually guide drones toward their targets, with the exception of mid- or long-range strike drones.
US company’s AI lets Ukraine’s cheap kamikaze drones track targets on their own
$100 million deal gives 50,000 Ukrainian drones US-developed AI capabilities.
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One expert said statistical modeling suggests almost half of the students cheated on the online test.
An AI-supervised remote exam went so badly that 58,000 students must retake it
Top scores increased by 5x.
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There have been persistent rumors about this acquisition for months, but new reports indicate Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry is expected to announce an agreement in the next few weeks.
SpaceX is set to acquire 130,000 acres of marshland in southern Louisiana
A Louisiana launch site would offer several significant advantages.
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For victims, the school’s response coolly denying it could have intervened sooner is likely unsurprising but still jarring.
High school defends staying silent while boys made AI nudes of 59 classmates
Gaps in laws may help Pennsylvania high school escape AI nudes scandal.
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The US Department of Justice has claimed in a case involving Elon Musk’s xAI that people should be required to leave the enforcement of environmental laws to the executive branch—even if the executive decides to take no action.
Trump wants the power to stop the public from suing polluters
Trump's DOJ says citizens should no longer be able to enforce environmental laws.
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If you like action roguelites at all—and have $10 to spare—this is a no-brainer pickup.
Pathogenic review: Damn, it feels good to be a virus
The hot new roguelite twin-stick shooter lives up to the hype.
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The saga has morphed from a clear charge of “using AI on an exam” to a murkier fight about railroading, political bias, due process, and discrimination against non-native English speakers.
How a Yale AI-cheating dispute became a 13-count federal lawsuit
A disputed exam, an unreliable detector, and one very late Apple Pages file.
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City officials and neighbors assert that the constant stream of vehicles at the charging stations creates light and sound pollution and causes undue traffic congestion on the streets and nearby alleys.
After noise complaints, judge orders Waymo to stop overnight charging in Santa Monica
Autonomous vehicle giant disturbs residents' sleep.
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Investors are worried that Reddit can’t succeed without Google referrals, and that concern can be extended to most other organizations in the business of producing content for the open web.
As Reddit stock falls, CEO questions value of Google's AI Overviews
Reddit may still be considering ending its licensing deal with Google.
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