Texas politicians call for guardrails on AI, data centers
Also, PUC prepares for data centers and the Texas Medical Association calls for legislative action on prediction market apps.
heise-Angebot: Claude Code in der Praxis – eigenen KI-Chat-Agenten in fünf Sessions entwickeln
Claude Code produktiv einsetzen und durch agentische Entwicklung mit Mastra, Tool Calls, MCP, Frontend und AG-UI-Protokoll zum eigenen Chat-Agenten.
As Diesel Prices Soared, Arkansas District Saved With Electric School Buses
Five years ago, diesel costs averaged $2.68 a gallon. This spring, that more than doubled to over $5.50. That’s not just a headline; it’s a real problem for anyone operating on a tight budget. But for school districts, the issue is even more severe. The cost of fuel for just one school bus runs into […]
The Pentagon wants to build data centers. Congress would like a word.
Lawmakers are setting their sights on data centers proposed for military bases, concerned about massive energy and water consumption.
For some, so-called ‘Skynet Day’ came too close to sci-fi after a rogue agent hacked into a startup
In 1984, the Skynet of "The Terminator" films were science fiction. But it looks more and more realistic in 2026 after OpenAI agent broke out of a test corral, traveled the internet and hacked into ...
As Trump boosts nuclear power, regulators seek to eliminate a longstanding radiation safety practice
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is proposing to eliminate a foundational safety principle that has for 50 years minimized the radiation people in the United States are exposed to, and that has been ...
DeepSeek pauses its second fundraising round after founder’s leaked investor comments go viral
DeepSeek has suspended its second fundraising round after comments made by founder Liang Wenfeng during private investor meetings were leaked and went viral on Chinese social media, Bloomberg reported on Friday. Liang verbally informed prospective backers to hold off on the round, which had been targeting a pre-money valuation of roughly 480 billion yuan, equivalent […] This story continues at The Next Web
Hundreds asked ChatGPT for poison and bioweapon recipes and some got step-by-step high school level guides
In summer 2025, OpenAI internally flagged GPT-5 as high-risk because it helped users create biological hazards, but downgraded the model's risk rating that fall. According to the Wall Street Journal, some users got step-by-step instructions for making poisons and biological weapons. Hundreds asked for that kind of information. The article Hundreds asked ChatGPT for poison and bioweapon recipes and some got step-by-step high school level guides appeared first on The Decoder .
US reportedly favors selective bans over blanket restrictions on Chinese open weight models citing security concerns
The Trump administration is planning targeted bans on Chinese AI models rather than a blanket ban. After public pressure, OpenAI and Google DeepMind signed an open letter opposing regulation of open-weight models, yet OpenAI and Anthropic continue to lobby privately for those same restrictions amid security concerns and powerful business interests. The article US reportedly favors selective bans over blanket restrictions on Chinese open weight models citing security concerns appeared first on Th
The Pete behind Jersey Mike’s was only 17 years old when he borrowed $125,000 to buy the chain—with some help from his high school football coach
Peter Cancro had worked at the Jersey Shore sub shop since he was 14; the six-figure loan would be worth $775,000 today.
Breakpoint: Roboter-Republik
Wer spricht? – Bundestag: Tim Hüfner , Spielzeugroboter: Emilipothèse , Mikrofon: Jon Tyson , Bearbeitung: netzpolitik.org Wenn Politiker:innen nicht mehr selbst reden, sondern Maschinen für sich sprechen lassen, mangelt es ihrem Auftritt an Authentizität. Doch gerade die macht einen Teil ihrer Legitimität aus. Denn in einer Demokratie sollten wir von Menschen repräsentiert werden, nicht von Robotern.
Wall St Week Ahead US stocks face tests from Fed decision, tech-led earnings deluge
A wobbly U.S. stock market will take its cues in the coming week from a Federal Reserve meeting set to shed light on the path for interest rates, and from a packed slate of corporate earnings led by ...
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Von Microsoft-365-Support bis zur Teamleitung in der Azure-Cloud: Diese sechs IT-Jobs bieten vielseitige Aufgaben zu guten Konditionen. ( Golem Karrierewelt , Unternehmenssoftware )
Defence giants provide record backing for military start-ups
As drones and autonomous systems transform the battlefield, traditional defence companies start to act more like venture capitalists
Why frontier labs are quietly agreeing on fintech's memory problem
Anthropic's engineering team recently published a notable admission: they stripped more than 80% of...
‘Black Panther 3’: David Jonsson to Play T’Challa’s Son as December 2028 Release Date Set
Black Panther is back! David Jonsson has been cast as the new Black Panther and is playing T’Challa’s son in “Black Panther 3,” out Dec. 15, 2028. The film will follow Jonsson’s character, Prince T’Challa II, as he comes of age after he was introduced as a child in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” Director Ryan […]
Stephen King’s ‘Carrie’ Series Sets October Release Date, Drops Horrifying New Trailer
Amazon Prime Video has released a new teaser trailer for “Carrie,” the TV adaptation of Stephen King’s classic horror novel. All eight episodes of the series will debut on Oct. 7. The series is a “bold and timely reimagining of the story of misfit high-schooler Carrie White, who has spent her life in seclusion with […]
France deploys giant military cargo plane to dump tons of flame retardants as European wildfires displace more than 250,000
The French military A400M transport plane, specially converted for fire-fighting, was a heavyweight new tool in the battle.
Intern arrested in Belgium on suspicion of spying inside NATO military headquarters and ‘being a member of a criminal organization’
Belgium's Federal Prosecutor's Office said it launched an espionage investigation after NATO’s security services tipped off Belgium’s military intelligence.
Let’s get ready to rumble: The next Fed meeting will be a ‘family feud’ — and that’s exactly what Chairman Kevin Warsh wants
"And the survey says… policy will likely stay on hold for an additional meeting. Hawkish momentum is building, however. We expect two hawkish dissents."
Apple’s biggest-ever leak happened in India. Will firms rethink their China relocations?
When Apple set its sights on India as its next promising market, CEO Tim Cook planned to take a leaf out of the company’s China playbook – a retail and manufacturing strategy that had paid hefty dividends to the US tech giant. “We are, in essence, taking what we learned in China years ago and how we scale to China and bringing that to bear,” Cook told investors in February 2023. The company had just seen record quarterly sales in the Indian market, and was just weeks ahead of the opening of...
The West is debating AI’s future with half the world absent
On July 13, more than 200 leading economists and AI researchers, including 16 Nobel laureates, signed an open letter organised by the Stanford Digital Economy Lab. Its warning was stark: artificial intelligence may drive an economic transformation “larger than the Industrial Revolution” compressed into a fraction of the time, and that we “must act now” to build the institutions to steer it. We agree with every word. Then we scanned the signatory list. Four in five signatories come from the...
The ‘Trump Trade’ is turning into a loser in the stock market
Ned Davis Research’s Trump Trade Index has slumped about 16% since May after clobbering the S&P 500 Index at the beginning of the year.
Sally the Robot Was Coming to a New York School. Then the Plug Was Pulled.
Students helped design the A.I.-powered creation as a young female with dark hair and an upbeat personality. Then came the outrage.
‘Cockroach Movement’ Forces Out India’s Education Minister
Indian Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned on Saturday in response to rising pressure from student-led protests.
Here are 4 forces that drove a tough week for stocks
Investors navigated everything from escalating tensions in the Middle East to key tech earnings reports to healthcare developments.
Trump pulls back after Iran crosses his red line as U.S. military breaks two-week streak of airstrikes amid talks for potential Hormuz deal
"They want to make a deal. I just don't think they're ready yet, but they do want to make a deal."
Zelensky says US, Ukraine moving forward on joint drone production
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the U.S. and Ukraine plan to build a drone factory in the U.S. as part of a new defense partnership combining American manufacturing with Ukraine’s battlefield-tested drone technology. Speaking in an interview with far-right influencer Laura Zoomer, Zelensky said the agreement would expand on an initial drone cooperation deal...
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Wir zeigen die besten Klapprad-E-Bikes aus fast 40 Tests. Das Urtopia Carbon Fold 2 ist unser Testsieger.
AI safety experts say OpenAI’s rogue models may mean the company has already blown past its own internal red lines
Outside safety experts say the models behind this week's hack may have crossed OpenAI's own 'critical' risk line, something that would require the company to halt development.
Stop correcting AI code. Build the system agents need.
If software engineers are no longer writing code, what are they doing? That’s the question on millions of minds. AI The post Stop correcting AI code. Build the system agents need. appeared first on The New Stack .
Rural NY School District Will Be One of First to Bring Humanoid Robot Into Classroom
This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Sign up for their newsletter here. When students return to school this fall in the Salamanca City Central School District in Western New York, a new kind of teacher will be ready to greet them. The small, rural […]
The Flawed Environmental Case Against Data Centers
Our animosity toward data centers is really more about our anxieties about A.I.
Un grupo de astronautas sin formación médica se ha hecho la primera radiografía en órbita del mundo: es un avance brutal
Durante más de sesenta años, los astronautas solo han tenido una herramienta para diagnosticar posibles lesiones en órbita: el ecógrafo. Ahora, por primera vez, una tripulación ha conseguido tomar radiografías de diagnóstico de sus propios cuerpos mientras orbitaban la Tierra, un hito que cambia por completo lo que será posible en futuras misiones a la Luna y Marte. Te contamos todos los detalles. Por qué es importante. Hasta ahora, si un astronauta sufría una fractura o una lesión interna en el
From Silicon Valley to DC, the tech world is suddenly obsessed with one concept in AI: Distillation
Distillation has long been a topic for AI wonks, but it's become a hot-button issue of late as techies and lawmakers debate how it should be regulated.
New reports reveal the extent of OpenAI's loss of control during the autonomous hack on Hugging Face
In a cybersecurity test, OpenAI's most advanced models breached the boundaries of their isolated test environment, reached the open internet, and hacked the AI platform Hugging Face on their own. The attack took hours, not the weeks a human hacker would need. At least seven days passed before OpenAI realized what had happened. By then, the FBI was already involved. Earlier warning signs had apparently gone ignored. The article New reports reveal the extent of OpenAI's loss of control during the
‘Open-Washing’ Is Everywhere in AI. Four Criteria Cut Through It
One fallen power line exposed a growing AI data center problem. Here’s how to fix it.
A close call in Northern Virginia revealed just how poorly data centers respond to grid disruptions. Here's how to fix the problem.
The AI jobs apocalypse probably isn’t coming anytime soon
Artificial intelligence may not deliver on its promise of vast economic opportunity at a price that humanity is willing to pay In March, Anthropic, the cutting-edge artificial intelligence business that gave us the chatbot Claude, published an analysis on the impact of AI on employment, to help us assess the claim that intelligent robots were about to redefine human existence, ending demand for human labor. Last year in May, Anthropic’s co-founder, Dario Amodei, claimed AI could wipe out half of
Nvidia is pouring $1 billion into South Korea’s AI infrastructure through Naver and SK Group
Nvidia will invest $1 billion in South Korean internet company Naver to help finance an AI data center under construction in South Korea, the chipmaker announced late Friday. The funding will allow Naver to more than triple the size of the facility from 55 megawatts to 200 megawatts, with US private equity firm Brookfield agreeing […] This story continues at The Next Web