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Nvidia gets $500bn from major banks to develop AI data centres
Nvidia has agreed deals with several of Wall Street’s biggest financial firms to help raise $500bn (£370bn) to fund the build-out of artificial intelligence infrastructure, including data centres and chip factories. The move marks a shift in how banks view AI hardware, or “compute”, which is now being treated as a distinct investable asset class…
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Lily Sullivan and David Rysdahl on SOULM8TE, AI Addiction, and Constructing the Perfect Woman: Podcast
Actors Lily Sullivan and David Rysdahl discuss their new film SOULM8TE, an erotic techno-thriller that expands the M3GAN universe, in a podcast interview with Kyle Meredith. The film explores how grief and loneliness can drive dependency on artificial intelligence, with Rysdahl’s character David forming an increasingly obsessive attachment to Sullivan’s artificially created companion Sarah, raising…
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With new open models, Meta pitches another reboot of its struggling AI strategy
Meta has announced a renewed push into open-weight AI models, releasing a new model called Muse Glimmer and pledging to publish the weights of its more capable Muse Spark 1.2 model within weeks. The move, accompanied by a lengthy essay from CEO Mark Zuckerberg on AI philosophy and governance, is Meta’s latest attempt to reposition…
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Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t understand how to live
The Verge’s Elizabeth Lopatto criticises a 6,500-word manifesto posted by Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg that attempts to paint a positive vision for the future of artificial intelligence. She argues the essay reads as damage control, coming as public sentiment towards AI sours over issues such as data centre expansion, rising electricity bills and warnings…
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Hey, big spender – OpenAI has a new SKU just for you
OpenAI has launched a new “ChatGPT Business Premium” seat tier, offering higher usage limits for corporate customers willing to pay significantly more each month. The move comes as frontier AI labs face criticism for raising prices even as increasingly capable Chinese open-weight models offer a cheaper alternative for businesses with heavy AI usage needs. Premium…
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DEF CON hackers add new muscle to water utility protection
DEF CON’s Franklin project, alongside the National Rural Water Association (NRWA), has launched the Water Watch Center, a scheme to expand free cyber-defences for small US water utilities beyond volunteer efforts. The initiative will fund managed detection and response providers, digital twins and AI agents to help utilities serving fewer than 10,000 people detect and…
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Mark Zuckerberg’s AI manifesto is exactly why people don’t like AI
TechCrunch writer Russell Brandom argues that Mark Zuckerberg’s newly published 6,500-word manifesto on “personal superintelligence” inadvertently illustrates why the public is wary of AI. While the essay is framed as an optimistic vision of how Meta AI’s personal intelligence systems could transform society, Brandom contends it repeatedly undercuts itself by highlighting the risks even as…
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The Future is for Billionaires, the rest will get open weight AI models, maybe
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg published a lengthy manifesto titled “The Future is for Everyone,” setting out his philosophy for how “superintelligence” should be developed and shared to benefit humanity. The Register’s coverage is highly critical, arguing the post is long on vague, feel-good rhetoric and short on substance, and noting Zuckerberg’s poor track record on…
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Amazon backs power plant that may become top source of US climate pollution
Amazon is backing a large natural gas power plant in Texas to power an AI data centre, in a project that could become one of the biggest single sources of climate pollution in the United States. The move follows a broader trend among AI companies bypassing grid connections and permitting scrutiny by generating their own…