America’s biggest bitcoin mining companies are ripping out their specialized hardware to build AI data centers. A perfect storm of falling crypto rewards and soaring AI demand is driving a massive industry shift. The very infrastructure that powered the crypto boom is now being repurposed for the AI
European regulators have opened a formal investigation into Google’s use of web and YouTube content for its AI products. The probe centers on whether the tech giant is unfairly leveraging its dominance to starve competitors and creators.
At Fortune’s Brainstorm AI conference, VCs argued the bubble talk misses the point. The real question is whether the full tech stack is changing. To find durable companies, Sapphire Ventures’ Cathy Gao uses a simple three-part test.
Microsoft is investing $15.2 billion in UAE data centers, promising renewable energy. But the engineering specs reveal the real power behind 99.999% uptime: natural gas turbines. This exposes the tension between AI growth and climate goals.
While the U.S. focuses on AI software, China is flooding the market with physical AI devices. From smart glasses to voice recorders, it’s a practical, and sometimes peculiar, hardware play.
President Donald Trump announced a plan for a federal “one-rule” executive order to regulate artificial intelligence, aiming to override state-level rules. The move is seen as a victory for major tech companies who have lobbied for a clearer, less fragmented regulatory landscape.
Trainline has launched a major suite of AI-driven tools to help passengers navigate winter rail disruption. The update includes predictive delay alerts, automated compensation claims, and an AI travel assistant that’s already handled a million conversations.
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang says the idea of AI becoming a self-aware threat is “extremely unlikely.” He believes AI will soon generate 90% of the world’s knowledge, but that doesn’t equate to consciousness or a Terminator scenario.
Sari Azout, founder of the curation platform Sublime, is building AI into her product to enhance human creativity. She discusses this approach and her new tool, Podcast Magic, in a new Vergecast episode.
Refly bills itself as an open-source, AI-native platform that merges note-taking, research, and content creation. Getting started involves a waitlist and potentially self-hosting, but the multithreaded AI canvas is surprisingly powerful.
