President Trump signs an executive order aimed at preempting a growing number of state AI laws, saying “we want to have one central source of approval”
Transformer Weekly: Trump signs EO, Hochul guts the RAISE Act, and GPT-5.2 launches Michael Kan / PCMag : Trump Signs Executive Order to Go After ‘Burdensome’ State AI Laws Poligirlsayswhat / Baller A...
As Microsoft accelerates its AI buildout in rural Wisconsin, one community's vocal opposition led the company to withdraw plans for a proposed data center site
The village of Caledonia, Wisconsin, sandwiched between Chicago and Milwaukee along Lake Michigan, is dotted with corn and soybean fields … X: @emilyjashinsky and @veracityalways Bluesky: @jordannovet...
Figure AI's former head of product safety sues the humanoid robot startup, alleging he was unlawfully terminated after warning executives about product safety
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Microsoft's OpenAI investment resulted in a $3.1B hit to Q1 net income; Productivity and Business Processes revenue, with Office and LinkedIn, grew 17% to $33B
www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/ m... Robert Evans / @iwriteok : silicon valley investors: for the low one-time price of $5 billion i promise to lose you significantly less than $11.5 billion a quarter...
Sam Altman says OpenAI is “not the elected moral police of the world”, after receiving backlash for saying that ChatGPT will offer “erotica for verified adults”
plus 3 other reasons I've switched to Claude for productivity Grace Priscilla Teo / Tech in Asia : Sam Altman says OpenAI shouldn't act as global moral authority Jensen Huang / Moneycontrol : Sam Altm...
Leaked audio: Apple nears a deal to acquihire computer vision startup Prompt AI; it was approached by other potential suitors, including xAI and Neuralink
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Apple removes ICEBlock, an app for anonymously reporting ICE officer sightings, from the App Store; AG Pam Bondi directed the DOJ to ask Apple to remove the app
Here's What We Know ABC Columbia : Apple removes ICE tracking apps Joe Sommerlad / The Independent : Apple pulls ICE tracking apps after pressure from the White House thesun.my : Apple pulls immigrati...
Apple's lead AI researcher for robotics, Jian Zhang, leaves for Meta's Robotics Studio; sources say three more researchers left Apple's Foundation Models team
including its lead for robotics research. X: Mark Gurman / @markgurman : NEW: Apple has lost four more AI researchers, including the head of research for robotics in its AI division. The latest set of...
Filing: OpenAI says Elon Musk talked to Mark Zuckerberg in February about backing a $97.4B OpenAI bid, but neither Zuckerberg nor Meta signed a letter of intent
for less than $100B: filings John Quintet / iPhone in Canada : Elon Musk Asked Mark Zuckerberg to Fund OpenAI Takeover: Filings Swastika Das Sharma / Livemint : Elon Musk wanted Mark Zuckerberg to joi...
Elon Musk says that Apple “makes it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI” to top its App Store, an “antitrust violation”, and xAI will take legal action
This is a column about AI. My boyfriend works at Anthropic. Becca Monaghan / indy100 : Elon Musk has dropped the Trump feud for now - he's falling out with another CEO instead Forbes : Elon Musk Says...