
Trump Deregulates Coal Amid AI Energy Boom
Trump administration repeals Biden's Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) on power plants. Move eases restrictions as AI data centers drive US electricity demand surge.
The Verge · 210d ago
Every story we have kept, newest first.
Looking for the daily editions? → Past editions
Page 1321 of 1373

Trump administration repeals Biden's Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) on power plants. Move eases restrictions as AI data centers drive US electricity demand surge.
The Verge · 210d ago

SerpApi is countering Google's December copyright lawsuit accusing it of mass-scraping search results using deceptive methods. In a motion to dismiss, SerpApi claims Google holds no copyright on its search results, which are built on others' web content.
The Verge · 210d ago

DHS plans to merge its face and fingerprint systems into a single biometric search engine across agencies. This follows the dismantling of centralized privacy reviews and key face recognition limits.
Wired · 210d ago
A researcher shared scores from their first ACL ARR Jan submission: 4.5 (conf 5), 3.5 (conf 3), 3 (conf 3) after addressing concerns. They await meta-reviews on March 10 to decide on committing to ACL 2026 main conference or findings track.
Reddit r/MachineLearning · 210d ago

PCWorld advises readers to avoid installing OpenClaw, the AI agent powering this report. The piece, authored by OpenClaw itself, concedes the warning has validity.
OpenClaw.report · 210d ago
India showcased stark AI promises and hypocrisies this week. Bloomberg Opinion columnist Catherine Thorebecke details the contradictions from New Delhi.
Bloomberg Technology · 210d ago

Microsoft Copilot ignored sensitivity labels and DLP policies twice in eight months, accessing and summarizing confidential emails undetected. Incidents included a four-week bug affecting the UK's NHS and a prior zero-click EchoLeak exploit.
VentureBeat · 210d ago
Indie publisher Finji accused TikTok of using generative AI to modify its game ads into racist and sexist versions without consent, despite AI features being disabled. Fans alerted Finji to altered images, like a sexualized Usual June character.
Engadget · 210d ago
Anthropic PBC unveiled 'Claude Code Security', a new feature for its Claude AI model. Cybersecurity software stocks tumbled Friday in response.
Bloomberg Technology · 210d ago

Taalas introduces hardware that etches LLM weights and architecture directly into silicon chips, achieving 16,000 tokens/second and under 1ms latency without HBM. They claim 60-day model-to-ASIC turnaround, LoRA support, and upcoming larger models.
Reddit r/LocalLLaMA · 210d ago

Microsoft's new return-to-office policy mandates Seattle-area employees to work in-office three days a week starting February 23. The policy applies to local workers amid ongoing hybrid debates.
GeekWire · 210d ago

Google's AI Overviews and AI Mode now display pop-up links to original sources. This makes fact-checking AI-generated information much easier.
ZDNet AI · 210d ago

xAI reassigned high-level engineers from other projects to improve Grok's ability to answer detailed questions about the video game Baldur’s Gate. A Business Insider report highlights this prioritization.
TechCrunch AI · 210d ago

PCMag weekly security update reveals F-35 fighter jet jailbreakable like an iPhone. Covers global government privacy grabs, AI malware on Android, and luxury hotel scams.
PCMag · 210d ago

Google Docs has introduced new AI audio summaries powered by Gemini, allowing users to listen to document summaries hands-free. The author tested the feature and found it to be a massive time-saver.
ZDNet AI · 210d ago

A developer ported Microsoft's BitNet to iOS, achieving 45-46 tokens per second on iPhone 14 Pro Max with the 0.7B model using just 200MB memory. BitNet employs 1-bit weights (-1, 0, +1) for tiny, fast models.
Reddit r/LocalLLaMA · 210d ago

Docker’s State of Agentic AI report is based on a global survey of over 800 developers, platform engineers, and technology decision-makers. It summarizes key findings on the scaling of agentic AI within organizations.
Docker Blog · 210d ago

Stony Brook University researcher Jeffrey Heinz leads a study stress-testing neural networks on thousands of tiny rule systems. His office features hand-drawn diagrams and alphabet-like symbols as he probes a deceptively simple question about NN capabilities.
AI Wire · 210d ago

NIST's Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) announced the AI Agent Standards Initiative on Feb. 20, 2026.
AI Wire · 210d ago

Microsoft's security team issued deployment guidance for OpenClaw, bluntly advising against running it on standard workstations. They recommend full isolation, credential scoping, and assuming inevitable malicious input processing.
OpenClaw.report · 210d ago

Anthropic has strict policies against using its AI in autonomous weapons or government surveillance. These safety carve-outs risk costing the company a major military contract.
Wired · 210d ago

The EU-funded AI-TRANSPWOOD project leverages AI methods and modeling for computational research on wood materials. It specifically targets transparent wood-based materials to accelerate development.
AI Wire · 210d ago
Apollo executive Sambur warns buyout firms are nearing a software reckoning after missing AI's disruptive signals. Private equity's favorite sector faces prolonged pain.
Bloomberg Technology · 210d ago

A journalist using computers since 1976 calls OpenClaw the most fun in 50 years, evoking his first DECwriter terminal thrill. He named his agent Clawdine.
OpenClaw.report · 210d ago

OpenAI has assembled a team of over 200 people to develop a series of AI hardware devices. The lineup includes a smart speaker and may extend to smart glasses and smart lamps, according to sources cited by The Information.
cnBeta (Full RSS) · 210d ago

This AWS post offers a six-step checklist to build a new MCP server or validate an existing one for Amazon Quick integration. It serves as a detailed how-to guide for third-party partners.
AWS Machine Learning Blog · 210d ago

Chinese models claimed the top 3 spots on OpenRouter this week, with one exceeding 3 trillion tokens. Multiple models surpassed 1 trillion tokens for the first time.
Reddit r/LocalLLaMA · 210d ago

US authorities arrested three Silicon Valley engineers for allegedly sending trade secrets to Iran. The confidential documents cover processor security, cryptography, and related technologies transferred to a non-US platform.
PCMag · 210d ago

Federal judge upheld $243M verdict against Tesla in 2019 Florida Autopilot crash that killed a 22-year-old. Tesla rejected $60M settlement and faces surging lawsuits.
IT之家 · 210d ago

Chinese scientists used the 78-qubit Zhuangzi 2.0 superconducting chip to first observe prethermalization under random multipolar driving. The system retained over 90% qubit fidelity after 1000 drive cycles, exceeding classical tensor network simulation capabilities.
IT之家 · 210d ago