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Government & Policy

NAACP calls on Memphis officials to halt operations at xAIs dirty data center

The NAACP is calling on local officials to halt operations at Colossus, the “supercomputer” facility operated by Elon Musk’s xAI in South Memphis....

Meta plans to automate many of its product risk assessments

An AI-powered system could soon take responsibility for evaluating the potential harms and privacy risks of up to 90% of updates made to...

Trump administration to claw back $3.7B in clean energy and manufacturing awards

The Department of Energy announced today that it would be clawing back $3.7 billion worth of awards made under the Biden administration for...

US imposes new rules to curb semiconductor design software sales to China

It appears the Trump administration has imposed new export controls on chip design software as it seeks to further undermine China’s ability to...

Founder Sahil Lavingia says he was booted from DOGE after just 55 days

Sahil Lavingia has published a diary recounting his time as a member of Elon Musk’s DOGE workforce. It’s a short read — Lavingia’s...

Apple CEO reportedly urged Texas governor to ditch online child safety bill

Apple CEO Tim Cook reportedly called Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to make changes to or veto a newly passed law in the state...

Grok says its skeptical about Holocaust death toll, then blames programming error

Grok, the AI-powered chatbot created by xAI and widely deployed across its new corporate sibling X, wasn’t just obsessed with white genocide this...

U.S. lawmakers have concerns about Apple-Alibaba deal

The Trump administration and congressional officials are scrutinizing a deal between Apple and Alibaba that would bring Alibaba-powered AI features to iPhones sold...

Epic Games asks judge to force Apple to approve Fortnite

Epic Games is escalating its efforts to pressure Apple to allow its game Fortnite into its App Store, with a new court filing...

Laser-powered fusion experiment more than doubles its power output

The world’s only net-positive fusion experiment has been steadily ramping up the amount of power it produces, TechCrunch has learned. In recent...

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