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See for yourself just how massive Meta’s Hyperion data center is
1+ hour, 30+ min ago (776+ words) It's hard to overstate just how massive Meta's Richland Parish, Louisiana, data center site is. Use this tool to compare it to where you live. Massive. Titanic. Humongous. These words fail to capture the actual scale of Meta's Hyperion data…...
As public pushback against data centers grows, AI companies promise they’ll be good neighbors
2+ hour, 19+ min ago (981+ words) Communities concerned with energy prices, pollution, and water usage are starting to push back on Big Tech's AI data center building spree. The companies are trying to assure the public that they will pay their way. Small towns all across…...
Morgan Stanley expects Tesla to have 1,000 Robotaxis by the end of 2026. Musk had predicted 1,500 by the end of 2025
3+ hour, 37+ min ago (517+ words) Ahead of Tesla's earnings report next week, Morgan Stanley has released a note estimating that the company will scale its Robotaxi fleet much more slowly than CEO Elon Musk has said. The firm thinks the automaker will have 1,000 vehicles in…...
Meta says it’s delivered new AI models internally this month and they’re “very good”
5+ hour, 44+ min ago (527+ words) Meta's last AI model release, Llama 4, was marred by delays and accusations of rigged benchmarks, but the company says that its latest models built by its Superintelligence Labs team look promising. CTO Andrew Bosworth told reporters at Davos that the…...
Google's YouTube maintains its top spot as streaming accounts for nearly half of all TV-watching time
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (614+ words) While the legality of President Trump's tariffs winds its way through the courts, their effects are beginning to show up in prices. During an interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said he is…...
Musk: Tesla restarting Dojo supercomputer effort as “AI5 chip design is in good shape”
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (797+ words) Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in a post on X over the weekend that the company plans to restart work on its Dojo supercomputer, dubbed Dojo3, saying that the AI5 chip the company had been developing is in "good shape." The Dojo…...
EPA: xAI’s Colossus data center illegally used gas turbines without permits
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (576+ words) The Environmental Protection Agency has ruled that xAI violated the law when it used dozens of portable gas generators for its Colossus 1 data center without air quality permits. When xAI set out to build Colossus 1 in Memphis, Tennessee, CEO Elon…...
Google has a leg up over Apple in the race to roll out personalized AI
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (875+ words) Google and Apple are going for the holy grail of AI chatbot integration, but it looks like Google is getting there first. This week, Apple and Google made dueling announcements that offer a glimpse of what the next phase of…...
As Wikipedia turns 25, its future will depend on AI — for better or worse
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (577+ words) The online encyclopedia is celebrating 25 years since launch, but its next quarter century will likely be defined by the AI giants it's now signing content deals with. January 15 is known to dedicated "Wikipedians" "among them, presumably, many of the ~250,000 volunteers…...
ICE agents arrest workers from Meta’s Hyperion data center site
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (355+ words) Yesterday, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers stopped and arrested two workers from Meta's massive Hyperion data center construction site in Richland Parish, Louisiana. According to the Richland Parish Sheriff's Office, two dump truck drivers were stopped and arrested…...