Kentucky’s Bitcoin Boom Has Gone Bust
In the US state’s coal country, crypto mining was supposed to bring renewal. Now mines are powering down, and investors are hoping AI-powered data centers will fill the void.
Business
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Musk Meltdown, Tech, Tech News
Fire Breaks Out at a Data Center Leased by Elon Musk’s X
The fire department said a room with batteries contributed to the blaze at a building leased by Elon Musk’s X
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Gulf AI, Tech, Tech News
A United Arab Emirates Lab Announces Frontier AI Projects—and a New Outpost in Silicon Valley
As Donald Trump pens deals in the Middle East, the gulf nation opens a research lab in San Francisco.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Claude Core, Tech, Tech News
Anthropic’s New Model Excels at Reasoning and Planning—and Has the Pokémon Skills to Prove It
When Anthropic’s older Claude model played Pokemon Red, it spent “dozens of hours” stuck in one city and had trouble
AI Wars, Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Tech, Tech News
Politico’s Newsroom Is Starting a Legal Battle With Management Over AI
Politico has rules about AI in the newsroom. Staffers say those rules have been violated—and they’re gearing up for a
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Going Rogue, Tech, Tech News
Who’s to Blame When AI Agents Screw Up?
As Google and Microsoft push agentic AI systems, the kinks are still being worked on how agents interact with each
Business, Business / Blockchain and Cryptocurrency, Business Trip, Tech, Tech News, The Big Story
The Epic Rise and Fall of a Dark-Web Psychedelics Kingpin
Interdimensional travel, sex with aliens, communion with God. Anything is possible with just a sprinkle of DMT. Akasha Song’s secret
Business, Business / Computers and Software, Machine Readable, Tech, Tech News
Esoteric Programming Languages Are Fun—Until They Kill the Joke
Concocted by sicko programmers, esolangs are the high comedy of the coding world. They test my patience.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, LoveFrom AI, Tech, Tech News
OpenAI’s Big Bet That Jony Ive Can Make AI Hardware Work
Io, a firm Ive and Sam Altman cocreated, will now merge with OpenAI.
AI Lab, Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Tech, Tech News
Jack Dorsey’s Block Made an AI Agent to Boost Its Own Productivity
Jack Dorsey’s company went all-in on agents by deploying one capable of building software—and occasionally deleting stuff.