AI giants reportedly outsourcing to middlemen to secretly buy and destroy millions of books for training data
- 31-Jul-2026
To sidestep mounting copyright lawsuits and a severe shortage of clean digital data, major AI companies are secretly purchasing millions of physical secondhand books through anonymous third-party middlemen. Using industrial hydraulic cutters and high-speed scanners, firms undergo “destructive scanning”—slicing book spines and digitizing the pages before shredding the physical remains to train next-generation large language […]
Artificial Intelligence in Early Childhood Education
- 22-Jul-2026
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is part of our day-to-day lives. It is important that children learn about technology at an early age
AI Odyssey film made for thousands drops ahead of Christopher Nolan’s $250M epic
- 14-Jul-2026
A David-and-Goliath battle is brewing in the film industry. As director Christopher Nolan prepares his massive, $250 million theatrical adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey (starring Matt Damon), indie AI studio Fountain 0 has announced its own counter-move: “Odysseus: The Fall,” a 135-minute feature film generated entirely using artificial intelligence. Written, directed, and created by Ash […]
India’s global corporate hubs are putting AI to work
- 28-May-2026
Whether they are recruiting the ideal “momfluencer” to sell diapers or trawling through reams of data to fast-track drug launches, global centers of multinational firms in India are increasingly putting AI to work in creative ways. Heads of several Global Capability Centres (GCCs) told Reuters they are deploying AI across a host of functions – […]
Lisa Kudrow Voices Concerns Over AI’s Impact on Entertainment Industry
- 12-May-2026
Lisa Kudrow, star of the hit HBO series “The Comeback”, is speaking out about her apprehensions regarding the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) in the entertainment industry. In an interview, Kudrow expressed her mixed feelings about AI, stating that it feels like television’s new extinction event, threatening the livelihoods of actors, writers, and directors. The […]
Beware! Your AI chats could be used against you
- 16-Apr-2026
As people increasingly turn to artificial intelligence for advice, some U.S. lawyers are telling their clients not to treat AI chatbots like trusted confidants when their freedom or legal liability is on the line. These warnings became more urgent after a federal judge in New York ruled, opens new tab this year that the former […]
Muse Spark: Meta unveils first AI model from superintelligence team
- 08-Apr-2026
Muse Spark: Meta unveils first AI model from superintelligence team
Starcloud reaches $1.1 billion valuation as AI space race heats up
- 30-Mar-2026
Orbital compute infrastructure startup Starcloud has raised $170 million at a $1.1 billion valuation, as companies including Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin race to move power-hungry AI data centers off-planet. Led by Benchmark and EQT Ventures, the fundraise underscores surging investor appetite for space infrastructure bets as massive AI computing requirements strain […]
AI data centers are forcing dirty ‘peaker’ power plants back into service
- 23-Dec-2025
In Chicago’s working-class Pilsen neighborhood, a 60s-era oil-fired Fisk power plant rises up from an industrial lot behind Dvorak Park, which in warmer weather is packed with children climbing on its colorful playground and zooming down slides. The rarely-used eight-unit Fisk power plant owned by Houston-based NRG Energy was scheduled to retire next year. But […]
AI spending spree drives global tech debt issuance to record high
- 23-Dec-2025
Global technology companies have ramped up debt issuance this year to record levels, as an intensifying race to build artificial intelligence (AI) capacity forces even cash-rich firms to borrow heavily to fund that investment. According to Dealogic data, global tech companies issued $428.3 billion of bonds in 2025 through the first week of December. U.S. […]