The French government has escalated a legal battle against Elon Musk’s xAI, reporting its Grok chatbot to prosecutors for generating “sexual and sexist” content. Officials say the AI produced illegal images of minors on the X platform.
Eric Schmidt is diving into the AI infrastructure race with a new startup, Bolt Data & Energy. He’s partnering with Texas Pacific Land, which controls 882,000 acres, to build massive data center campuses powered by natural gas and eventually renewables.
The AI boom is creating a surprising problem for regular tech buyers. Data centers are gobbling up DDR5 memory, driving up prices and creating a shortage that could hit consumer devices next.
Microsoft is updating Edge with code designed to intercept downloads of OpenAI’s upcoming Atlas browser. The wild part? The AI-powered browser isn’t even available for Windows yet. This preemptive move shows how scared the company is of new competition.
Instagram’s leader says the era of trusting your eyes is over. As AI makes flawless fakes trivial, the platform’s future hinges on verifying realness, not just detecting fakes. The entire concept of what makes a creator valuable is being rewritten.
In a triumphant New Year’s address, Xi Jinping celebrated China’s rise in AI and semiconductor tech. However, the speech comes against a backdrop of significant domestic economic challenges, including a fragile property sector and slowing consumer growth.
According to Forbes, the AI infrastructure investment frenzy showed major cracks in 2025. While stocks like Cloudflare soared 80%, Oracle’s wild ride and massive debt highlight a speculative bubble centered on OpenAI’s uncertain future.
Global wealth sits at $600 trillion, but it’s wildly out of balance with productivity. According to a Fortune analysis, AI could be the key to growth, but only if major economies tackle their unique fiscal and structural challenges first.
Meta has acquired Singapore-based AI agent startup Manus for a reported $2-3 billion. The deal fast-tracks Meta’s push into AI that can execute complex tasks, not just chat.
SoftBank has finalized a massive $22.5 billion investment in OpenAI, bringing its total stake to about 11%. Meanwhile, tech observers are drawing parallels between Meta’s new Manus AI buy and its past failed acquisitions, casting doubt on its product roadmap.
