The Pentagon has made artificial intelligence its top technology focus, according to Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering Emil Michael, who will address the implications of that decision at a major policy event Tuesday.
The Department of Commerce announced this week it will distribute $874 million in federal funding to seven semiconductor companies and receive a minority ownership stake in each in return, reviving a practice that has drawn pushback from within the Republican Party.
The Trump administration told power companies Monday that generators built solely to serve data centers do not have to comply with the federal Clean Air Act's Acid Rain Program, a move the Environmental Protection Agency says will accelerate artificial intelligence infrastructure development across the country.
A global semiconductor company has pulled the plug on a controversial data center project in rural Texas after Governor Greg Abbott made clear the development didn't meet the state's standards for protecting residents.
A top White House official has accused a Chinese startup of covertly stealing technology from American artificial intelligence company Anthropic and accessing restricted Nvidia chips to power its newest model, with the Trump administration now warning sanctions could follow.
The biggest names in tech already promised not to stick everyday Americans with the cost of their massive AI expansion. Now the White House wants utilities and data center developers to make the same commitment.
