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Trump’s order to block ‘woke’ AI in government encourages tech giants to censor their chatbots
Tech companies looking to sell their artificial intelligence technology to the federal government must now contend with a new regulatory hurdle: proving their chatbots aren't "woke."

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Trump administration plans to give AI developers a free hand
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he planned to speed the advance of artificial intelligence in the United States, opening the door for companies to develop the technology unfettered from oversight and safeguards, but added that AI needed to be free of “partisan bias.”

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Tesla reports falling profit as car sales slow
The fallout from Elon Musk’s plunge into politics a year ago is still hammering his Tesla business as both sales and profits dropped sharply again in the latest quarter.

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What to know about a vulnerability being exploited on Microsoft SharePoint servers
Microsoft has issued an emergency fix to close off a vulnerability in Microsoft’s widely-used SharePoint software that hackers have exploited to carry out widespread attacks on businesses and at least some U.S. government agencies.

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Why has a Georgia agency paused reviews of new data center proposals?
As data center development in Georgia surges, one type of regional review for the power-hungry projects is being shelved — at least temporarily.

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A look inside a lab making the advanced fuel to power growing US nuclear energy ambitions
Near signs that warn of radioactive risk at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a half-dozen workers from the nuclear power company X-energy are making what appear to be gray billiard balls.

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Trump promotes energy and tech investments at a summit in Pennsylvania
President Donald Trump touted tens of billions of dollars of recent energy and technology investments Tuesday in Pennsylvania while boasting of a “true golden age for America” in energy policy and artificial intelligence.

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Their water taps ran dry when Meta built a data center next door
After Meta broke ground on a $750 million data center on the edge of Newton County, Georgia, the water taps in Beverly and Jeff Morris’ home went dry.
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Zuckerberg says Meta will build gigawatt-size data centers
Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said the company is building several massive data centers to power its artificial intelligence efforts with the first one expected to come online next year.
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Waymo’s robotaxis to start carrying passengers in Atlanta, expanding Uber partnership
Waymo's robotaxis will begin carrying passengers through parts of Atlanta on Tuesday in an expansion of a partnership with Uber that began earlier this year in Austin.