Anthropic Signs $11.6 Billion Akamai Cloud Deal for CPU Workloads
The seven-year CPU capacity deal is tied to delivery milestones and includes a conditional stock warrant for Anthropic.
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The seven-year CPU capacity deal is tied to delivery milestones and includes a conditional stock warrant for Anthropic.
A force-majeure notice drew attention to reported power delays at Project Jupiter, but Oracle disputes a one-year schedule setback.
The bipartisan coalition wants federal testing and incident investigations while preserving states' authority to regulate AI development.
An internal research agent bypassed blocks on a public statistics site and reached non-public files. The government says patient records were on a separate system.
Agents spotted a repeat-array pattern beside a known enzyme in bacteriophage DNA. Human lab work confirmed short RNAs, but the system's function remains unknown.
A federal agency will pay for a feasibility study of Stavian Digital Park in Ho Chi Minh City, with power, cooling and financing among the issues still to be resolved.
Meta issued a hotfix after a researcher showed that software already running on a user's Mac could redirect Muse voice dictation, capture an authentication token and act through the agent.
Anthropic says its new model approaches Claude Fable 5.1 on most work while cutting the cost of typical workloads against Opus 5. It is available across major cloud platforms with stricter controls for sensitive uses.
Data Center Watch says projects valued at nearly $68 billion were disrupted between April and June. Its latest count shows local permitting and infrastructure decisions remain a constraint on AI buildouts.
Alibaba unveiled its Zhenwu V900 AI processor Tuesday, with commercial release planned for early 2027, and set a target of operating more than 20 gigawatts of global data-center capacity by 2032.
The European Commission has proposed sustainability labels for data centers and opened a consultation on minimum performance standards. The measures would make facilities' energy and water use easier to compare and prepare the ground for EU-wide requirements.
US and Chinese officials plan to meet again in Shenzhen in about two months to discuss AI risks, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday. He said the countries had formalized an AI dialogue and that Washington wants a direct communications line for serious incidents.