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May 12, 2026
B.C.’s two AI data centres sound big. Builders still don’t have the useful details.
British Columbia says it wants two AI data centres in Vancouver and Kamloops, framed as sovereign compute for Canadian builders. The catch: the announcement still leaves out the parts that matter most — who can use it, what it will cost, how much capacity it will really have, and whether the grid can handle the load.
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Jan 26, 2025
Google Bets Big on AI: $1 Billion Investment in Anthropic
In a strategic maneuver to bolster its position in the AI arena, Google has invested an additional $1 billion in Anthropic, a leading AI company and a direct competitor to OpenAI. This move, bringing Google's total investment to over $3 billion, aims to harness Anthropic's expertise in AI safety and model development. With Anthropic's valuation nearing $60 billion and its CEO's focus on developing industry-leading AI systems, Google's backing positions both companies as formidable contenders against the Microsoft-OpenAI alliance.
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Jan 26, 2025
Aravind Srinivas and Nandan Nilekani Clash Over India's AI Future!
A storm is brewing in India's tech world as Perplexity AI's CEO Aravind Srinivas openly challenges Nandan Nilekani, Infosys co-founder, on India's AI strategy. While Nilekani advises startups to concentrate on AI applications, Srinivas believes developing indigenous Large Language Models (LLMs) is crucial for India's technological autonomy. With $1 million and personal mentorship pledged, Srinivas aims to empower local AI innovation, sparking a nationwide debate on India's role in the global AI race.
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Oct 18, 2026
Eight states sued OpenAI over ChatGPT safety — here is what happens now
Eight states filed separate consumer-protection cases over ChatGPT's design, safety claims and treatment of minors. The filings are allegations, no court has ruled, and OpenAI says it has protections for younger users.
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Oct 18, 2026
Meta’s 816B Muse model reaches desktops — with a hundreds-of-gigabytes catch
Meta released the weights for Muse Spark Open, an 816-billion-parameter multimodal model. Quantization brings it to desktop-class systems, but the smallest local setups still need roughly 256–300GB of memory.
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Oct 18, 2026
FTC demands reportedly target OpenAI and Anthropic. That is not a verdict
Axios reports that the FTC sent civil investigative demands to OpenAI and Anthropic over possible consumer-protection concerns. The requests can compel evidence, but they do not establish a violation or penalty.
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