Google Bought 890 Megawatts of Nuclear to Feed Its Data Centers
The compute is available. The electricity is the thing that has to be arranged, years in advance, the way a supply chain is arranged.
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Meta Settled the Book Lawsuit. Permission Now Has a Price.
Meta settling removes one landmark from the map. It does not draw the rest of it, and the next few settlements will decide whether permission becomes a market or stays a series of exceptions.
The FDA Is Writing Rules for AI Devices Nobody Has Built Yet
A diagnostic model returns a number. A conversational one returns whatever it decides to say next, and the FDA is writing the rules before the first application arrives.
Google's Gemini 3.5 Live Translate Removes the Pause
Translation that runs continuously, in the speaker's own voice, on a phone already in your pocket, moves the feature from something you open to something simply on.
China Wrote the First Mandatory Safety Standard for AI Agents
Safety moves from a feature you advertise to a gate you pass. The risk inventory sits at 13 categories and 97 items.
AI-Generated Content Now Has to Declare Itself
This step doesn't solve every problem, but it turns “AI-generated” from an option you could hide into a question you have to answer.
Alibaba's SearchQwen3-8B and the Case for Small Search Agents
The model is a search agent, not a search engine. Most search agent calls are routine, and routine work is the best fit for a small model.
The Compute Bidding War Just Went to Debt Markets
Buying compute stopped being a capital expenditure problem. The pricing spread on these deals says more about AI capex than any model release.
The EU AI Act After the Digital Omnibus: What Actually Applies Now
Most AI Act coverage still runs on a calendar that no longer exists. The pressure that is live this year lands on transparency, not conformity.
Google Opened Its SynthID Detector to Everyone. Read the Fine Print.
SynthID gives you one strong yes and one very weak no. The caveats are where the tool's actual utility lives.
Wan 2.2 Animate Puts Motion Capture on a Single Consumer GPU
The marginal cost of a retry drops to near zero, and retries are how any generative video model produces a usable result.
China's AI Microdrama Turned a Virtual Character Into a Long-Term Asset
An ad interrupts. A returning character continues, and the brand borrows a relationship it did not build. The labor cost is the part left out.