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How hyperscalers like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google are siding with consumers on data center power costs and sweetening offers for communities to gain support (Ann Davis Vaughan/The Information)

How hyperscalers like Amazon, Microsoft, and Googl...

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Filing: San Jose-based Chinese optical module maker Ligent seeks ~$727M in a Hong Kong IPO, after its rival Zhongji Innolight's $6.8B Hong Kong debut in July (Sangmi Cha/Bloomberg)

Filing: San Jose-based Chinese optical module make...

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The US Senate digital assets subcommittee releases a revised "final offer" of the Clarity Act with Trump-backed ethics provisions, ahead of a September 15 vote (Felix Ng/Cointelegraph News)

The US Senate digital assets subcommittee releases...

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AI-connected Asian stocks fell sharply after US tech leaders' call for pacing AI development, with SoftBank, Kioxia, SK Hynix, Minimax, and Z.ai down 5%+ (Gregor Stuart Hunter/Reuters)

AI-connected Asian stocks fell sharply after US te...

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Sam Altman says "we welcome a federal framework" but "do not believe we need to wait" for an antitrust exemption or a law to pace AI development responsibly (Sam Altman/@sama)

Sam Altman says "we welcome a federal framework" b...

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Document: Samsung and SK Hynix rejected KEPCO's proposal to prepay ~$18.7B of chip cluster power bills, citing uncertainty over long-term chip demand (Reuters)

Document: Samsung and SK Hynix rejected KEPCO's pr...

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Sources: SoftBank sealed a two-year loan facility to support its OpenAI investment, securing $11.87B in commitments from ~20 banks, above its $10B target (Janice Huang/Bloomberg)

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Current and former officials: the US NSA plans major restructuring to form five new units for AI, China, cybersecurity, warfighting, and global intelligence (Washington Post)

Current and former officials: the US NSA plans maj...

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Source: Anthropic signed a $13.7B, six-year deal to lease compute from Rum Group's upcoming Georgia data center; Rum operates Rumble and hosts Truth Social (The Information)

Source: Anthropic signed a $13.7B, six-year deal t...

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Report: former EPA officials identify 30 federal actions since January 2025 that they say exacerbate health risks stemming from data center pollution (Justine Calma/The Verge)

Report: former EPA officials identify 30 federal a...

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Sources: Anthropic told investors it will be profitable for a second straight quarter, with 80%+ gross margins before partner revenue sharing and training costs (Financial Times)

Sources: Anthropic told investors it will be profi...

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Satya Nadella says "we welcome" the "deliberate pacing needed to get alignment right", and announces a "Code of Conduct" for Microsoft's MAI models (Satya Nadella/@satyanadella)

Satya Nadella says "we welcome" the "deliberate pa...

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Sources: Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google have held working group meetings since July to discuss creating an industry-led standards body for AI (Leo Schwartz/The Information)

Sources: Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google have held w...

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Xi Jinping calls for a "consensus-based global AI governance framework" and says China will pioneer the establishment of a BRICS AI open-source community (Joanna Ossinger/CNBC)

Xi Jinping calls for a "consensus-based global AI ...

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Dario Amodei says the "toughest dilemma" about his proposal to "pace the frontier" is what happens if China does not do the same (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)

Dario Amodei says the "toughest dilemma" about his...

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President Trump dismisses calls for an AI slowdown, saying "you have a lot of negative forces that are bringing it up that shouldn't be bringing it up" (Myles McCormick/Financial Times)

President Trump dismisses calls for an AI slowdown...

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Source: Anthropic has selected the Nasdaq for its potential IPO (Katie Roof/Business Insider)

Source: Anthropic has selected the Nasdaq for its ...

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Speaker Johnson says Congress won't lead the charge on regulating AI safety and AI companies should take responsibility to ensure the safety of their products (Donica Phifer/Axios)

Speaker Johnson says Congress won't lead the charg...

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