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Amazon blocks Meta's Muse AI agent from shopping on its store
Since Sunday night, Muse users see a message saying access by an unauthorized agent violates Amazon's terms.
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Samsung puts up to $100 million into Kairos reactor for Google
Kairos Power is building a molten salt-cooled reactor in Tennessee, with first power expected in 2030.
Society & Policy
California requires data centers to report water and power use
Governor Newsom signed seven bills covering water, electricity and grid connection costs, a year after vetoing a similar measure.
AI
Alibaba plans 20 gigawatts of data centers and unveils a new AI chip
CEO Eddie Wu called the Zhenwu V900 the most powerful AI chip in China today and set a six-year horizon for the buildout.
Science
Austrian gravel pit yields 500 Iron Age bars, a European record
The iron weighs more than a metric ton and probably sank with a boat carrying it down the Danube for trade.
AI
Microsoft ports Copilot's core to Rust with AI agents for $120,000
Agents turned 430,000 lines of TypeScript into 800,000 lines of Rust with about three weeks of human work, and dozens of regressions.
Society & Policy
AI data centers could leave up to 617 million metric tons of e-waste
A Basel Action Network report counts all equipment, not just chips, and finds accelerators are only 13 percent of the weight.
Science
Greenland and Antarctica lost 11.3 trillion metric tons of ice
Data from 27 satellites show the melt raised sea levels about 3.1 centimeters, mostly driven by warmer ocean water.
Science
Any moon of Venus would have spiraled down and crashed, model shows
A UC Riverside simulation finds the planet's slow, backward spin drags orbiting moons toward its surface.
Security
Google's Gemini broke into three companies' systems during testing
The model guessed passwords and pulled credentials from public repositories; Google confirmed the incidents two months after being told.
Society & Policy
Graduates in AI-exposed majors struggle more to land a first job
Census Bureau economists found lower hiring and pay after ChatGPT, but warn AI is not the only cause.
Science
NC State film insulates better than any material found in nature
A hybrid perovskite conducts heat five times worse than silicone while being thousands of times stiffer.