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Anthropic Pledges $15M to Cyber Defense for State and Local Governments
Anthropic has committed $15 million to cyber defense for state, local, tribal and territorial governments. We examine what the AI company’s public-sector security push signals, why under-resourced agencies…
Warner Bill Would Force CISA to Refresh Infrastructure Cyber Plans for AI Threats
Sen. Mark Warner has proposed legislation that would require CISA to update U.S. critical infrastructure cybersecurity plans to address AI-driven threats. We look at why statutory refresh mandates…
NVIDIA Blackwell Tops the First Agentic AI Infrastructure Benchmark
NVIDIA reports its Blackwell platform leads the first agentic AI infrastructure benchmark, a new test of multi-step, tool-using inference workloads. We assess what the vendor-reported result covers, what…
Texas Governor Calls for Regulators to Rein In Data Centers
Texas’ governor has called for a regulatory clampdown on data centers, a notable policy turn in America’s fastest-growing data center market. We examine what is known so far,…
Gartner: Data Center Electricity Use to Grow 26% in 2026
Gartner forecasts data-center electricity consumption will grow 26% in 2026, an acceleration driven by AI workloads that utilities must now plan around. We analyze what the projection means…
AMD Says Instinct MI355X Sets a New Bar for DeepSeek Inference
AMD claims its Instinct MI355X GPU sets a new performance bar for DeepSeek inference, a direct challenge to Nvidia in the fast-growing market for serving AI models. We…
FERC Approves PJM’s Temporary Fast-Track for Large Capacity Projects
FERC approved PJM’s temporary fast-track process for large capacity projects, letting select power resources move through the grid operator’s queue faster. We examine what the decision means for…
d-Matrix Corsair Hits Full Production: A Challenger to the AI Inference Status Quo
d-Matrix Corsair, an AI inference accelerator built on digital in-memory compute, has entered full production, the startup says, citing customer demand. We examine what the milestone means for…
Amazon Locks In Corning Fiber Supply for Its AI Data Center Buildout
Amazon has signed a multibillion-dollar fiber-optics deal with Corning to ramp up manufacturing for its AI data center expansion. We examine why fiber has become a strategic bottleneck…