OpenAI has officially suspended its multi-billion-pound Stargate UK data center initiative, dealing a major blow to the British government’s ambitions of becoming a global AI superpower. The decision to "pause" the project, which was slated to bring up to 31,000 GPUs to the North East of England, comes as OpenAI cites an "unfavorable" mix of high industrial power prices and unresolved copyright frameworks. The economic wall: Runaway energy The primary driver for the freeze is

International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) has agreed to pay $17,077,043 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by misrepresenting its compliance with federal anti-discrimination laws. The settlement marks the first successful resolution under the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Fraud Initiative, a program launched to scrutinize diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) mandates within federal contracting. The "diversity modifier" allegations The Depa

OpenAI has officially expanded its subscription lineup with a new $100-per-month "Pro" plan, designed to bridge the gap between its $20 Plus tier and the $200 high-end Pro offering. The move comes as the company’s AI software engineering agent, Codex, surpasses 3 million weekly users. Editorial credit: FotoField / Shutterstock The $100 Pro tier is specifically tailored for developers and power users who have outgrown the limits of the standard Plus plan but do not require the

Last week, Volkswagen’s autonomous mobility subsidiary, MOIA America, and Uber announced the start of on-road validation testing for a fleet of self-driving ID. Buzz vehicles, marking a critical milestone in their strategic partnership. The initial rollout features roughly 10 all-electric ID. Buzz AD (Autonomous Driving) vehicles navigating the complex traffic of Los Angeles. While the goal is full autonomy, the current phase includes several safety mandates: Human supervisor

The New York Times has published an exhaustive 12,000-word investigation naming Adam Back, the 55-year-old British CEO of Blockstream, as the true identity behind Bitcoin’s pseudonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto. The report, authored by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist John Carreyrou, famed for exposing the Theranos scandal, claims to be "99.5% certain" that Back is the architect of the world’s first cryptocurrency. The stylometric "smoking gun" Carreyrou’s investigation uti