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A 1GW AI Data Center Can Cost $30 Billion to Build
A recent analysis estimates that building and equipping a single 1-gigawatt AI data center costs about $30 billion. Semiconductor chips are the largest...
Microsoft Unveils Maia 300 AI Chip to Reduce Chipmaker Reliance
Microsoft has announced Maia 300, its third-generation in-house AI chip, designed to power its own AI services and reduce reliance on other chipmakers. The...
Microsoft Executives Urge for Stricter AI Regulation
Microsoft President Brad Smith called for governments to implement urgent safety requirements for artificial intelligence, stating AI is less regulated than...
US Restores UK Access to AI Models for Safety Testing
The US government has reversed a directive that temporarily blocked American companies from sharing their latest artificial intelligence models with the UK's...
Tech Leaders Adopt Trump's Super Intelligence Branding After Directive
A late September executive order by President Donald Trump directing federal agencies to replace the term “Artificial Intelligence” with “Super Intelligence”...
Microsoft Unveils 'Decision-1', a Specialized AI for High-Speed Enterprise Tasks
Microsoft introduced Microsoft-Decision-1, a new artificial intelligence model. It targets rapid, automated decision-making in enterprise settings. Unlike...
AI-Driven Clones Put Hundreds of Classic Games in Browsers, Raising Copyright Risks
Hundreds of classic games, including Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Halo: Combat Evolved and Call of Duty: Black Ops, have reportedly been unofficially ported to...
Microsoft, Google and OpenAI Shape Healthcare AI Policy in Private CMS Slack
A KFF Health News investigation found that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has operated a 1,700-member Slack channel that gives technology...
Anthropic Books Gross Cloud Sales, Confusing OpenAI Comparisons
Anthropic and OpenAI account for cloud-partner sales differently, making it difficult for investors to compare the private companies’ revenue. Anthropic...
Xbox and PlayStation U.S. Sales Plunge as Prices Hit Records
U.S. video game console sales fell sharply through August 2026, according to analytics firm Circana. Microsoft’s Xbox hardware unit sales fell 33% year over...
Activision Blizzard Faces Italian Probe Over In-Game Purchases
Italy’s antitrust authority has opened an investigation into Microsoft-owned gaming companies, primarily Activision Blizzard, as part of a coordinated European...
US Suspends Microsoft, Adobe From Green Card Sponsorship Over Fraud Claims
The U.S. government has suspended Microsoft, Adobe, Cognizant, Infosys and other IT firms from a program that helps skilled foreign workers gain permanent...
Microsoft's Xbox Launches 'XP' Division to Expand Gaming Franchises into Film, TV, and Live Events
Microsoft's Xbox has established a new division, 'XP', to manage its expansion into non-gaming entertainment. The division will focus on extending the reach of...
OpenAI Narrows Anthropic Spending Gap With Model Price Cuts
Data from AI router service OpenRouter show a sharp shift in large language model spending. In September, OpenAI reached near parity with Anthropic in spending...
OpenAI Rolls Out GPT-6 With Interactive UI to ChatGPT Users
OpenAI began rolling out its GPT-6 model globally on October 7, 2026, replacing the GPT-5.6 generation. Paid subscribers on Plus, Pro, Business, and Enterprise...
Microsoft Unveils On-Device Copilot AI and New Enterprise Security Features
Microsoft announced significant enhancements to its Copilot AI assistant and new enterprise security tools. The announcements came at its Windows and Surface...
Anthropic Cuts Sonnet 5.5 API Pricing, Adds Monthly Developer Credits
Anthropic has announced several updates to its AI model offerings, including a 50% price reduction for Claude Sonnet 5.5 cache reads, dropping the cost from...
OpenAI Leads AI Startup M&A Surge as Deals Top 2025 by 14%
Venture-backed AI companies recorded 195 acquisitions of AI startups through September 29, 2026. That was 14% more than the total for all of 2025. The number...
Microsoft Reportedly Wins Exclusive GTA VI Cloud-Streaming Rights
Microsoft’s Xbox has reportedly secured exclusive cloud-streaming rights for Grand Theft Auto VI, according to sources familiar with the company’s plans. The...
Microsoft Puts On-Device AI at Center of Surface Event
Microsoft will host a major event in San Francisco on October 7, 2026, focused on the future of the PC and local, on-device artificial intelligence. CEO Satya...