The Download: empty AI climate claims, and an Nvidia investigation
Today's Download: an unproven climate case for AI, an internal Nvidia probe, and Democrats preparing a Big Tech investigation blitz.
Regulation is reshaping how AI gets built and deployed. Track the EU AI Act, US executive actions, copyright litigation, safety standards, and enforcement decisions — each summarized with the underlying documents and rulings linked for verification.
Today's Download: an unproven climate case for AI, an internal Nvidia probe, and Democrats preparing a Big Tech investigation blitz.
20 stories, 5 beats: Nvidia Scandal, Korea Bets, Agent Pushes.
As AI suspicion spreads through fiction publishing, a wave of provenance tools promises authors a defense — but neither the tools nor detectors have a shared standard of proof.
At the UN climate conference in Antalya, AI's promised emissions cuts are colliding with a thin public record of real deployment.
A US intelligence memo reportedly alleges China's Ministry of State Security recruited a Megaspeed executive to spy on Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.
Democrats' midterm sweep puts data center rules and Big Tech oversight back on the table — and voters already signaled where they stand.
Voters approved restrictions on data centers in 40 of 41 local ballots, and Democrats' midterm wins may bring more tech regulation.
Texas midterm results put its data center boom at risk, while a divided Washington and a Senate permitting vote reshape where AI infrastructure gets built.
OpenAI outlines a National Community Compact and Compute Campus Policy Blueprint to guide responsible AI infrastructure development.
AI industry and safety groups poured millions into the 2026 midterms, but several of their biggest bets lost — and both sides are already recalibrating.
OpenAI's Chris Lehane proposes a New Deal-style social contract for AI ahead of the 2028 presidential race.
Silicon Valley's biggest pro-AI super PAC network spent heavily in the primaries, pivoted to safe races in the general, and left critics arguing it failed to shape the midterms.