2026-07-28
A 330 MW data center wanted to buy a farm, switch off the irrigation, and drink the difference — California's most powerful irrigation district said no, so it sued
The largest AI data center project in California is suing to get access to the Colorado River, and the 287 million gallons of water it allegedly needs to cool a 330-megawatt facility. [...]
2026-07-28
OpenAI and Anthropic Back Employee Call to Pace AI Progress
More than 1,100 employees of the world's leading AI labs have signed a public statement asking Washington to help build the tools needed to deliberately slow frontier AI development, and within hours OpenAI and Anthropic each endorsed it as companies. The request lands four days before the Trump administration's own deadline for producing a frontier-model security framework. The statemen [...]
2026-07-28
Eight months ago Altman wanted an AI CEO. Now he says nobody does.
In November, Sam Altman wanted OpenAI to be the first big company run by an AI boss. He said it would be an embarrassment if it were not. This week, he said people do not want an AI boss at all. “Shame on me if OpenAI is not the first big company run by an […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-07-28
1,134 AI insiders just asked Washington for a way to slow AI down
More than a thousand of the people building the most powerful AI want a way to slow it down. On Tuesday, 1,134 employees of the leading AI companies signed a letter asking the US government to help build one. The statement is titled Pacing the Frontier. It asks Washington to “support an international effort to […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-07-28
The AI that took their jobs is now renting their faces, for $15
In China, the AI boom that put actors and models out of work has found a new use for them. It is renting their faces. A growing set of platforms now pays people $15 to $700 to license their likeness for AI-generated content, Rest of World reported. Producers browse catalogues of faces by gender, age […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-07-28
Cursor cut its India price to $7, and its own AI models are why
Cursor has cut the price of AI coding in India to about $7 a month. The interesting part is how it can afford to. The startup launched Cursor Start on Monday, a ₹649 plan sold only in India, TechCrunch reported. It sits well below the $20 Pro subscription. It is also the first time Cursor […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-07-28
Elon Musk's age of abundance is an AI pipe dream soaked in snake oil, and I've about had it
In a recent interview, Elon Musk promised AI that's smarter than us in 5 years, which helps introduce a money- and work-free utopian world in which everyone has enough of everything. [...]