New Era Energy & Digital is taking full ownership of the Texas Critical Data Centers (TCDC) joint venture. The deal, valued at $70 million, involves cash, stock, and a convertible note to buy out SharonAI’s 50% stake in the AI data center project.
OpenAI is letting developers build and submit mini-apps directly into ChatGPT. This turns the popular chatbot into a platform, similar to how the App Store changed smartphones.
Zoox has issued a voluntary software recall affecting 332 of its autonomous vehicles. The issue involved vehicles crossing center lines near intersections and blocking crosswalks. This marks the company’s fourth such recall in 2024.
A group of prominent authors, led by John Carreyrou, is taking six major AI companies to court. They allege their copyrighted books were illegally used to train generative AI models, challenging a previous legal settlement they see as inadequate.
According to Stanford experts, 2026 will be the year of the AI reality check. The focus shifts from evangelism to hard metrics on productivity, job impact, and a major leap forward for medical AI.
Rakuten Group is betting its AI future on extreme cost efficiency. Under Google veteran Ting Cai, its team of 1,000 has built a new large language model it says runs at a 90% lower cost than comparable systems.
Mozilla is adding a global “AI kill switch” to Firefox, letting users disable all AI tools. The move comes after severe backlash over a 2024 privacy feature that was turned on by default without clear consent.
Mozilla’s new CEO, Anthony Enzor-Demeo, is steering Firefox toward becoming a “modern AI browser.” The plan has sparked user concern, leading to a promise of a definitive “AI Kill Switch” coming in Q1 of 2026.
Sandfall Interactive’s Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has lost its Indie Game Awards. The committee revoked the Game of the Year and Debut Game titles days after the December 18th ceremony due to the use of generative AI assets, violating strict rules.
The Adani Group is considering building nuclear power plants specifically to fuel its aggressive push into AI data centers in India. The company plans to develop over one gigawatt of data center capacity and sees potential for 50GW of renewable demand from the sector alone. This comes as India’s dat
