The AI Buildout
The race to build AI infrastructure, from chips and data centers to model safety and labor pressure.
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How Semiconductor Supply Chains Work
Chip demand links U.S. buyers to overseas fabs, scarce tools and CHIPS funding.
Jun 3 · Guide
How AI Data Centers Work
AI data centers turn model demand into pressure on chips, power, cooling and permits.
Jun 3 · Guide
How Large Language Models Work
An LLM turns prompts into predicted text, creating risk when fluent answers outrun verification.
Jun 2 · GuideBrief archive
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- Jun 3 · 2 sources SoftBank plans 75 billion euros
SoftBank plans EUR75B for French AI data centers, putting grid capacity, market power, and Europe’s compute race under pressure
- Jun 2 · 7 sources Trump signs AI safety order
Trump's AI order asks companies to submit powerful models for voluntary federal testing up to 30 days before public release
- Jun 2 · 2 sources Anthropic's AI security rollout
Anthropic opens Project Glasswing to 150 partners as power, water, health, and government teams test AI for security flaws
- Jun 2 · 2 sources Alphabet's $80B AI raise
Alphabet plans to raise $80 billion for AI compute, putting stock-market money behind data centers under capacity pressure
- Jun 1 · 6 sources Florida sues OpenAI and Sam
Florida's attorney general sues OpenAI in an 83-page lawsuit for allegedly selling ChatGPT as safe while Floridians faced safety risks
- May 31 · 2 sources Bank CEO apologizes over AI job cuts
Standard Chartered plans roughly 7,800 back-office job cuts after CEO Bill Winters called AI-vulnerable workers "lower value human capital"
- May 28 · 3 sources Anthropic's $65B Jump
The round pushes Anthropic ahead of OpenAI on paper and turns private valuation into the AI race scoreboard
- May 27 · 2 sources Anti-Tech Extremism Alert
DHS, the FBI and fusion centers warn of 'anti-technology extremism' as AI backlash hits jobs, data centers and local protests
- May 25 · 2 sources Pope Leo's A.I. encyclical, explained
The text, Magnifica Humanitas, frames AI as an ethical and social challenge for the Church