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California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a slate of bills on Monday aimed at giving communities more information and say over how data centers affect electricity bills and water supply. The measures come as data centers expand across the US and draw protests over AI infrastructure.
OpenAI is extending access to its Daybreak program to the Government of Ukraine. The program supports cyber defense of civilian infrastructure.
OpenAI is giving AI cyber defence tools to Ukraine, according to a BBC report shared on r/OpenAI.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman spoke to the United Nations Security Council about AI safety, human control, and international cooperation.
Beijing is investigating DeepSeek and Moonshot AI over potential data leaks to Anthropic. The report follows rumors that Moonshot executives were arrested, with the probe possibly leading to arrests or fines.
OpenAI announced a new independent panel of mathematicians to advise it and other AI companies on interactions with mathematical research. The move follows a string of mathematical results that became a reputational crisis.
British Columbia has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI demanding the company pay for a new school after ChatGPT was used in a shooting. The suit also seeks the Tumbler Ridge shooter's ChatGPT logs.