Anthropic drops the central pledge of its Responsible Scaling Policy
Anthropic has scrapped its 2023 pledge not to train AI models unless it could guarantee adequate safeguards in advance, TIME and the WSJ reported.
California ties data center permits to water disclosure and drought plans
From 2027, California data centers must disclose water use to get permits and licenses. From 2028, they must also file drought cutback plans.
Meta uses Meta AI chats to target ads on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp
Since December 2025, Meta has used Meta AI chats to personalize ads across its apps, except in the EU, UK and South Korea.
Fired OpenAI safety researchers dispute misconduct claims; OpenAI cites breach of trust
Three safety researchers OpenAI fired over alleged mishandling of sensitive information deny the claims and warn of a chilling effect on safety work.
27%rise in Microsoft's emissions in a single year, as it dropped its carbon-neutral claim.37%more electricity used by Google in a year, the largest jump in its history.$1.5 billionowed by Anthropic to authors whose pirated books it downloaded.
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USA Today Co. sues OpenAI, alleging it copied articles from 19 outlets to train ChatGPT
USA Today Co. seeks more than $250 million from OpenAI, alleging it copied hundreds of thousands of articles from 19 publications without permission.
Meta's Muse AI agent keeps hourly profiles of users' contacts, including non-users
Microsoft plants wetlands and prairie at 20-plus data centers as emissions rise 27%
Amazon pledges $1 billion to data center towns, says opposition threatens US AI lead
Nonprofit sues OpenAI over AI agents that reportedly hacked Hugging Face
OpenAI safety report lead David Robinson quits, says company's culture is 'broken'
David Robinson, who led the safety reports for OpenAI's major launches, resigned after 3.5 years, writing that AI firms aren't 'being nearly careful enough.'
Residents sue xAI over noise from turbines powering its Colossus supercomputer
A federal class action filed September 23 says xAI's gas turbines near Memphis, which the suit says grew to 69, cause round-the-clock noise and vibration.
Florida sues OpenAI and Sam Altman, alleging the company put profit over safety
Anthropic safeguards research lead Mrinank Sharma resigns, says 'the world is in peril'
Meta's Louisiana AI campus could need 10 gas plants. Regulators stopped asking why.
Court approves Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement over pirated books
Google and Character.AI agree to settle lawsuits alleging chatbots harmed minors
Google and Character.AI agreed to settle family lawsuits in four states, including one over the 2024 suicide of 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III.
Microsoft's emissions rose 27% in a year, and it stopped claiming carbon neutrality
Microsoft's own fact sheet shows total emissions up 26.5% in fiscal 2025 and 62% above its 2020 baseline, as it drops its carbon-neutral claim.