Google has released Gemma 4 12B, an open-weights multimodal AI model designed to run entirely on a standard laptop with 16 GB of VRAM or unified memory. The model is available now for free download and marks a notable step toward powerful AI that operates offline, without sending data to the cloud. The model is …
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders plans to introduce the American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Act, a bill that would give the American public a direct ownership stake in the largest artificial intelligence companies in the United States. Sanders writes for the New York Times that AI is built on collectively created human knowledge and that its …
Google has announced five commitments around water use at its data centers, including a pledge to replenish more water than it consumes by 2030. Lauren Feiner reports for The Verge that the company published the commitments in a blog post and is framing them as a model other data center operators could follow. Concern about …
The European Commission has unveiled a sweeping technology package aimed at reducing Europe’s reliance on American digital infrastructure. Mathieu Pollet reports for Politico that the so-called tech sovereignty package is designed not to confront U.S. firms directly, but to build up European alternatives over the long term. The package is driven partly by concerns that …
AI music platform Suno has closed a $400 million funding round, valuing the company at $5.4 billion. Corbin Bolies reports for Variety that the Series D round was led by Bond Capital, with participation from IVP, Forerunner, Union Square Ventures, Alkeon Capital Management and Quiet. Previous backers Matrix, Lightspeed, Menlo Ventures and Schroders Capital also …
Google is giving website owners the option to exclude their content from its AI-generated search features, including AI Overviews and AI Mode. The move follows a ruling by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), as Igor Bonifacic reports for Engadget and Imran Rahman-Jones reports for BBC News. Google plans to add a toggle inside …
Perplexity AI has unveiled a hybrid inference system that automatically decides, mid-task, whether to process data on a user’s local device or route it to cloud-based AI models. Michael Nuñez reports for VentureBeat that CEO Aravind Srinivas demonstrated the technology at Computex 2026 during Intel’s keynote, using confidential deal documents to show the system in …
Americans are increasingly mobilizing against data centers, the large warehouse-style facilities that power AI and much of the modern internet. Marina Bolotnikova writes for Vox that this grassroots revolt reflects deep anxiety about artificial intelligence rather than genuine ecological concern. A recent Gallup poll found that 70 percent of Americans would oppose a data center …
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman toured the company’s Stargate data center in Saline, Michigan, and spoke about surging demand for AI compute, the future of work, and the risks of a global AI race. David Faber reports for CNBC in an exclusive interview conducted at the site. A $45 billion bet on AI demand The Stargate …
Snowflake has introduced a two-layer context system designed to stop AI agents from returning contradictory answers when querying the same business data. Sean Michael Kerner reports for VentureBeat that the announcements came at Snowflake Summit 26 in San Francisco and center on two new products: Horizon Context and Cortex Sense. The core problem is that …