Train-to-Test scaling explained: How to optimize your end-to-end AI compute budget for inference

AI reasoning does not necessarily require spending huge amounts on frontier models. Instead, smaller models can yield ...

AI’s New Training Data: Your Old Work Slacks And Emails

One company, AfterQuery, sells a series of off-the-shelf “worlds” to AI labs, with names such as “Big Tech World”, “Finance ...
E&E

Republicans split on how to legislate on data centers

President Donald Trump wants Congress to act. His party has yet to come up with a unified plan. Republicans in Congress are no closer to addressing how data centers affect electricity bills, a week ...
TechSpot

GitHub Copilot will use your data for AI training by default, but you can opt out

A hot potato: GitHub has announced that starting April 24, the company will begin using interaction data from Copilot Free, Pro, and Pro+ users to train and improve its AI models unless they opt out.
The Boston Globe

A glassy addition to a split-level home gives an Arlington family more space

After living in various urban locations around Boston, and later a condo in Arlington Heights, Ava Li and Michael Datta went on to purchase a 1960s split-level ranch in Arlington’s Morningside ...
New York Post

Ukrainian troops testing exoskeletons that help them run 12 mph on battlefield and carry more ammo against Russia

Ukrainian troops are now combat-testing exoskeletons that can fit into a suitcase and help them run up to 12 mph on the battlefield. The 7th Air Assault Corps of the Armed Forces of Ukraine revealed ...
WSLS 10

Virginia lawmakers split on data center tax incentives

Virginia lawmakers are at an impasse over tax incentives for the state’s booming data center industry, delaying the passage of the state budget. Nearly 20 years ago, Virginia established a sales tax ...
Harvard Business Review

When Using AI Leads to “Brain Fry”

A new study finds that certain patterns of AI use are driving cognitive fatigue, while others can help reduce burnout. by Julie Bedard, Matthew Kropp, Megan Hsu, Olivia T. Karaman, Jason Hawes and ...
WTOL

Residents, experts split over future of data centers in northwest Ohio

TOLEDO, Ohio — Ohio State Sen. Paula Hicks-Hudson hosted a data center town hall Monday night at the Toledo-Lucas County Public Main Library. It highlighted growing tension over the future of data ...
NBC4 Columbus

Ohio EPA weighs allowing data centers to dump wastewater into rivers

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency released a draft for a new permit that would allow data centers across the state to release untreated wastewater and stormwater ...
CNET

Microsoft Researchers Figure Out How to Store Data Inside Glass Using Lasers

Most of the world's information is stored digitally right now. Every year, we generate more data than we did the year before. Now, with AI in the picture, a technology that relies on a whole lot of ...
Seeking Alpha

Merck to split human health unit into two divisions

Merck (MRK) announced plans to separate its core pharmaceutical division into two units as it prepares for the upcoming patent expiration of its top-selling drug. The drugmaker said it is organizing ...