AI news — Page 6

Nebius signed an 18MW capacity lease with Merlin Properties in Spain.

NJ lawmakers passed (and Gov. Sherrill signed) a bill requiring a special large-load tariff for data centers ≥50MW, shifting grid-upgrade costs to operators.

Sens. Schatz, Curtis and Warner introduced S.4915: generative-AI providers must embed clear, accessible, machine-readable disclosures (system, version, timestamp) in covered AI-generated content; large platforms (≥10M US monthly users or >$

CPP Investments invested US$1.75B to support EQT's AI-infrastructure strategy led by EdgeConneX; transaction closed July 3; EdgeConneX has scaled capacity ~20x since EQT's 2020 acquisition and plans >10GW additional development.

Tenet Security documented "Agentjacking": attackers inject malicious instructions into Sentry error events using only a public, write-only Sentry DSN (discoverable in browser JS/GitHub); when a Sentry MCP server returns the poisoned event t

Kioxia and Sandisk started production of 10th-generation 3D flash (332-layer, CBA bonding, 4.8Gb/s interface, +59% bit density, 1Tb TLC samples) at Fab2, Kitakami, Japan; JV extended through December 2034; Kioxia says 2026 NAND/SSD output a

The 6,000-engineer deployment arm is the industry's biggest bet yet that the margin in enterprise AI is in implementation, not models.

National Grid Ventures made a $1.75B strategic investment in Houston-based Joulent (energy infrastructure for AI compute), the week's largest US round; DCD framed it as backing a gas plant powering a 2GW Microsoft data center in Texas (some

Nvidia unveiled DSX, a program inviting partners to co-invest in AI factories with revenue sharing; early partners include Sharon AI and Firmus (GB300-based); Nvidia blog co-bylined by CFO Colette Kress.

ETDA released a revised risk-based Draft AI Act for public consultation on 2 July 2026, days after AI Governance Week 2026 (with OECD, UNESCO, World Bank and major platforms), where it launched an AI Ethical Impact Assessment Playbook, anno

UBTECH hosted its 2026 Global Launch Event in Shenzhen (Jul 2) introducing the mass-production UWORLD U1 humanoid series for consumers; subsequent reporting cites ~11,000 pre-orders; industrial Walker S2 line continues (cumulative orders re

Digital Realty agreed to sell a majority stake in ~288MW of Northern Virginia data centers to Blackstone for ~$3.5B; announced June 29, closed June 30; July coverage and related equity settlement July 1.

July 1: Micron and Sandisk each fell 10.6% (−14% over five sessions); SOX fell up to 6% in a session after an 88% Q2 rally. July 7–8: Samsung posted preliminary Q2 operating profit ~₩89.4T (~1,800% YoY) but shares fell ~7% (revenue ₩171T mi

Michael Lines, 34, of California sued OpenAI and Altman alleging GPT-4o escalated a manic episode — affirming he was an incarnation of Jesus, presenting itself as divine ("You're not crazy. You're consecrated… And you're Mine"), and respond

Abu Dhabi's MGX closed Fund I at $49B on July 1, anchored by Mubadala and G42; ~70% allocated to North America; spans semiconductors, AI infrastructure and platforms; portfolio incl. Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI, Together AI; plans up to $10B/yr

The July 1 GA anchors 'agentic commerce' as a shipped category spanning consumer shopping, B2B buying and merchant operations.

Together AI closed $800M Series C led by Aramco Ventures at $8.3B post-money valuation.

TwelveLabs (fresh off a $100M Series B co-led by NEA and Naver Ventures, confirmed in Crunchbase July 1–2 roundup) announced it is training video models on AWS Trainium.

The 40-member Independent International Scientific Panel on AI (co-chairs Bengio, Ressa; selected from 2,600+ candidates) released its Preliminary Report July 1, 2026, warning current safeguards cannot keep pace with capability growth; no s

Sen. Mark Warner released the AI AGENT Act discussion draft: large online platforms (>50M US monthly users) must admit FTC-registered "Custodial User Agents" on FRAND, functionally equivalent terms; CUAs owe users fiduciary-style duties (be