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Musk's Gas Turbine Gambit: AI's Power Problem Solved, Pollution Problem Created
Musk's plan to cast gas turbine blades in-house could speed up AI's power supply - but at what cost to public health and the environment?
2026-08-31
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2026-08-28
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Lambda Borrows $1 Billion to Buy Chips It Will Rent to Microsoft, Because That's How the AI Economy Works Now
Lambda borrows $1 billion to buy Nvidia chips to rent to Microsoft, continuing the AI industry's proud tradition of spending billions in borrowed money to build the future.
2026-07-02
TechCrunch
Ashton Kutcher Leaves Sound Ventures to Chase AI Power (Literally, the Electricity Kind)
Ashton Kutcher trades his Sound Ventures chair for a new VC firm with Morgan Beller, chasing AI infrastructure and energy startups - because even AI needs a power outlet.
2026-05-31
TechCrunch
SoftBank to Spend €75 Billion Making France the Data Center Capital of the World, Probably
SoftBank commits €75 billion to build French data centers, because where else would you store all those AI-generated sonnets about baguettes?
2026-05-21
BBC World
Nvidia Posts $58.3bn Profit, Investors Yawn, Shares Dip 1.6%
Nvidia smashes revenue and profit records, but investors are so used to perfection that a 1.6% share dip somehow counts as disappointment.
2026-04-18
TechCrunch
AI Insiders Buy Talk Shows, Everyone Else Just Gets New Words to Worry About
As OpenAI buys talk shows and Anthropic demos 'dangerous' AI for bankers, a podcast tries to explain the growing gap between AI insiders and a confused public.
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