A Guardian analysis compares the White House's hope that AI will help the US grow out of debt to the Republican promise that tax cuts pay for themselves. It argues that even if AI supercharged the economy, its effect on government finances would be limited.
Satya Nadella now says 'super intelligence' instead of artificial intelligence, in line with President Trump's preferred term. In a blog post he frames AI models as insider security threats, which The Decoder reads as a swipe at OpenAI and Anthropic driven by Microsoft's fear of falling behind.
Retailers are adopting AI tools to streamline operations. Experts warn that gathering more detailed consumer data raises the risk of personalized pricing.
The US International Trade Commission has opened a patent case against 20 companies, including Foxconn, Luxshare and Quanta, over power systems in AI servers. It follows a complaint from power-chip maker Vicor, which says their products infringe one of its patents.
President Trump's plan to rebrand artificial intelligence as 'super intelligence' initially drew skepticism. While most of the public still says AI, some of Silicon Valley's most powerful figures are adopting the new term.
UK AI minister Kanishka Narayan will call on frontier AI developers to do more on safety while announcing stronger cyber defences. He will argue Britain cannot rely entirely on tech companies to police their own models and needs more of its own AI infrastructure.