AWS doubles down on custom LLMs with features meant to simplify model creation

AWS is launching more capabilities in both Amazon Bedrock and Amazon SageMaker AI to make building custom models easier.
Slate

Inside Big Tech’s Awful Plan to Fill Space With A.I. Garbage

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Earlier this month, Google researchers ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Chevron Picks Texas for First AI Data Center Power Project

Chevron Corp. chose West Texas as the site of its first project to provide natural gas-fired power to a data center, the beginning of a new line of business for the oil giant to capitalize on the boom ...
Business Insider

Uber and DoorDash now disclose when algorithms set prices. There's still one big question.

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Franchise Times

With QSR Sales Down and Consumer Sentiment Falling, Brands Turn to Data for Answers

Panelists at the Restaurant Finance & Development Conference share how customer insights helped increase the frequency of visits to stores and guide enhancements to loyalty programs. How restaurants ...
Arizona Daily Star

Project Blue now says it will match power use with clean energy

Project Blue developers say they are “committing to match 100%” of the massive data-center complex’s energy use with renewable energy, a letter to Pima County shows. Beale Infrastructure, in a letter ...
Business Insider

Internal messages reveal how Klarna scrambled to fix a glitch that exposed customer data

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MLive

Rural residents ‘in an uproar’ over OpenAI’s massive data center project south of Ann Arbor

This story has been updated with a statement from a state representative. SALINE TWP., MI — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday praised the upcoming OpenAI-backed data center in rural Washtenaw County, ...
clickondetroit.com

Whitmer touts ‘largest investment in Michigan history’ with OpenAI, Oracle data center project

FILE - Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer gives a policy speech at an event, April 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File) (Mark Schiefelbein ...
CBS News

Some Louisiana residents bristle at rising energy costs and unwelcome construction for massive Meta AI data center

Lisa Hopkins bought her house in Louisiana's Richland Parish two years ago, but lately, her family only finds peace and quiet on their front porch at night, after construction stops for the day.
WRBL

South Columbus business owner says ‘Spiderweb’ construction project drove away customers

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — A longtime Columbus business owner says road construction in South Columbus forced him to close his doors after 25 years. Mike Pair, owner of Exhaust Pro Systems on Andrews Road ...
Click2Houston

‘Customers can’t find us’: Humble salon owner speaks out as FM 1960 construction project drags on 4 years later

HUMBLE, Texas – A Humble business owner says years of road construction along FM 1960 are driving customers away, and it’s taking a toll on her livelihood. Linda Pounds, owner of Hair Razors Studios, ...