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6 days ago | 
insideaipolicy.com | Rick Weber
The Information Technology Industry Council is pressing the Department of Energy to make its massive databases of scientific and other information available to spur AI developers to produce models that benefit society, in response to a request for comments on how DOE could assist with the siting and building of data centers that support artificial intelligence technologies. “DOE should support increased access to federal data, infrastructure, and compute.
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6 days ago | 
insideaipolicy.com | Rick Weber
The Edison Electric Institute in comments to the Energy Department argues that the growth of data centers to support artificial intelligence -- and accommodating their need for power by interconnecting to the electricity grid -- should include funding for transmission upgrades to protect consumers from rising costs, a recommendation that underscores the challenges faced by the tech sector in its drive for AI development.
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1 week ago | 
insideaipolicy.com | Rick Weber
Elon Musk has renewed his legal attacks on OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman in a motion rejecting OpenAI’s counterclaims in a high-profile lawsuit initiated by Musk, after Altman earlier this week announced dropping plans for his company to become a for-profit entity.
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1 week ago | 
insideaipolicy.com | Rick Weber
The Environmental Protection Agency’s science and research office is promoting its use of artificial intelligence for emergency preparedness, saying the technology quickly processes data and reduces response times, as the Trump administration’s recently unveiled agency reorganization cuts office staff.
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1 week ago | 
insideaipolicy.com | Rick Weber
Energy Secretary Chris Wright emphasized his department’s role in developing artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies at a House Appropriations panel hearing where lawmakers on both sides of the aisle voiced concerns about President Trump’s federal funding cuts. Wright, in his first appearance before Congress as secretary, said DOE is working “to unleash American energy innovation.
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1 week ago | 
insideaipolicy.com | Rick Weber
A federal district judge has directed Meta Platforms to explain its assertions about the “transformative” use of books as part of datasets for training its Llama generative artificial intelligence model, even questioning the tech giant’s reference to a past Supreme Court ruling in support of its fair use claims in the landmark copyright infringement case.
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1 week ago | 
insideaipolicy.com | Rick Weber
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine has released a report that summarizes expert opinions about environmental impacts from the growth of data centers that support artificial intelligence, signaling an emerging consensus on greater coordination between the tech industry and electricity generators on siting facilities to power AI development.
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1 week ago | 
insideaipolicy.com | Rick Weber
The Foundation for Defense of Democracies is urging the Energy Department to allow U.S. tech firms to locate AI data centers at federal sites, to sidestep potential local community resistance, and share DOE’s massive amounts of scientific and other data with private companies developing artificial intelligence, to counter China’s growing global tech influence. “The United States is currently facing a generational challenge not seen since the earliest days of the first Cold War.
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1 week ago | 
insideaipolicy.com | Rick Weber
A new report by the RAND Corp. challenges the prevailing assumptions of U.S. policymakers about scaling up large-language models to beat China in the race for general artificial intelligence, laying out a more expansive strategy that anticipates uncertainties. “Existing AI technology -- in the form of large language models (LLMs) -- has shown great promise, and many in the AI technology and policy worlds think that LLMs may scale up to AGI in the near future,” note the RAND researchers,...
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1 week ago | 
insideaipolicy.com | Rick Weber
OpenAI has abandoned its plans to pursue a corporate restructuring to become a for-profit enterprise, citing ongoing discussions with the attorneys general of Delaware and California in its decision to retain nonprofit status.
