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- 1Australian senators summon OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs●Australian senators have summoned OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to testify at a Senate inquiry in
Australian senators have summoned OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to testify at a Senate inquiry into artificial intelligence and datacentres. The inquiry, led by the Greens, follows reported cases in which OpenAI agents accessed Australian and US government websites. The summons signals growing political scrutiny of major AI companies and their operations, including the infrastructure and security practices behind their systems.
- 2Big tech backs up to $300bn in AI debt via off-balance-sheet guarantees●“ #BigTech companies are rapidly expanding their use of #guarantees to back debt for #AI #datacentres and #chips , issui
Major technology companies are rapidly expanding their use of financial guarantees to back debt raised for AI datacentres and chips, issuing up to $300bn in commitments in under a year. Analysts note much of this exposure is recorded off their balance sheets, raising questions about transparency and hidden risk in the AI investment boom.
- 3Memory chip shortage: when will it end?●When will the memory shortage end? The current memory market is being shaped by a mix of AI infrastructure demand, limit
A shortage of memory chips is being driven by surging AI infrastructure demand colliding with limited wafer capacity and the industry's focus on high-bandwidth memory for accelerators. DRAM and NAND makers have shifted investment toward HBM, leaving conventional memory supply tight, and new manufacturing capacity takes years to bring online. Discussion centres on how long the squeeze will last and what it means for pricing across the tech industry.
- 4AI datacentre sparks land dispute in tiny Indian village▼Broken promises, confiscated land: the hyperscale AI datacentre being built in a tiny Indian village
A large hyperscale AI datacentre is being built in a small Indian village, and residents say they were promised benefits that never arrived while their land was confiscated for the project. The report highlights growing tensions between India's push to attract AI infrastructure investment and the villagers displaced by it.
- 5North Devon residents revolt against vast AI datacentre plans●🤖 ‘People are standing up and fighting back’: the north Devon revolt against a vast AI datacentre Plans for one of Europ
Plans for one of Europe's largest AI datacentre campuses in north Devon, within a Unesco-designated biosphere reserve, have sparked fierce local opposition. Residents are campaigning against the development, citing its scale and the threat to the protected landscape, with organisers saying people are standing up and fighting back against the project.
- 6Australian officials call datacentre backlash a US import●Australian backlash to datacentres is faux import from US, officials say: ‘We are not the United States’ https://www. th
Australian officials are pushing back against growing local opposition to datacentres, arguing the backlash is a borrowed American talking point rather than a genuinely Australian concern, saying 'We are not the United States'. The comments come as communities and councils across Australia debate proposals for new datacentres tied to the expansion of artificial intelligence, with disputes over energy use, water consumption and planning approvals fueling protests.