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County With 37 Data Centers Asks Schools to ‘Conserve Electricity’

Henrico County is a major hub for data centers in Virginia. Its officials said it expects a 25% rise in electricity costs next year, and advised workers to close the blinds and turn off their computers to make up for it.

Trump asked Musk for SpaceX stock to seed US kids’ savings accounts, report says

Sources suggest Musk may be mulling big donation to Trump Accounts.

X now offers an MCP server to make its platform easier for AI tools to use

X has launched a hosted MCP server, making it easier for developers to connect AI applications with the company’s API.

Amazon launches new $1 billion FDE org, following OpenAI and Anthropic

Engineers on the new team will embed within companies to deploy purpose-built agents, focusing on fast deployments and customer self-sufficiency.

Podcasting platform Riverside enters the newsletter publishing game

Users will be able use AI to create newsletters based on their recordings.

Surviving the Data Science Behavioral Interview

In the age of AI, standing out here means a lot more than ever. Here are three tips to walk into your next interview with confidence. The post Surviving the Data Science Behavioral Interview appeared first on Towards Data Science.

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Anthropic’s Claude Models Now Available in Microsoft Foundry

The launch gives enterprises broader access to building domain-specific, autonomous AI agents.

Lumo, Proton’s privacy-focused AI chatbot, gets an upgrade

Proton's Lumo 2.0 is dropping this week, giving users a broader variety of capabilities.

Scammers Sell Seeds for Exotic AI-Generated Flowers That Don’t Exist

Ebay, Amazon, and Etsy are unable to stop the flood of AI-generated seed scams.

Florida bans local governments from pursuing net-zero emissions goals

Gov. Ron DeSantis calls it a crackdown on "radical climate policies."

Companies Are Making Claude and Codex Talk Like Cavemen to Stop AI’s Soaring Costs

A senior OpenAI employee has contributed code to the project, simply called 'caveman.'

How to Maximize Codex Exec Command

Build a more powerful coding agent setup with a model ensemble The post How to Maximize Codex Exec Command appeared first on Towards Data Science.

How I Bought a Private Jet By Selling $10 Subscriptions to 404 Media

My journey inside the world of LARPing, where hustlebros pretend to be rich for TikTok.

Agriculture is ready for AI, but its data isn’t

Artificial intelligence is transforming what is possible in agriculture, but industry leaders should be wary of investing in AI without first laying the groundwork.  The use cases are promising, especially for an industry navigating volatile fertilizer costs, unpredictable weather, and margins th...

Stop Choosing Between Local and Cloud LLMs: A Field Guide to Hybrid Patterns

A hands-on walkthrough of a hybrid local-cloud workflow using Gemma 4 and GPT-5.4, with reasoning and structured outputs The post Stop Choosing Between Local and Cloud LLMs: A Field Guide to Hybrid Patterns appeared first on Towards Data Science.

Crypto exchange OKX wants AI agents to hire and pay each other

OKX is bringing together payments, identity and reputation into a marketplace for AI agents.

How ChatGPT adoption has expanded

New OpenAI Signals data shows how ChatGPT adoption is growing globally, with users increasing usage, exploring more capabilities, and driving growth across regions and languages.

The AI jobs debate just got messier

A new report finds "high-intensity AI adopters” saw headcount increase 10.2%. Among those companies, entry-level headcount rose by 12%, countering the rhetoric that AI kills junior jobs.