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Google's AI Overviews Antitrust Escape, and What Trump Did in the Same Week

A US judge dismissed publisher antitrust lawsuits against Google over AI Overviews on 1 October, the same week Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming artificial intelligence "superintelligence" and announcing a voluntary safety pledge among tech CEOs.

RFK Jr wants US health data pooled and searched by AI

Robert F Kennedy Jr used a Maha Institute event on Monday to call for medical and lifestyle data to be connected and shared with government and independent researchers, so that AI could search it for links between vaccines and conditions including autism and mortality.

Google's AI Overviews payout pilot: what 100 publishers are actually earning

Google is paying about 100 digital publishers for content used in AI Overviews, AI Mode and Gemini, and the payments range from under $1,000 over several months to more than $1 million a year, according to The Information.

Helical Fusion's HARUKA reactor: first coil in place, power-on tests targeted for 2027

OpenAI Delays IPO as FTC Opens Rogue Agent Probe and Australia Fallout Grows

FTC opens investigation into OpenAI, Anthropic and Metr over agentic AI risks

Europe's energy bills stay high as fresh data lands on EV residuals and power use

Night Trains in Europe: What the Data Says About the Rail Revival

FTC opens AI agent probe as data centres hide power use and EV pace slips

Google Dodges Antitrust Breakup Again as Judge Tosses AI Overviews Suits

Open weights hold their lead as regulators and rivals close in

Inference costs drop as Quail and Magnitude push cheaper serving

Dutch security nonprofit DIVD breached by AI agent using two Zammad zero-days

Huawei Claims Ascend Topped Nvidia In China As US Export Curbs Bite

SpaceNews: Quantum Space Signs Launch Processing Deal for Prime Mission

Grid Investment Meets Its Data Problem: Europe's Data Centres Won't Say What They Consume

Disinformation Networks Are the Internet's Default, Not a Tactic

AI safety evaluation splits in two: firms keep it in-house, governments build their own

Enterprise AI agents get a control plane, a permission algebra and an identity layer

Geely's 1,100 kW Battery, GM's LMR Bet: EV Battery Race Splits From US Policy