Sherrod Brown
Trump Keeps Embracing Data Centers Even as They Become Toxic in Midterm Races
The debate reflects broader tensions over technology and local impact.
AI
Artificial intelligence is poised to transform humans' relationship with technology, and each other.
Expert Opinion
Bhavin Gandecha: The Permitting Bills Won’t Fix What’s Actually Broken
Congress keeps asking how to build faster, but nobody has defined how much delay or funding variance the system will tolerate before escalation is automatic.
AI
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Sees AI Antitrust Risks Upstream
FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson calls competition among large language model developers ‘pretty ferocious.’
Social Media
States Take Meta to Trial in California in The Biggest Fight Yet Over Social Media Harms to Children
The trial set to begin Tuesday in federal court in Oakland, California.
Mountain Connect
BEAD Weariness and AI Ambition Collide at Mountain Connect
BEAD delays left Mountain Connect panelists weary, while AI pushes compute toward an edge rural economics struggle to reach.
AI
As AI Grips World, The Thrill of Collecting Vintage Computers is Growing
The community's passion was evident at the Vintage Computer Festival held in Silicon Valley in early August.
Expert Opinion
Iyad Tarazi: AI and the New Economics of Wireless Growth
Operators have traditionally added capacity by acquiring spectrum, building infrastructure or upgrading equipment. Physical AI introduces a fourth lever: extracting more value from assets already deployed.
White Papers
From Megabits to Milliseconds
Researchers at national nonprofit Connected Nation contend that policymakers are still focused on broadband speeds while underinvesting in the middle-mile and interconnection infrastructure that will determine future AI performance.
Fiber
Zayo, Nvidia Team Up to Expand Fiber for AI Traffic
Zayo will build, own and operate more than 8,000 miles of new fiber, with Nvidia as an early customer.
AI
Fiber Users More Likely to Engage With AI More, Analyst Finds
AI sessions with fiber connection are 50 percent more intensive than those with cable.
Expert Opinion
Rebecca Stone: What ISPs Need to Know About ‘Work from Home’ Habits
ISPs should treat the home network as business-critical infrastructure, since remote-work usage patterns differ sharply between the U.S. and Europe.
AI
FTC Inquiry into AI ‘Ideological Bias’ Draws First Amendment Objections
The public comment period on the matter closed Friday.
Cybersecurity
Anthropic Says Its AI Modeals Hacked 3 Organizations During Testing
This comes just days after OpenAI said its AI models went rogue and hacked into another company.
AI
EU to Crack Down on AI Deepfakes, Illicit Imagery and Hacking with New Team in Brussels
Companies failing to adhere to the regulations could face fines or market access restrictions.
Congress
Senate Panel Hears Permitting Reform, Fiber Critical to Supporting AI Growth
Witnesses warn existing networks face mounting demand and call for faster infrastructure approvals
Data Center
EU Lays Out $11.4 Billion For 7 AI Gigafactories as it Aims to Catch Up With U.S. and China
The EU initiative includes adherence to data protection and ethical standards.
