James O'Donnell / MIT Technology Review:
Microsoft's AI safety team proposed technical standards for detecting AI-generated content, but its CSO declined to commit to using them across its platforms  —  AI-enabled deception now permeates our online lives.  There are the high-profile cases you may easily spot …

Andrew R. Chow / Time:
How some political candidates and activists across ideologies and professions are pushing back on the spread of data centers and AI in the US  —  One icy morning in February, nearly 200 people gathered in a church in downtown Richmond, Va. Most had awakened before dawn and driven in from across the state.

Dan Gallagher / Wall Street Journal:
Uber's market cap fell to ~$150B, down ~25% in six months, as investors weigh robotaxi disruption, perceiving it as a two-horse race between Waymo and Tesla  —  Waymo's momentum is undeniable, but Uber's scale is being undervalued in AI-driven selloff  —  Uber can't seem to emerge from the shadow of what's to come.

Robert Burnson / Bloomberg:
A US grand jury indicted three people, including two former Google engineers, for allegedly stealing trade secrets relating to Pixel's Tensor processor  —  Two former Google engineers and one of their husbands were indicted for allegedly stealing trade secrets relating to the company's Tensor processor for Pixel phones.

Evan Halper / Washington Post:
Tech companies are increasingly building private power plants to fuel off-grid data centers, a move experts warn face reliability challenges and climate risks  —  Tech companies are building data centers with their own private power plants, a risky bet that will increase carbon emissions and other pollution.