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Visualising AI spending: How does it compare with history’s mega projects?

AI spending is projected to reach $2.5 trillion in 2026, surpassing the largest scientific and infrastructure projects.

The AI Researcher Who Just Quit Anthropic Says It’s ‘Crunch Time for Humanity’

Jacob Coxon talks to WIRED about the “mini Manhattan project” inside Anthropic, the problem with alignment, and why AI labs have just a few years left to make their systems safe.

Big Tech’s A.I. Spending Is Accelerating (Again)

Despite the risk of a bubble, Google, Meta, Microsoft and Amazon plan to spend billions more on artificial intelligence than they already do.

Anthropic and Wall Street giants prepare $1.5 billion project to sell AI to businesses – Oninvest

Investors in the project include Blackstone and Goldman Sachs, The Wall Street Journal has learned

Anthropic commits to spending $200 billion on Google's cloud and chips: Report

The commitment suggests the AI startup accounts for more than 40 per cent of the revenue backlog Google disclosed to investors last week, according ‌to the report.

Inside the AI Index: 12 Takeaways from the 2026 Report | Stanford HAI

The annual report reveals a field hitting breakthrough capabilities while raising urgent questions about environmental costs, transparency, and who benefits from the technology.

AI costs how much? GitHub Copilot users react to new usage-based pricing system.

Some report burning through their whole monthly "AI credit" allotment in a single day.

Pluralistic: Google’s AI pricing plan (21 Jan 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Google is spending a lot on AI, but what's not clear is how Google will make a lot from AI. Or, you know, even break even. Given, you know, that businesses are seeing zero return from AI:

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Does anyone disagree that pretty much every piece of empirical evidence we have about actually existing AI points toward a labor-augmenting technology with a more-or-less ordinary risk profile (no worse than cars, guns, nuclear power, social media, etc.)?On the labor front, the…— Nathan Witkin (@NateWitkin) October 5, 2026

Microsoft reports are exposing AI's real cost problem: Using the tech is more expensive than paying human employees | Fortune

Companies are racing to incentivize employees to use AI. But as some companies are finding, the more employees that use the technology, the heavier the bill.

Key Congress staffers in AI debate are funded by tech giants like Google and Microsoft

Big tech companies are funneling money through a science nonprofit to help pay the salaries of AI staffers in Congress — and it’s just one example of the increasing influence outside-funded fellows are exerting on tech policy in Washington.

Google Cuts Its Giant Electricity Bill With DeepMind-Powered AI

Google just paid for part of its acquisition of DeepMind in a surprising way.

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Announcing our $130M Series A to build the Open Superintelligence StackLed by Radical Ventures, with NVIDIA, Intel Capital, Dell Capital, and existing investorsTrain, deploy, and continuously improve your own models using our stack.Own your intelligence. pic.twitter.com/BM31LfVUNQ— Prime Intellect (@PrimeIntellect) July 8, 2026

Google and Microsoft offer lucrative deals to promote AI, but even $500,000 won't sway some creators

Tech companies including Google and Microsoft are paying influencers hundreds of thousands of dollars to promote AI products.

These billion-dollar AI startups have no products, no revenue and eager investors

A new wave of startups some have dubbed “neolabs” are focusing on long-term research and developing new AI models over immediate profits.

These Billion-Dollar AI Startups Have No Products, No Revenue and Eager Investors

A new wave of startups some have dubbed “neolabs” are focusing on long-term research and developing new AI models over immediate profits.