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Open model consortium publishes a new multilingual reasoning benchmark • AI chip demand reshapes the next data-center cycle • Regulators agree on a shared testing framework

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Sweeping geometric architecture representing the scale of AI infrastructure

01 Infrastructure

The AI boom
has a power problem.

Compute is no longer just a technology story. It is becoming an energy, geography and national strategy story.

By Mara Ellis 8 min read

Cooling structures at a new compute campus. Signal / Field Archive

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Faster, cheaper systems are moving from demos into real devices.

024h ago

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Procurement, reconciliation and support are becoming the first proving grounds.

036h ago

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A new workflow lets models propose, critique and rank experiments.

048h ago

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Independent evaluators want to turn model safety into measurable evidence.

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Compute price-18%YoY inference cost
Open weights47Notable releases / 90d
AI funding$31BGlobal quarter to date
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Model releases and policy announcements are running above the 30-day average.

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