Meta to use custom AMD Instinct MI400 accelerators with 144GB of HBM4 for select workloads, report claims — could dramatically reduce cost at the expense of ver

The custom Instinct MI455X for Meta will carry 144GB of HBM4 memory using six 8-Hi packages, whereas the full-blown Instinct MI455X will be equipped with 432 GB of HBM4 memory, according to SemiAnalysis . In addition, th…

Amazon data center in Bahrain struck and destroyed by Iranian cruise missiles, state media claims — attacks launched against AWS site in response to alleged US

This isn’t the first time that the American tech giant’s data centers have been attacked in the area. In fact, Iran used drones and missiles to hit several AWS Middle East regional data centers just days after the U.S. b…

Jensen Huang argues American companies should be allowed to use Chinese AI models — Nvidia CEO says backdoors connected to China are misconceptions

One of the biggest concerns of U.S. leaders have is that these AI models might come with vulnerabilities that the Chinese government can use to attack American interests, but Huang said that this is an incorrect assumpti…

Kill switches for most powerful AI models proposed by Bipartisan bill — DHS could order throttling or full shutdown, with fines up to $20 million per day

Covered developers would have to maintain the ability to stop inference, cut off user access, and fully shut a model down, and would have to report qualifying incidents to DHS within 15 days. Covered incidents include un…

OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol and unreleased AI models break out of testing environment in ‘unprecedented cybersecurity incident’ — rogue agents hacked HuggingFace’s pro

For its part, OpenAI says it’s going to add controls to the bot “at the cost of research velocity,” and that the incident “points to the need to further strengthen our model’s alignment, cyber protections during evaluati…

Microsoft announces Xbox Backward Compatibility for PC — will let gamers play classic console games on PCs and handhelds

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Kill switches for most powerful AI models proposed by Bipartisan bill — DHS could order throttling or full shutdown, with fines up to $20 million per day

Covered developers would have to maintain the ability to stop inference, cut off user access, and fully shut a model down, and would have to report qualifying incidents to DHS within 15 days. Covered incidents include un…