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The use of AI is never a purely technical matter: when it enters processes that affect people’s lives, it touches on rights, opportunities, status and freedom"

—Pope Leo XIV

NVIDIA’s $6 Billion Poolside Deal to Compete with Domestic and Chinese Frontier AI Models

NVIDIA logo representing the chipmaker at the center of a major AI model push through its $6 billion Poolside deal.

More than 100 Poolside employees, including engineers, are expected to join NVIDIA and contribute to its Nemotron open-weight AI models.

Social Sciences Core Bans AI While UChicago Expands Claude Access

University of Chicago campus buildings in autumn.

The new guidelines call for AI-free and largely device-free SOSC Core classes, while allowing limited exceptions for specific academic purposes.

Andhra Pradesh HC Mandates Adalat AI Across 733 Courtrooms; YC Backs Nonprofit

High Court of Andhra Pradesh in Amaravati, which mandated the statewide adoption of Adalat AI across the State’s district judiciary from October 1, 2026.

The statewide rollout is set to begin October 1, 2026, while Adalat AI is joining Y Combinator as it plans to expand across India and the Global South.

Trump Fully Supports AI Data Centers, Saying They Bring “Tremendous Income”

Trump backs data centers, saying they can bring jobs and economic benefits to communities while new facilities build their own electricity.

US President Donald Trump said he is okay with Republicans opposing data centers, while emphasizing that AI data centers can bring jobs, increased income and lower taxes to communities.

Japan Calls on AI Companies to Disclose Training Data for Transparency

The proposed code aims to strengthen transparency around AI training data and protect intellectual property rights.

Australia Backs Establishment of Joint Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence

Parliament of Australia as it establishes a Joint Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence.

The committee will assess AI’s impact on Australia’s economy, laws, data sovereignty and communities, along with AI adoption, workforce impacts, security risks and emerging technologies.

IIT Bombay e-PG Diploma Brings GenAI, LLMs and AI Agents into its Curriculum

IIT Delhi campus building.

The one-year programme combines core computer science with AI and machine learning and includes online learning alongside an in-person campus immersion at IIT Bombay.

MeitY’s Sushil Pal Stresses Components, Materials for India’s Semiconductor Drive

Sushil Pal, Joint Secretary, MeitY, with other participants at the Bharat Electronics Component Manufacturing Summit 2026 in New Delhi.

India needs to deepen its semiconductor ecosystem across components, materials, chemicals, equipment and advanced packaging as it works towards its broader electronics manufacturing ambitions, Sushil Pal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), said at the Bharat Electronics Component Manufacturing Summit 2026 in New Delhi on August 19. Addressing the summit, Pal said… Continue reading MeitY’s Sushil Pal Stresses Components, Materials for India’s Semiconductor Drive

OpenAI Launches ‘ChatGPT for Teens’ with New Guardrails as AI Safety Concerns Grow

OpenAI is introducing ChatGPT for Teens, an experience designed for users aged 13–17 with stronger age-appropriate safety protections and learning-focused features.

OpenAI on Tuesday introduced “ChatGPT for Teens” for users aged 13–17, amid rising concerns over AI use by young people. The company said it includes age-appropriate safety protections, learning tools and additional controls for parents. Also Read: 17-Year-Old Charged with Murder; Used ChatGPT for “Fantasies” About Killing Family According to OpenAI, the safeguards are designed… Continue reading OpenAI Launches ‘ChatGPT for Teens’ with New Guardrails as AI Safety Concerns Grow

NVIDIA Backs OpenAI’s Ohio AI Data Center with up to $105 Billion

OpenAI, SB Energy and NVIDIA are partnering on a large-scale AI data center campus in Pike County, Ohio.

NVIDIA will provide credit support for 4.25 IT-GW of initial capacity at PORTS-Pike, where OpenAI will be the customer and SB Energy will build, own and operate the data center.