Meta (META) strikes AI computing deals with data centre firm Crusoe, and is set to get roughly 1.6GW of computing capacity from sites in Texas and Missouri

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Meta (META) strikes AI computing deals with data centre firm Crusoe, and is set to get roughly 1.6GW of computing capacity from sites in Texas and Missouri

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The White House and Anthropic are working on a framework that would assess the severity of security flaws in new AI models and guide potential government intervention, Politico reports

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