FT AI·
Pro-industry campaign groups deploy millions amid growing public support for tighter regulation
Read full articleVirginia redistricting referendum was struck down 4-3 by the state Supreme Court on May 8, with Democrats immediately filing to appeal to SCOTUS Virginia redistricting was struck down 4-3 by the state Supreme Court, with Democrats filing to appeal to…
Silicon Valley giants have transformed from asset-light cash machines to huge infrastructure investors
Yes, Trump might carry them to victory in the midterms. But he can’t carry them much longer – especially not in the 2028 elections All told, Democrats already seem as though they’re headed for a great midterm election. Voters already troubled by the state of the economy now have the impacts of Donald Trump’s teeter-tottering war in Iran to contend with, and polls tell us they aren’t happy – per poll averages from the analyst Nate Silver, nearly 55% of Americans oppose the war in Iran, 61% of Americans disapprove of Trump’s handling of the economy, and 57% of Americans disapprove of Trump overall. As it stands, Democrats have a six-point advantage in generic congressional ballot polling over Republicans. And Republican hopes that a mid-decade redistricting rush would save their tight majority in the House have been frustrated. The partisan gerrymandering war of the last several months peaked with the victory of a ballot measure in Virginia that allows the state’s Democratic legislature
The growing unease over artificial intelligence is something elements of the left and the right can agree on in a polarized age.
Earnings hint at growth trajectory despite increases in capital spending
As Big Tech pours unprecedented resources into scaling large language models, critics argue that transformer-based systems face fundamental limitations.
Every cloud beat. Every capex forecast rose. That is the two-sentence summary of the biggest earnings day of 2026, and it tells you almost everything you need to know about where Big Tech’s AI infrastructure spending actually stands right now. Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon collectively committed somewhere between US$630 billion and US$650 billion in […] The post Big Tech just proved AI infrastructure spending works. Then it raised the bill anyway appeared first on AI News.
Meta stock drops on capex increase while Alphabet’s cloud business grows faster than rivals Amazon and Microsoft
