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Central Texas data center growth continues as Round Rock approves new site
2+ hour, 13+ min ago (415+ words) Central Texas data center growth continues as Round Rock approves new site'Austin American-Statesman Round Rock is getting a new data center as Central Texas continues to emerge as a hotspot for artificial intelligence infrastructure In a contentious meeting Thursday, the…...
Austin humanoid robotics company secures $520 million in new backing
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (415+ words) Apptronik co-founder and CEO Jeff Cardenas, right, stands with an early prototype of the startup's Apollo humanoid robot on July 8, 2022. The robots have been deployed on production lines for German automaker Mercedes-Benz, and the company has attracted backing from major…...
What are the differences between Tesla, Waymo robotaxis?
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1401+ words) For nearly a year now,Uber users in Austin have been growing accustomed to getting a lift from one of Waymo's autonomous vehicles. It can still seem like something out of science fiction: unlocking a car with a button on…...
Inside the Austin AI company that wants to make data centers obsolete
1+ week, 4+ day ago (903+ words) Servers that power AI are seen at the webAI headquarters in downtown Austin Friday, Jan. 23, 2026. Co-founder David Stout shows an example of an Apple device cluster that would act as home server in lieu of a data center while at…...
Musk's Grok generated 3M sexualized images in just 11 days, analysis finds
2+ week, 2+ day ago (361+ words) Grok, an artificial intelligence tool created by'Elon Musk's xAI, generated an estimated 3 million sexualized images in just days this month, including 23,000 of children, a new analysis found. Center founder and CEO'Imran Ahmed, said Musk has "enabled" creation of such images....
Musk's Grok AI, spewing sexually explicit deepfakes, now under EU investigation
2+ week, 4+ day ago (518+ words) European Union regulators have opened a formal investigation into Elon Musk's social media platform X after its AI chatbot Grok started producing nonconsensual sexualized deepfake images LONDON" The European Union opened a formal investigation into Elon Musk's social media platform…...
How will Waymo, Tesla robotaxis hold up against upcoming winter weather?
3+ week, 7+ hour ago (634+ words) A Tesla robotaxi, left, and a Waymo autonomous vehicle are seen in July on a residential street in Austin. Winter weather this weekend is expected to test how the driverless vehicles operate in ice and snow. With Texas bracing for…...
Safety monitors still tagging along on Tesla Robotaxi rides in Austin
3+ week, 1+ day ago (645+ words) A safety monitor rides in the front passenger seat Wednesday as a Tesla'Robotaxi drives on Metro Center Drive in Austin. Tesla CEO Elon Musk promised the humans would be gone by now, but most rides still have them. In late…...
At Starbase, Hegseth lays out plan for a defense industry built around AI
1+ mon, 19+ hour ago (1280+ words) STARBASE" Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth laid out his plan Monday night to toss out the old military industrial complex and replace it with a system built around an embrace of artificial intelligence and rapid deployment of new technology he…...
Elon Musk's xAI to build $20 billion data center in Mississippi
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (266+ words) The'xAI data center is seen on May 7, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn. The Elon Musk-led artificial intelligence company'plans to spend $20 billion to build a data center in Southaven, Mississippi,' The data center, called MACROHARDRR, is being built in Mississippi's DeSoto County near…...