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The Financial Times reports that 47 large data center projects have fallen through this year, citing data from RegLayer. Bernstein analysts estimate only about 35 percent of currently planned facilities are actually feasible, with people involved in the buildout telling the FT that high interest rates and volatile bond markets are threatening their plans.
US District Judge Zachary Bluestone dismissed Ann Altman's lawsuit against her brother, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, after she refused to attend a court-ordered independent medical examination despite warnings that skipping it would end the case. The suit, filed in January 2025, alleged childhood sexual abuse at the family's Missouri home between 1997 and 2006; Sam Altman has denied the allegations. The judge also approved Altman's request to withdraw a defamation counterclaim against his sister.
A US district judge in the Eastern District of Missouri has dismissed Ann Altman's lawsuit accusing her brother, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, of sexually abusing her between 1997 and 2006. Judge Zachary Bluestone ruled that she failed to pursue the case properly after skipping a court-ordered independent medical examination three times, dismissing the claims with prejudice. Sam Altman has denied the allegations, and his family has said Ann Altman has mental health challenges they have long supported financially.
US District Judge Zachary Bluestone dismissed with prejudice the lawsuit Ann Altman filed last year accusing her brother, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, of childhood sexual abuse. The judge cited her failure to attend a court-ordered medical examination and missed deadlines despite prior warnings. The ruling also denied Sam Altman's request to recover attorney fees and costs.
A Harvard Shorenstein Center survey of more than 5,400 people found 53% of men said they recognized two fabricated AI industry figures, Susan Milner and Craig Dalton, who do not exist. Women also claimed familiarity with the fake names, but at a lower rate of about 40%. The same survey found men reported knowing real figures like Elon Musk and Sam Altman at high rates, and were generally more optimistic about AI than women, who expressed more concern.
Speaking on the Sources podcast, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman confirmed the company will build a humanoid robot, arguing that a human-like form makes sense since the world's doors, tools and keyboards are designed for people. He said the bigger challenge is building the 'brain' that controls the robot, not its physical design, and told Fortune a demo could arrive in 2027 with wider deployment years further off.
Several upcoming movies and shows this season dramatize the lives of Silicon Valley figures, including Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, Elizabeth Holmes and Elon Musk. Among this wave of founder-focused projects, one involving Nathan Fielder is being singled out as the standout entry.
Tesla showcased the long-delayed Roadster 2 with compressed-gas thrusters, offering it in three configurations: a road-ready Performance model, a limited-production Thrust variant, and an invite-only single-seat Rocket version. The company did not disclose pricing, and only the Performance variant is currently open for reservations, which now require a $5,000 deposit plus $45,000 due within 10 days.
A Harvard Kennedy School Shorenstein Center survey of over 5,400 Americans found 53 percent of men claimed familiarity with two fictional AI figures, Susan Milner and Craig Dalton, compared with 40 percent of women. The same survey found men use AI more often and answer factual questions about it correctly slightly more often, but largely because women are more likely to say they don't know an answer rather than guess wrong.
During San Francisco's Tech Week, AI founders and venture capitalists discussed the Trump administration's largely voluntary approach to AI oversight, including a 308-word safety pact signed last month that asks labs to self-monitor rather than follow binding rules. At an Andreessen Horowitz-organized event, PitchBook's Kyle Stanford highlighted that the U.S. government is allocating $1 trillion to defense, with $13.5 billion earmarked for autonomous systems and AI, framing it as a major investment opportunity.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei committed last month to embedding third-party evaluators such as METR, Apollo Research and Transluce within his company to assess AI model risks, a move OpenAI's Sam Altman quickly backed. President Trump and several major tech firms also voiced support, though funding, access levels and reporting structures for these nonprofit evaluators remain unresolved.
Several film and TV projects about tech leaders are debuting this season, including Sony's "The Social Reckoning" (about the Facebook whistleblower leak), Alex Gibney's documentary "Musk," A24's Theranos film "You Can See Everything," Neon's "Artificial" about Sam Altman's brief 2023 ouster from OpenAI, and a Netflix "Instadocs" episode on the Hugging Face security incident. Musk has publicly criticized the documentary about him, while Altman said he understands public anxiety being projected onto him.