TECHNOLOGY

According to EY's AI Investment Trends report for the first half of 2026, global AI venture capital investment reached approximately $430 billion during the first six months of the year, exceeding the $254 billion invested throughout 2025.

The stock rose as much as 9.5% during Monday trading, rebounding from a sharp selloff last week.

The administration has recently begun using "Super Intelligence," or SI, in place of AI in federal communications.

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Georgia has begun redacting identifying information from public cast-vote records as officials revisit a vulnerability first disclosed in 2022.

The SIF will be led by Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton and will be responsible for all matters relating to artificial intelligence. The organization's mission seems more focused on American AI domination than regulation.

Scott Bessent addressed rising calls for AI regulation and criticized AI "alarmism", but conceded that "safe" development and greater U.S.-China cooperation was desirable.

Employees from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google have also joined public campaigns to influence policy.

Data centers could reach around 3% of global electricity consumption by the end of the decade

Gartner projects worldwide spending on AI models and platforms to reach $64.3 billion in 2026, while Gallup reports that global employee engagement stood at 20% in 2025.

Anthropic's IPO prospectus points to its clashes with the U.S. government as a potential source of wider business disruption as the company prepares to go public.

Anthropic could begin formally marketing its IPO during the week of November 9, potentially allowing shares to begin trading before Thanksgiving on November 26.

According to a report produced by F5, organizations rely on an average of seven AI models, with 52% of organizations chaining or orchestrating multiple AI models.

Over 90% of Americans consider it very or somewhat important for the United States to establish guardrails for AI systems.

Despite the relentless corporate hype around AI and its agentic derivative, 84% of tech leaders globally are canceling AI-driven projects due to legacy system limitations.

The package also expands workplace-surveillance restrictions as California continues building out its broader AI regulatory framework.

The broader rollout of Argon is expected to begin with paid API customers and Google AI Ultra subscribers, although Google has not announced a specific release date.