New York Enacts First Statewide Data Center Moratorium
New York has become the first U.S. state to impose a statewide moratorium on new hyperscale data centers, after Governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order blocking new environmental permits for facilities exceeding 50 megawatts . The…
Apple Escalates Trade Secrets Case Against OpenAI, Seeks Injunction on Hardware Plans
Apple is seeking a preliminary injunction against OpenAI in its trade secrets lawsuit, aiming to block the AI company from developing a consumer device or other products based on Apple's proprietary technology . The filing marks a significa…
Meta Pulls Instagram AI Image Feature After Backlash
Meta has removed an AI image generation feature from Instagram that allowed users to create AI images using photos from any public account without the account owner's permission . The feature, built on Meta's Muse Image AI model, let users…
StepFun Launches STEPX Neo, China's First Vertically Integrated AI Agent Smartphone
Shanghai-based AI unicorn StepFun launched its first AI agent smartphone, the STEPX Neo, on July 13, alongside the Step AOS agent-native operating system and the Amoo personal agent . The device combines StepFun's own foundation models, an…
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RANKED · 5 THIS DAYAlipay Launches AI Open Platform for Agent-Driven Commerce
Alipay has officially launched its AI Open Platform, a merchant-facing infrastructure layer designed to let businesses package their services as plug-ins, Skills, or agents that can be invoked by AI assistants across phones, cars, and other…