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The great datacentre backlash: The industry response

In part two of a two-part series looking at attitudes to datacentres, we look at how developers and operators have responded to the wave of anti-datacentre sentiment sweeping through communities and what their plan is to avoid further escalation

Insurance industry AI recruitment correlates with success

Computing

Research shows that insurers have accelerated recruitment of artificial intelligence professionals

Cisco: 36 months to modernise networks before AI overwhelms capacity

Internet, Technology

Research finds capacity and performance the top network challenge for UK organisations, with 81% of respondents saying their network does not have room to house evolving AI demands

XR market rewriting its own rules as smart glasses use surges

Internet, Technology

Research finds that eyewear-form-factor devices are no longer the niche in extended reality, they are the market as devices encompassing AR, XR, MR and VR grew 86% annually in Q1 2026

Amnesty calls for ban on AI risk-profiling systems

Computing

Amnesty International says AI-driven risk profiling systems are discriminatory and may lead to misleading results that violate international human rights law

AI demands an identity reset

Computing

In this week’s Computer Weekly, our latest buyer’s guide examines how AI is transforming the demands and expectations on identity and access management systems. We talk to early implementers of agentic AI to find out the lessons learned. And we explain why the AI infrastructure boom is likely to drive up cloud prices for every IT leader. Read the issue now.

DOJ Lawyers Argue xAI Is ‘Vital’ for National Security in NAACP Lawsuit

Science

In a bid to dismiss a lawsuit over xAI’s polluting gas turbines, the Justice Department claimed the company is integral to military operations—including the Iran War.

Ineffable Intelligence strikes Google Cloud deal for Vera Rubin GPU power

Computing

London-based ‘anti-LLM’ developer led by AlphaGo founder David Silver selects Google Cloud Vera Rubin GPU infrastructure to build reinforcement learning ‘superlearners’

Anthropic Is Still at Odds With the White House Over Claude Fable 5

Business

Anthropic leaders flew to Washington, DC, to meet with White House officials on Monday. After high-level talks, they’re still split on the risk Claude Fable 5 presents.

Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth Admits the Company’s AI Reorg Was ‘Atrocious’

Business

In an internal memo seen by WIRED, Bosworth promised employees more stability, better communication, and the return of workplace perks as the company seeks to improve morale.

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