New York lawmakers propose a three-year pause on new data centers

New York state lawmakers have introduced a bill that would impose a moratorium of at least three years on permits tied to the construction and operation of new data centers. While the bill’s prospects are uncertain, reports indicate that New…

Benchmark raises $225M in special funds to double down on Cerebras

This week, AI chipmaker Cerebras Systems announced it raised one billion dollars in fresh capital at a valuation of twenty-three billion dollars. This marks a nearly threefold increase from the eight-point-one billion dollar valuation the Nvidia rival had reached just…

It just got easier for Claude to check in on your WordPress site

On Thursday, WordPress launched a new Claude connector. This tool allows site owners to share back-end data directly with Anthropic’s Claude chatbot system. Users maintain full control, selecting the specific data to share and having the ability to revoke access…

Maybe AI agents can be lawyers after all

Last month, I wrote about Mercor’s new benchmark measuring AI agents’ capabilities on professional tasks like law and corporate analysis. At the time, the scores were quite dismal, with every major lab scoring under 25 percent. We concluded that lawyers…