AI Infrastructure - THE FOURTH WEB (Page 11)

AI Agent Economy Mar 25, 2026

Bernie Sanders Wants to Freeze All AI Data Centers Until Congress Defines "Safe

Bernie Sanders just proposed a full stop on data center construction until Congress figures out what "safe AI" means.

Human Imperative Mar 25, 2026

The Computing Race Just Split Into Two Worlds and Most Companies Picked Wrong

The real story in Fast Company's computing innovation list isn't who made it, it's what kind of infrastructure race we're actually watching unfold.

AI Agent Economy Mar 25, 2026

Apple Gets Google's $100B AI Model—And Permission to Clone It

Apple isn't just renting Google's AI—it's got the keys to the server room and a license to remix. Apple has complete access to Google's Gemini model in its own data centers, can fine-tune it, and distill smaller versions for on-device use

AI Agent Economy Mar 25, 2026

Vultr Raises $1B to Challenge AWS's AI Cloud Dominance

Vultr wants a billion dollars to prove that being early doesn't mean you win. Vultr, a 2014-vintage cloud provider backed by AMD, is raising at least $1 billion to compete in the AI compute arms race

AI Agent Economy Mar 25, 2026

Periodic Labs Wants $7B With Zero Products Shipped

A one-year-old AI lab that hasn't shipped product is courting a $7 billion valuation, and the money is probably going to show up. Periodic Labs, founded by ex-OpenAI and DeepMind researchers, is in talks to raise hundreds of millions at ~$7B valuation after one year of existence

Real World Assets Mar 25, 2026

Cipher Digital Locks $200M Data Center Deal as AI Infrastructure Becomes New Gold Rush

Cipher Digital just locked a 15-year hyperscale data center lease and $200 million in financing, and the stock jumped 9% because the market finally gets it: AI infrastructure is the new gold rush.

AI Agent Economy Mar 25, 2026

Pentagon Picks Anthropic Over OpenAI for Military AI

The AI safety narrative just collided with the Pentagon's procurement office, and the wreckage tells us more about power than principles. Anthropic and OpenAI are both negotiating Pentagon deals, sparking user exodus from ChatGPT and London's largest AI protest to date

Real World Assets Mar 25, 2026

Baltimore Sues Elon Musk Over AI Deepfakes Using Local Consumer Law

Baltimore just made local consumer protection law the new frontier in AI liability, and it might actually work. Baltimore filed a consumer protection lawsuit against X and xAI over Grok-generated deepfakes, bypassing the stalled federal AI regulatory conversation entirely.

AI Agent Economy Mar 25, 2026

China's AI Chip Hunger Just Ate a War Shock

AI infrastructure spending is now strong enough to absorb geopolitical shocks that would have cratered trade volumes a decade ago. China's trade volumes are on track to exceed last year's record levels despite war in Iran driving oil prices higher

Real World Assets Mar 25, 2026

Arm Builds Its First Chip After Decades Selling Blueprints

Arm just stopped being the plumber and started building the house. Arm launched its first AI chip, with Meta and OpenAI signed as initial customers, marking a shift from licensing designs to selling silicon.

AI Agent Economy Mar 25, 2026

Kentucky farmer turns down $26 million from AI company to save her land

The AI land grab just hit a wall in Kentucky, and the price tag was $26 million. A major AI company offered a Kentucky family $26 million to convert their farm into a data center. They said no. This isn't about money anymore. It's about what we're willing to sacrifice to feed the compute monster.

Real World Assets Mar 25, 2026

OpenAI Kills Sora One Year In, Torching Disney's $1B Bet

OpenAI is killing Sora after barely a year, and the mouse is walking away with a billion reasons. OpenAI is shutting down its Sora video generation app and API, months after launch, torpedoing a reported $1 billion partnership with Disney

AI Agent Economy Mar 25, 2026

Meta Ditches Intel for Arm's First In-House AI Chip

Arm just stopped being a landlord and became a builder, with Meta as its first tenant. Arm announced its first self-manufactured CPU, the AGI CPU, designed specifically for AI inference workloads, breaking decades of licensing-only business model

Human Imperative Mar 25, 2026

OpenAI Kills Sora After 8 Months of Burning Cash

OpenAI is killing Sora after eight months, and the corpse tells you everything about where AI money is flowing in 2026. OpenAI is shutting down its Sora video app, including the iOS app, API, and web experience, citing resource constraints and strategic focus.

AI Agent Economy Mar 25, 2026

OpenAI Kills Sora Three Months After Signing Disney Deal

OpenAI just killed Sora and walked away from a billion-dollar Disney deal barely three months after signing it. OpenAI shut down Sora, its video generation tool launched in late 2024, discontinuing both the consumer app and developer API access

AI Agent Economy Mar 25, 2026

Meta Forced Arm to Build Its First Chip Ever

Arm just stopped being a blueprints company and became a chipmaker, and Meta is the reason why. Arm unveiled its first in-house CPU, the AGI CPU, designed for AI inference workloads, with Meta as both lead partner and co-developer

Human Imperative Mar 25, 2026

Fast Company Names 2026's AI Winners While $100B Burns on Data Centers

Fast Company's 2026 AI innovator list isn't a popularity contest anymore—it's a snapshot of who's shipping actual product velocity while the capital bonfire burns $100B+ in new data centers.

AI Agent Economy Mar 24, 2026

OpenAI Just Raised $10 Billion More and Nobody Can Catch Them

OpenAI just closed another $10 billion, bringing their latest round to $120 billion total, and the size of that number should terrify every other AI company. OpenAI is raising ~$10 billion from MGX, Coatue, and Thrive, pushing their current funding round to approximately $120 billion

Human Imperative Mar 24, 2026

AI-Powered Cybercrime Now Third-Largest Economy: These Companies Fight Back

Cybercrime is now the world's third-largest economy, and AI just handed both sides better weapons. Fast Company's 2026 cybersecurity innovators list reveals every company is now using AI for defense because attackers already use it for offense.

AI Agent Economy Mar 24, 2026

QuietBox 2 Runs 70B Models at 500 Tokens Per Second for $10,000

Ten grand gets you a box that runs 70B models at 500 tokens per second on a standard wall outlet. Tenstorrent's QuietBox 2 packs four custom AI accelerators and 384GB total memory into a $9,999 desktop that draws 1,400 watts at full load