Democrats won control of Congress in the November 3 midterms as voter hostility toward AI infrastructure intensified, and millions spent by both sides of the AI regulation fight produced mixed results.
OpenAI has reportedly secured $11 billion in a new funding round valuing the AI lab at $1.25 trillion, Bloomberg reported Friday citing people familiar.
Senator Bernie Sanders and a wave of newly elected Democrats have renewed calls for datacenter moratoriums in the days following the US midterm elections, adding fresh momentum to opposition against the multi-trillion-dollar buildout of artificial intelligence facilities.
Federal civilian agency IT systems must remove all products affiliated with DeepSeek, the Chinese artificial intelligence company, under an order from the Department of Homeland Security.