03:13 PM EDT, 08/25/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Microsoft ( MSFT )-backed (MSFT) OpenAI's President Greg Brockman is supporting the launch of a $100 million political action committee to influence US artificial intelligence regulations, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday, citing the initiative's leaders. The initiative, called Leading the Future, is backed by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and other tech...

WASHINGTON, Aug 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Department said on Monday that one of its agencies will take over operational responsibility to oversee $7.4 billion in semiconductor research funds, saying that the private non-profit established under the Biden administration to handle that function served as a semiconductor slush fund. The National Institute of Standards and Technology will assume operational...

(Reuters) -Humain, Saudi Arabia's new artificial intelligence company, has begun construction of its first data centers in the kingdom, and plans to bring them online in early 2026 using semiconductors imported from the U.S., Bloomberg News reported on Monday. Locations in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia's capital, and Dammam, in the Eastern Province, are expected to launch in the second quarter, each...

(Reuters) -The Trump administration's order to halt work on a major wind farm under construction off the coast of Rhode Island threatens grid reliability and jobs, energy and labor officials said on Monday. ISO New England, which operates the grid in six states, and North America's Building Trades Unions made those criticisms in statements after President Donald Trump's Interior Department...