At a DC party with DJs and drinks, hundreds gathered to celebrate the AI infrastructure boom. Far from the rural communities fighting mega-sites, a new side of the data center wars is taking shape.

Dario Amodei wants independent evaluators to help “pace the frontier.” But the divide between AI safety and cybersecurity complicates a seemingly simple question: Who should do the evaluating?

P(doom) has been an obsession in AI insider circles for years. This week, the argument over whether AI could kill everyone burst into the mainstream. Things got surreal fast.

A weekend in the redwoods with my 22-year-old nephew made me wonder what the AI era looks like to the generation inheriting it.

After four years covering AI, I’ve had my fill of confident pronouncements about what this technology will mean for humanity. There’s plenty to learn from what’s happening right now.

In a session attended by Ground Level AI, executives said the company is "consciously slowing down research to enhance security" while a full technical postmortem is still underway.

What began as a debate over AI transparency has become a battle over security, geopolitical competition, and control of the AI frontier.

One security company called the incident "the biggest single piece of news of the last two years," as researchers say it could fundamentally reshape how AI systems are secured.

The competition for AI leadership is no longer just a geopolitical story. It's also becoming a test of whether the United States can navigate the politics of building AI at home.

As Meta's AI campus grows from $27 billion to $50 billion, I checked back with the residents and entrepreneurs I met in February. Some are thriving. Others are struggling more than ever.

Believers and skeptics are looking at the same technology from radically different positions, but each sees only part of the picture. I fear the resulting backlash will only continue to grow

Former OpenAI researcher Will DePue argues AI's next bottleneck is data—not compute. His proposed fixes include buying companies purely for their data, and getting firms to stop deleting theirs.

As opposition to AI data centers grows across the country, Dally Holloway says legitimate local concerns risk being overshadowed by misinformation and conspiracy theories.

For my final Fortune story before launching Ground Level AI, I found out what happens when a megaproject lands next door—but your town has no authority to stop or shape it

A new paper argues that AI guardrails can never be made completely foolproof, raising questions about government efforts to secure increasingly powerful AI systems.

What happens when a megaproject lands next door—but your town has no authority to stop or shape it?

On June 16, you'll see where it leads.

The AI boom is coming for rural America. Inside one town's effort to fight back

Somehow, I ended up covering the thing that's supposed to kick most of us to the curb.

The latest AI image systems, like OpenAI's Images-2, can generate beautiful visuals. But when it comes to structured knowledge like the human body, they still fall apart in ways only experts can see.

After an alleged attack on Sam Altman’s home, attention has turned to two similarly named anti-AI groups—here’s how they differ, and why both are facing scrutiny.

In an era of AI-generated everything, the value of being there in person is only increasing

In an era of AI-generated everything, the value of being there in person is only increasing

Independent writers are using AI agents all throughout their reporting process. What’s the value of a human journalist, anyway?

In an era of globalization and corporate consolidation, the “pick-and-shovel” ripple spreads very differently. It’s testing assumptions about who actually benefits when a mega-project arrives in town.

From Michigan to Texas, two more rural communities grappling with mega AI data centers planned for their farmland

A senior OpenAI robotics leader says she left over concerns about surveillance and autonomous weapons as the company expands its work with the Pentagon.

The negotiations come as rival Anthropic is locked in a more contentious standoff with U.S. defense officials.

"Something Big Is Happening” racked up over 75 million views—but it’s a breathless argument built on shaky assumptions, and it shows how hard it’s becoming to separate signal from hype in AI discourse

Meta’s latest 1,400-acre land deal in Louisiana signals plans for a vast, multiphase AI campus unlike anything the U.S. has seen.

Meta’s latest 1,400-acre land deal in Louisiana signals plans for a vast, multiphase AI campus unlike anything the U.S. has seen.