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Welcome to Fox News’ Artificial Intelligence newsletter with the latest AI technology advancements.
IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER:
- It took 3 months to get inside this massive Texas data center — here’s what we saw
- Google's new AI shopping cart tracks deals across stores
- Elon Musk pledges to give every child in America a SpaceX share next year
Compass Datacenters’ Red Oak campus, about 20 miles south of Dallas, includes 10 data center buildings spanning roughly 2.6 million square feet. (Courtesy of Compass Datacenters)
ACCESS GRANTED: During an exclusive tour of Compass Datacenters' sprawling campus in Red Oak, Texas, Fox News Digital got a rare look inside the infrastructure behind the nation's growing appetite for computing.
ONE-STOP HUB: Ever find something you want to buy online, leave it sitting in a browser tab and then completely forget where you saw it? Maybe you spotted a great pair of headphones while searching Google. Later, you found a birthday gift at another retailer. Before long, you've got a dozen tabs open and no idea which store had the better deal.
BIG GIVEAWAY: Elon Musk has pledged to give every child in America one share of SpaceX next year, signaling that the planned giveaway could be the first of several.
FEAR FACTOR: Over the last several years, we have heard a lot about the doomsday scenarios of artificial intelligence (AI). Tech giants have told us all about how AI will take control away from society, steal our jobs, allow bad actors to design dangerous pathogens or cause a catastrophic cyberattack or destroy our financial systems.
A Gecko Robotics wall-climbing robot scans the surface of a U.S. Navy warship, collecting data on material condition that can be analyzed for corrosion and structural damage. (Gecko Robotics)
RUST NEVER SLEEPS: The U.S. Navy is quadrupling the ceiling on a contract for AI-powered robots used to inspect warships to $300 million.
ARTIFICIAL INFORMANT: Artificial intelligence can write your emails, research complicated questions and even handle tasks while you're away. But what happens when an AI system takes an action nobody intended? Philadelphia police recently got an unexpected answer.
SILENT TREATMENT: Artificial intelligence giant Anthropic remained mum on whether the company would consider giving away shares it pledged to a public benefit fund directly to Americans.
DATA DESTRUCTION: America seems to be on the precipice of a future technological golden age. Whether we take steps toward that future could depend on which political vision prevails over the next few election cycles.
Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed speaks after a radio appearance at Dr. Horace Sheffield's GOTV Community Rally on Aug. 1, 2026, in Detroit, Mich. El-Sayed holds a 15-point lead against Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) according to a recent poll. (Getty Images)
COMMON GOOD: Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed called Tuesday for AI companies to be "rebuilt" as public benefit corporations, for-profit companies with a public interest.
BOT SURE: Kansas Democratic Senate candidate Adam Hamilton on Wednesday called for a federal commission to regulate artificial intelligence, but couldn't say what specific regulations he would like to see.
PAUSE AND EFFECT: Tensions flare in Tennessee as the Memphis City Council rejects an 18-month pause on new data center development despite pushback from local residents.
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