Power & systems
Regulation, geopolitics, economics: who decides, who pays, who wins in the game being played around AI.
Regulation · Geopolitics · Economy — 126 articles
Google's first data center in France will be classed Seveso
Look at its backup fuel oil, not its water.
Julien-Pierre Noto · Nov 6, 2026 · 6 min
Power & systemsWall Street cheered the Democrats' win Wednesday, blamed it Thursday
In between, the market had been sliding for a month.
Julien-Pierre Noto · Nov 6, 2026 · 6 min
Power & systemsA Salesforce rival plans job cuts and blames AI for diverting customers
The surprising part is that the company is making money.
Julien-Pierre Noto · Nov 2, 2026 · 6 min
Power & systemsClaude's 'AI-written' label vanishes once you change a setting
What if the customer is the one who has to answer to the law?
Julien-Pierre Noto · Nov 1, 2026 · 6 min
Power & systemsDeliveroo's owner has had a few hundred orders placed by AI agents
Is this a promising market?
Julien-Pierre Noto · Oct 31, 2026 · 6 min
Power & systemsGoogle's AI earns it less than its links
So it's starting to slip ads into the answers.
Katja Liersch · Oct 29, 2026 · 6 min
Power & systemsNorwegian media outlets take Meta to court
Yet Meta has wiped the word "train" from its clause.
Katja Liersch · Oct 28, 2026 · 6 min
The Verified NumberAnthropic lost $80 billion in six months
Its cash tells a different story.
Alexandre Noto · Oct 27, 2026 · 6 min
Power & systemsDeloitte has handed in another report that doesn't add up
The firm had promised to review everything the AI had touched.
Julien-Pierre Noto · Oct 26, 2026 · 6 min
Power & systemsBarclays: 5,000 jobs cut because of AI?
How much of those 5,000 jobs is really down to AI?
Julien-Pierre Noto · Oct 23, 2026 · 6 min
Power & systemsMicrosoft drops the UK supercomputer that has no power
The site was due to open in early 2027. The grid won't promise its power before the 2030s.
Alexandre Noto · Oct 20, 2026 · 6 min
The Verified NumberOpen models handle 71.5% of tokens at Vercel
We read the methodology behind the number.
Alexandre Noto · Oct 20, 2026 · 5 min
Power & systemsDo Anthropic's agents really work six times more than its staff?
We read the report to see what it actually counts.
Julien-Pierre Noto · Oct 19, 2026 · 6 min
Power & systemsGoogle's AI invented a German doctor's criminal conviction
Google refused to fix it. Who answers for a sentence nobody wrote?
Katja Liersch · Oct 19, 2026 · 6 min
Power & systemsOvernight, Meta rewrote the clause that had publishers worried
What did it change, and for whom?
Katja Liersch · Oct 17, 2026 · 6 min
Power & systemsWould a sovereign cloud cost Europe €115 billion?
The press release calls the costs "inevitable". The study talks about scenarios.
Julien-Pierre Noto · Oct 14, 2026 · 6 min
The Verified NumberAI Will Only Take 5% of Jobs, According to a Nobel Laureate?
We went and read the calculation.
Julien-Pierre Noto · Oct 13, 2026 · 6 min
Power & systemsBerlin backs a Tesla system that can go 10% over the speed limit
In the same press release, Germany's transport ministry calls the name "Full Self-Driving" somewhat misleading.
Julien-Pierre Noto · Oct 12, 2026 · 6 min
Power & systemsMicrosoft's CEO calls for an emergency brake on AI
In London, the worry is ending up on the wrong side of the handle.
Julien-Pierre Noto · Oct 11, 2026 · 5 min
Power & systemsEcosia drops Mistral for Chinese models hosted in Europe
Ecosia's boss says Mistral isn't sovereign enough.
Julien-Pierre Noto · Oct 10, 2026 · 6 min
Power & systemsIn Finland, Google cleared forest with municipal approval
The environmental authority is asking it to stop everything.
Julien-Pierre Noto · Oct 8, 2026 · 6 min
The Verified NumberSpeaking French to an AI Costs 31% More Tokens
We ran the measurement ourselves.
Alexandre Noto · Oct 6, 2026 · 5 min
Power & systemsA judge dismisses Rolling Stone and Variety's case against Google
The same judge writes that Google takes their content without paying for it.
Katja Liersch · Oct 5, 2026 · 6 min
Power & systemsCalifornia signed thirteen AI laws in a single afternoon
And what did Washington sign?
Julien-Pierre Noto · Oct 2, 2026 · 6 min