The Top AI News Stories Today

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has frozen state spending on Flock cameras, a manufacturer of AI-powered surveillance systems, as backlash over the technology mounts. The freeze came ahead of a Texas Tribune investigation revealing the state had spent over $30 million on Flock cameras, with much of that money raised by adding a $1 fee to

Sony Music and Warner Chappell have sued Anthropic in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, seeking damages for "tens of thousands" copyrighted works. The companies are asking for up to $150,000 per work, plus up to $25,000 for each instance when identifiable copyright data was stripped from the material used to

Neocloud Lambda, an infrastructure firm, has raised $1bn in private debt to purchase Nvidia AI chips for leasing to Microsoft. The financing underscores the capital intensity of the artificial-intelligence boom, as companies race to secure cutting-edge hardware to meet surging demand from cloud customers. Source A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration illegally designated

Nvidia has agreed to acquire Hugging Face, the open-source AI model repository, for $12.9 billion, according to reports. The deal would give Nvidia control of critical infrastructure for open models while allowing the chip maker to protect its core business and re-enter the cloud market. Source A federal judge ruled on Thursday that the Pentagon's

Instinct, an artificial-intelligence startup, has raised $350 million at a $2.5 billion valuation, just one year after its founding. The round reflects surging investor appetite for consumer-facing AI applications, though the startup has already drawn scrutiny over privacy concerns. Source Amazon is adding 2 million Nvidia GPU chips to its data centres over the next