Google Commits $17 Billion to First Wyoming Data Center Near Cheyenne
Google Wyoming data center: Alphabet announces a $17 billion Laramie County campus with 702 MW fuel cells, carbon capture and air cooling near Cheyenne.
Artificial Intelligence
AI news from The Boston Report: OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, Meta and new AI tools, plus the safety, policy and business questions around artificial intelligence.
Musk: Tesla to Wind Down Cybertruck at Texas Plant Mid-2027 for Cybercab
Elon Musk said Tesla will wind down Cybertruck production at Gigafactory Texas around mid-2027 to make room for increased Cybercab output.
McGraw Hill Hooks K-12 Curriculum into Anthropic’s Claude for Teachers
McGraw Hill said Nov. 5 it will let district customers use licensed K-12 curriculum inside Claude for Teachers through an MCP connector, starting in beta.
DeepMind’s Genie 4 Preview Builds Real-Time Worlds for Robot and Agent Training
Google DeepMind’s Genie 4 research preview generates interactive worlds with native audio and Gemini steering, including experimental robotics simulation pairings.
METR Says Anthropic’s AI Capability Pace Roughly Doubled, With Heavy Redactions
METR’s Nov. 5 assessment finds Anthropic’s well-specified-task progress near 2× prior pace and AECI scores growing 1.9× since Oct. 2025, while noting major redactions.
House Chairmen Ask Jensen Huang for Nov. 18 Briefing on Reported China Spy Link
Three House chairmen asked Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Nov. 5 to brief them Nov. 18 on interactions with Megaspeed’s Alice Huang and Nvidia’s espionage defenses.
Google Backstops TeraWulf Debt for Anthropic’s $19B Kentucky Data Center Lease
TeraWulf said Nov. 4 that Google will credit-backstop financing for about $19 billion in Anthropic lease commitments at its Justified campus in Hawesville, Kentucky.
Nvidia Opens Four Cosmos 3 Nano Checkpoints for Driving and Robot Simulation
Nvidia posted four 16B-parameter Cosmos 3 Nano open-weight checkpoints on Nov. 5 for multi-view driving simulation and bimanual robot video prediction under OpenMDW 1.1.
Google’s Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash Makes 15-Second AI Video Generally Available
Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash is generally available with native clips up to 15 seconds and a 30% lower 720p list price of $0.07 per second, Google said Nov. 5.
Google’s Health AI Framework Puts Expert Review Beside Benchmarks
Google health AI evaluation combines benchmarks, automated graders and expert review. Its new framework is a testing method, not proof of clinical benefit.