Signal: Washington filed for the industry in court while its own agencies warned of AI-built exploits -- and the bill for the buildout arrived at Alibaba.
The Justice Department filed a statement of interest on Elon Musk's side in xAI's First Amendment challenge to Minnesota's AI nudification ban -- without taking a position on the injunction the judge says he will rule on soon.
The clearest single-company bill yet for the buildout: Alibaba's AI and cloud revenue grew at its fastest pace in 22 quarters while capital spending rose 75% to $10bn and net income fell by three quarters.
A joint federal advisory says unidentified actors are aiming AI-generated exploit scripts at internet-exposed Siemens controllers in energy, water and chemical plants -- disguised as monitoring tools, and called an active threat, not a theoretical one.
The Senate Republican campaign arm told AI companies their data centers are sinking Jon Husted in Ohio -- and Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI and Oracle are now buying ads, dropping tax breaks and sponsoring food pantries.
GOP to AI: We Can't Fix Your Toxic Brand
