Analysis: constructing and equipping a 1GW AI data center in Abilene, Texas, could cost ~$30B, including $17B on chips, $3B on power, and $2.4B on construction (Lynn Doan/Bloomberg)

S’pore seeks to be a better society enabled by AI, not an AI-driven one: PM Wong

• Singapore aims to be a better society enabled by AI, not an AI-driven one.
• Employers must focus on AI literacy, critical thinking, and good judgment for junior hires.
• Government adopts AI slowly to prevent massive unemployment and facilitate reskilling.

4h ago ·straitstimes.com

Spotify More Than Doubled Monthly Code Changes as AI Accelerated Development

Spotify reports that AI-assisted development more than doubled monthly merged changes, prompting a review of quality and reliability controls across its engineering organization.

4h ago ·infoq.com

Guarding a support agent's tool calls: provenance, a customer's yes, written gates and a backend that teaches

An LLM agent with tools is a model whose outputs have side effects. "Cancel order #W9034102" is a fine thing to say and a bad thing to do when the order belongs to someone else and the instruction…

4h ago ·dev.to