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The Trump administration is signaling a notable shift in its approach to artificial intelligence. After a series of hacking incidents targeting OpenAI, the White House is now weighing new controls on the technology — a meaningful change of tone from an administration that has largely kept its hands off the AI sector since taking office.
That tension between openness and oversight plays directly into our next story. Microsoft is making it clearer than ever that it sees OpenAI and Anthropic not just as partners but as competitors. At a Wall Street pitch this week, the company showcased its own homegrown AI models and tools, signaling it intends to fight for ground in a market it helped create.
Meanwhile, the infrastructure race powering all of this AI activity is generating serious money. Verizon has closed a one billion dollar deal with Google to connect data centers using dark fiber — existing but previously unused cable buried in the ground. Analysts say it may be just the beginning of a broader shift away from copper toward fiber-driven AI infrastructure.
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