Wall Street Is Growing Skeptical of the Data Center Boom

Several companies tied to the data center industry have delayed their initial public offerings amid the increasing public backlash to these energy guzzling facilities.Meta’s new data center in Middleton Township, Ohio. Some companies are delaying plans to raise tens of billions of dollars in public

M Maureen Farrell

Are A.I. Models Being Misled to Act Too Human?

A corporate spat between two tech giants last week was just the latest volley in a conflict over whether dangerous mistakes are being made in A.I. training.Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft’s A.I. chief, argued in an essay published Wednesday that the tech start-up Anthropic was pushing its systems too ha

C Cade Metz

U.N. Seeks Relevance on A.I. as the U.S. and China Race Ahead

Artificial intelligence is a race solely between two rival powers with the rest of the world largely on the sidelines, foreign policy experts said.Employees at a data training center of Spirit AI at the company’s headquarters in Beijing last week. Artificial intelligence will be the dominant theme o

D Dustin Volz

Paramount Settles States’ Lawsuit, Clearing Way for Warner Bros. Merger

By resolving a lawsuit filed by a group of states, the media mogul David Ellison removed the last major hurdle he faced in buying Warner Bros. Discovery.Paramount said the deal was necessary, in part to create a counterweight to increasingly powerful tech companies like Netflix that were muscling in

B Benjamin Mullin, David McCabe, Shawn Hubler and Laurel Rosenhall

After Crucial Paramount Agreement Come Relief, Anger and Concern

Few seem totally satisfied by the settlement that will let Paramount’s $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery move forward.Many opponents of Paramount’s proposal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery worry that a consolidation would lead to even more job losses and fewer projects in a beleag

M Matt Stevens

CNN’s Future Will Include an Editorial Oversight Board

The looming ownership of the network by David Ellison has caused anxiety in its newsroom for months.CNN’s unoccupied office in the White House press gallery on Saturday after President Trump barred the network.

J John Koblin and Benjamin Mullin

Trump and Xi Meet Amid an Uneasy U.S.-China Trade Truce

Beyond warm meetings between their leaders, the countries are engaging in tit-for-tat measures that call into question the stability of their arrangement.President Trump and Xi Jinping, the leader of China, met last year in Busan, South Korea.

A Ana Swanson

JB Pritzker Says He Used GLP-1s to Lose 80 Pounds

Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois, widely seen as a potential presidential candidate, revealed in an interview on “CBS Mornings” that he had been on a GLP-1 regimen since 2024.Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois is not the first potential presidential hopeful to make getting in better shape part of their campai

R Reid J. Epstein

Julie Orringer Didn’t Know How Close to Home Her Novel Would Be

When she started her new novel, Julie Orringer didn’t know that it would mirror the taxing medical challenges faced by her husband.With her third novel, “Luna, Phoenix, Queen,” Julie Orringer aimed “to translate experiences that were too difficult to speak about into writing.”

E Elisabeth Egan and Pia Guilmoth

College Sports Bill Prompts Clash Among Senators, Including Some Ex-Athletes

Lawmakers are applying their experiences on the playing field to the debate over a measure that would impose big changes to college athletics.Senators Eric Schmitt, second from left, and Cory Booker are on opposite sides of potential landmark legislation that would impose a sweeping new regulatory f

C Carl Hulse

At 92, the Bard of Bollywood Is Still Writing About Love

The poet and lyricist Gulzar has profoundly shaped the idea of tender romance in India through his verse and songs in more than 150 musicals.Gulzar at his home in Mumbai in July. He maintains the wonder that has fueled his work.

M Mujib Mashal

Iraq’s Prime Minister Al-Zaidi Vows to Disarm Iran-backed Militias

Ali al-Zaidi is a political neophyte hoping to succeed where previous leaders failed. In an interview, he laid out an ambitious timeline that could prove hard to meet.Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi of Iraq during a meeting with President Trump in the Oval Office in July.

E Erika Solomon and Falih Hassan