(MIT Technology Review)4 AI infrastructure spending is boosting the US economyCompanies are throwing so much money at AI hardware it’s lifting the real economy, not just the stock market. (MIT Technology Review)5 OpenAI and Anthropic safety-tested each other’s AIThey found Claude is a lot more cautious than OpenAI’s mini models. (TechCrunch)+ This benchmark used Reddit’s AITA to test how much AI models suck up to us. (MIT Technology Review)6 Climate change exacerbated Europe’s deadly wildfiresAnd fires across the Mediterranean are likely to become more frequent and severe. (MIT Technology Review)7 911 centers are using AI to answer callsIt’s helping to triage anything that isn’t urgent.