Artificial Intelligence (AI)
The world of artificial intelligence (AI) is growing at an exponential rate, with a broad range of topics spanning from the latest CPUs, GPUs, ASICs and FPGAs that run modern AI workloads, along with the different types of AI usages, such as the different types of large language models (LLM) and how they are trained and then used for inference workloads. Here you'll find Tom's Hardware's leading coverage of all things AI.
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Multiple small Tennessee counties pass temporary data center bans — Nashville also passed near-unanimous moratorium on first reading
By Jowi Morales published
Local governments demand more time to study how they can manage the impacts of huge data center projects.

Marvell details vision of optically-interconnected data centers spanning across thousands of kilometres
By Anton Shilov published
Premium Marvell shares its vision for optically connected data centers, connecting devices across hundreds of kilometers, and the company already has hardware to build them.

OpenAI hit with sweeping probe from massive coalition of 42 US state attorneys general just days after reported IPO filing
By Etiido Uko published
State attorneys general have opened a broad investigation into OpenAI, subpoenaing documents on ads, user retention, data handling, minors, health data, model behavior, and safety policies.

US government warned Anthropic that Fable 5 had been jailbroken, but firm 'refused' to fix before US implemented export controls
By Luke James published
David Sacks said the US government warned Anthropic that Claude Fable 5 had been jailbroken and that CEO Dario Amodei refused to fix the flaw.

AI cryptomining network's 320,000 RTX 3090-class GPUs allegedly burn 112 megawatts of power on ‘zero useful AI computation’
By Etiido Uko published
A preprint claims Pearl’s AI mining network consumes 320,000 GPU-equivalents and 112 MW while producing no verified useful AI computation.

More than 75 data center build-outs worth $130 billion have been successfully blocked in the first three months of 2026
By Jowi Morales published
This could put a dent towards the availability of compute in the future.

AI costs spike as subscriptions hit pricing wall
By Jowi Morales published
A $200 ChatGPT subscription could cost as much as $14,000 in API pricing.

U.S. gov't orders Anthropic to disable its newest AI models worldwide due to security threats
By Luke James published
Anthropic disabled its two most capable AI models, Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5, for every customer worldwide on Friday.

OpenAI bans China-linked ChatGPT accounts that amplified U.S. data center electricity price backlash
By Luke James published
OpenAI says it has banned two clusters of ChatGPT accounts it believes are operating from China, and that used its models for covert influence campaigns targeting U.S. tech and policy debates.

After spat with Chinese gov't, Meta cuts AI Manus off from its internal systems and is 'sunsetting' platform, report claims
By Luke James published
Meta has finished separating its operations from Manus, the Chinese-founded agentic AI startup it acquired for roughly $2 billion in December.
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