What happens when the AI race collides with child safety?

The US push to rapidly expand AI infrastructure is colliding with realities on the ground. I’ve been reporting on one of the most ambitious data center projects underway, what’s poised to become the largest in Meta’s fleet. At peak, the site is expected to require 5K+ workers.

NEW: Mark Zuckerberg once made immigration reform a signature cause. More than a decade later, his philanthropy has fully cut ties with the pro-immigration advocacy group he founded, FWD.us, underscoring how his posture has shifted over the years, and most recently as Trump returns to power.

Sources: The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative cuts ties with FWD.us, an immigration advocacy group founded by Mark Zuckerberg, eliminating FWD.us' main funding source (Bloomberg) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

🚨The FDA has put off a long-promised mifepristone safety review at Commissioner Marty Makary’s request, seeking to push the controversial study past the midterms to sidestep political fallout. Gift link to my scoop w/ @rachelcohrs.bsky.social +Charles Gorrivan here: shorturl.at/ED0OI @bloomberg.com

Meta is moving into electricity trading, betting it can speed up construction of new US power plants to fuel its AI ambitions. Our interview with Meta’s energy chief shows how Big Tech is reshaping America’s energy markets: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Meta is poised to announce the completion of 2Africa—a 45,000-km subsea cable looping Africa—but its Red Sea stretch remains stalled. Meta isn’t alone: regional security threats have sidelined multiple projects. 🔗SCOOP with Loni Prinsloo, Jillian Deutsch and Olivia Solon here: shorturl.at/loYga

Scoop: Reddit is in talks with Google to strike a new AI content deal—one that would get the platform paid more for its data, which has become crucial for training Google's AI & powering search results w/ @rileyraygriffin.bsky.social & @shiringhaffary.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Joined @vox.com epic pod, "Today, Explained" to chat AI talent wars, Zuckerberg's multi-hundred million dollar comp offers and ... that evasive concept of 🧠*superintelligence* 🧠 Listen up 🔊 open.spotify.com/episode/0fi5... PLUS: It's a two-fer with my ol' pal, @gerritd.bsky.social

SCOOP: President Trump threatened to inflict “substantial” tariffs on countries that impose digital taxes just days after Mark Zuckerberg raised concerns about the levies during a White House meeting. Dive into the details: bloomberg.com/news/article... @bloomberg.com

A UK deputy PM turned Meta political fixer tells me Silicon Valley has overcorrected by leaning to hard into US politics and the "America first" agenda. But he’s not surprised: “Silicon Valley is a place of stampedes and fads,” says Nick Clegg, Meta’s ex–global affairs chief.🧵

Scientists have released the closest images ever taken near the sun, captured by NASA’s Parker Solar Probe flying 3.8 million miles above the solar surface. See more images of solar eruptions on the sun: wapo.st/3Irm3P3

The official tally of measles cases in the US is now the highest in more than three decades -- and we have five months to go. @jessicanix.bsky.social has details on what's driving the surge> www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Breaking: Linda Yaccarino is stepping down as CEO of Elon Musk’s X social-media platform after two years on the job.

Exclusive: Meta held discussions with AI search startup Perplexity about a possible takeover before moving ahead with a multibillion-dollar investment in Scale AI

Zuck's plans for a `superintelligence' unit, first reported by Bloomberg, stem from internal frustration and disappointment with the latest Llama release. Scoop by @kurtwagner.bsky.social and @rileyraygriffin.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Meta reached its largest power deal to date, sending nuclear-related stocks soaring. The company clinched a 20-year contract with Constellation Energy Corp. for power from an Illinois nuclear plant that was once at risk of closure. My latest: www.bloomberg.com/news/article... @bloomberg.com

For our reporting on Mark Zuckerberg's efforts to court President Donald Trump, we used data from @jacks.grndcntrl.net's @zuckjet.grndcntrl.net to produce this telling graphic... ✈️ Full story w/ @kurtwagner.bsky.social for @bloomberg.com, here: t.co/81wpCktYrX

Mark Zuckerberg has done everything he can to win over Trump, and it’s not clear how much he has to show for it. Read The Big Take

Newsletter | Tech In Depth Zuckerberg’s Pivot Toward Trump Raises Questions About Endgame www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet... via @bloomberg.com @rileyraygriffin.bsky.social

My colleagues @rileyraygriffin.bsky.social and @kurtwagner.bsky.social spoke to more than 50 people for this in-depth look at efforts by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to woo Trump.

President Biden called Mark Zuckerberg "Little Twerp" and "Fuckerberg” www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... @rileyraygriffin.bsky.social @kurtwagner.bsky.social

🚨 New Businessweek Feature 🚨 What is behind Mark Zuckerberg's rightward swing toward President Trump? I'd wager it's less about personal politics, and more about a finely tuned sense of self-preservation... w/ @rileyraygriffin.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

“For us, growth is everything,” Instagram chief Adam Mosseri said today in court. “You’re either growing, or you’re slowly dying.” Reporting live from DC, here’s how he described TikTok’s threat to Instagram in Meta’s antitrust battle with the FTC: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

BREAKING: Meta told staff that it’s chosen Robert Fergus to helm its artificial intelligence research lab, FAIR, elevating an employee who helped start the lab before a stint at competitor Alphabet's DeepMind. Dive into the AI news, here: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

An internal Meta report from 2019 found "that minors made up 27% of the follow recommendations that the social media app surfaced to 'groomers'" 😳 New data coming out today at the Meta-FTC antitrust trial... gift link w/ @rileyraygriffin.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Elon Musk's net worth has taken a nosedive during his first 100 days in government. He's had some wins - the proposed administrator to NASA, a Musk supporter, being a major one - but the damage he's done to both his brand and Tesla's is hard to quantify (gift link) www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

NEW: Meta is laying off more than 100 people across its Reality Labs division focused on creating VR and wearable devices, @markgurman.bsky.social and I report. 🎁🔗:

SCOOP: Meta plans to spend nearly $1 billion on the development of a data center project in central Wisconsin, underscoring a larger effort from the social media giant to ramp up investments in AI and cloud infrastructure www.bloomberg.com/news/article... via @bloomberg.com w/@brodyford.bsky.social!

Korean chip startup FuriosaAI has turned down an $800 million takeover offer from Meta Platforms Inc., choosing instead to grow the business as an independent company, a person with knowledge of the matter said. My latest with Yoolim Lee for @bloomberg.com - here (🎁🔗): shorturl.at/bqLbx

Reddit co-founder @alexisohanian.bsky.social has teamed up with former business rival @kevinrose.bsky.social to relaunch Digg, a platform once dubbed “the homepage of the internet.” Here's what I learned from the duo about their effort to clean up online social spaces using AI: bloomberg.com/news…

🔊Apollo is in talks to lead a roughly $35 billion financing package for Meta to help develop data centers in the US: www.bloomberg.com/news/article... Scoop from Sridhar Natarajan, Laura Benitez + Gillian Tan @bloomberg.com

SCOOP > The Trump administration is weighing pulling Moderna's contract to create bird flu shots, part of a bigger effort to question spending on messenger RNA-based vaccines Madison Muller, @rileyraygriffin.bsky.social and @ikeswetlitz.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

ICYMI on Friday: Meta has hired the former CEO of The RealReal to boost retail sales of the Quest headsets, Ray-Ban smart glasses and AI wearables. Scoop with the scoopiest @markgurman.bsky.social:

Next, a longtime employee of Peter Thiel’s Palantir is now managing the data security of all of the HHS, a major contractor with Palantir. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

HHS is being asked to go after wasteful contracts for things like DEI and accessibility offices and “anything related to Covid.” @rileyraygriffin.bsky.social and Madison Muller have the scoop www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

New from @rileyraygriffin.bsky.social: Meta is planning to cut 5% of staff based on performance In total, Meta plans to cut headcount by 10% by the end of the performance cycle. That means thousands of jobs globally.