Georgia Tech and Emory have committed more than $1.175 billion to AI research, computing and workforce programs in Atlan

A Virginia legislative audit says the state's IT agency is falling short in overseeing AI use across 65 state agencies.

Kairos Power raised $643 million in private and federal financing for its Hermes 2 molten salt reactor in Oak Ridge, Ten

World Gold Council chart: gold ETFs added 18 billion dollars in August and holdings hit a record 4,189 tonnes.

Silver Institute table: 2025 supply 1,090.4 Moz vs demand 1,130.6 Moz; London price averaged 40.03 dollars.

Terra Clean Energy hired KB Drilling for 10,000 feet of core drilling at Utah's Marysvale uranium project in November.

Deutsche Bank projects a 2027 silver surplus as London vault stocks reach 914 million ounces and solar demand falls.

Stanford AI Index chart: organizational AI use rose from 55% to 78% in 2024.

Stanford AI Index chart: 71% of marketing and sales AI users report revenue gains.

Adobe launched a marketing workflow plugin in ChatGPT, with 2,500 early adopters reported.

Chick-fil-A will keep human order takers while McDonald's and Wendy's test drive-thru AI.

Statista chart shows Meta capex rising to $72.2B in 2025 with a 2026 forecast of $130B to $145B.

Goldman Sachs estimates put US data center demand at 77GW and supply at 67GW in 2028.

Constellation's $4.3B Google agreement supports 890MW of nuclear uprates as PJM faces a 6.8GW capacity shortfall.

TeraWulf raises Muskie campus power contract with Kentucky Power from 500MW to 1GW, second phase moved to 2029.

Statista: California AV test vehicles had 14.6 collisions per million miles in 2023 versus 1.9 for US vehicles.

Statista chart of an EBU and BBC study: 48 percent of AI assistant answers had accuracy issues in 2025.

NHTSA is investigating a fatal June 2026 Tesla crash into a Texas home where the role of FSD is disputed.