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Texas Moves to Impose Legal Sanctions on Data Centers That Refuse to Report Water Usage

The state of Texas has decided to enforce reporting requirements more strictly for large-scale water-using facilities, including data centers. Governor Greg Abbott has directed the Texas Water Development Board to impose legal consequences on facilities that fail to submit water usage survey data or submit inaccurate reports. Following the expansion of AI data centers, which has made securing a reliable power supply a major issue, the water used for cooling is also emerging as a key requirement for infrastructure expansion. Risk of Drought and Dry Conditions

Sep 15, 20266 min read

AI models & services

Microsoft Unveils Draft of "Humanist AI Code of Conduct" for Next-Generation AI

Microsoft AI has released a draft of the Humanist AI Code of Conduct, which will serve as the behavioral standard for the MAI models it develops in the future. The core principle is that AI must remain under human control and must not resist commands to pause, modify, or terminate. This document is not merely a set of product terms of service, but a draft outlining the behavioral principles to be followed when training and evaluating models. Microsoft AI will solicit public feedback for six weeks and finalize the content around the end of the year. Refined, 2027

Sep 15, 20266 min read

Robotics & emerging technology

Waymo, GO, and Japan Transportation Aim to Commercialize Fully Autonomous Robo-Taxis in Tokyo by 2027

Waymo, which has been expanding its robotaxi service in the U.S., has finalized plans to enter the Japanese market. Waymo, the Japanese taxi-hailing platform GO, and the taxi operator Nippon Kotsu have officially agreed to launch a fully autonomous commercial service in Tokyo in 2027. If everything proceeds as planned, this could become Japan’s first fully autonomous commercial taxi service carrying the general public. However, the 2027 timeline is contingent upon regulatory approval and technical validation. That's the goal. The service area and the number of vehicles, too,

Sep 15, 20266 min read

Security & privacy

KISA Begins Revising Security Guidelines for Autonomous AI Agents

Generative AI is evolving beyond a tool that simply answers questions into an agent that moves between various systems to complete tasks on its own. While this has increased convenience, concerns are also growing that a single wrong decision or abuse of authority could lead to damage across various resources, such as emails, internal documents, payments, and development environments. Reflecting these changes, the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) is developing a revised edition of its existing AI security guidelines and ...they stated. The revised edition states that when companies adopt agentic AI,

Sep 15, 20266 min read

Industry & policy

Trump Rejects Calls to Slow Down AI Development… Emphasizes Maintaining U.S. Leadership

U.S. President Donald Trump has expressed his opposition to calls from the AI industry to slow down the pace of development. Speaking to reporters on September 13, 2026, at his golf course in Dunbeg, Ireland, Trump emphasized that the United States must maintain its lead over China in AI. When asked whether the AI industry should slow down its development pace or be subject to stricter regulations, Trump said that some safeguards could be put in place. However, at the same time, it raises the possibility of a situation that would not actually occur

Sep 14, 20269 min read

IT guides & reviews

Reuters and CuttingRoom Integrate MCP-Based AI Video Editing… From Natural Language Search to Subtitles

Reuters has directly connected its Model Context Protocol server to ShortCut, CuttingRoom’s browser-based AI video editing tool. Newsroom editors can search for Reuters video footage using natural language, import it into the editing timeline, and then handle everything from cutting to audio, subtitles, and aspect ratio conversion in a single workflow. This integration goes beyond AI simply describing standard editing methods; it allows users to work with licensed Reuters content and actual video

Sep 13, 20267 min read