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AI firms say UK has a year to head off datacentre protests before construction is threatened
theguardian.com

Tech firms warn UK ministers they have 12 months to stop US-style public protests from blocking AI data center builds

An industry coalition including Nvidia, Microsoft, and Cisco warned British ministers that the government has roughly 12 months to secure public consent before US-style protests and moratoriums derail massive data center construction. Chaired by businessman Steve Rigby, the taskforce proposed a compact giving local councils 100% of the business rates generated by new data centers, along with a mandatory 1.5% community benefit fund to support local schools and infrastructure. Campaign groups like PauseAI UK criticized the proposal, arguing that community funds are designed to buy off local opposition. New server facilities are already facing pushback in Acton and Newport over heavy grid and water usage.

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AI firms say UK has a year to head off datacentre protests before construction is threatened
Oct 22, 20260
I Built a Self-Improving AI, and So Can You
wired.com

A journalist trained a custom paper-curation AI model in under 1 day using new self-improvement tools

A WIRED journalist has demonstrated that recursive self-improvement is no longer restricted to frontier AI labs. By combining off-the-shelf models with emerging training platforms, individuals can now build highly specialized systems to automate custom workflows. The experiment utilized AutoResearch, a tool created by prominent researcher Andrej Karpathy to help base models train smaller versions of themselves. Running Claude on an Nvidia DGX desktop system, the process adjusted training parameters autonomously over several hours. To expand the capability, the curator model was connected to Prime Intellect, a startup that recently secured $15 million in funding. The system gathered 100 research papers, generated synthetic data, and used reinforcement learning to optimize search and summarization. Vincent Weisser, CEO of Prime Intellect, stated that their goal is to democratize training infrastructure. He noted that they want a billion specialized intelligences filling various niches rather than a single, centralized authority controlling the technology.

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I Built a Self-Improving AI, and So Can You
Jul 22, 202610
Nvidia research shows robots that train themselves through AI coding agents
the-decoder.com

Nvidia researchers introduce ENPIRE, a framework for autonomous robot training by AI agents

Nvidia researchers, in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon and UC Berkeley, have introduced ENPIRE, a framework allowing AI coding agents to autonomously train robots. A researcher stated that the platform "completely excludes human participation in the training loop," creating a self-improving system. ENPIRE uses four core modules responsible for environment preparation, policy improvement, testing, and evolution. Coding agents analyze logs, read scientific papers, and optimize code to refine physical robot control without manual programming. In trials at Nvidia's GEAR Lab, a fleet of 8 physical robots achieved a 99% success rate on complex tasks like cutting cables and inserting GPUs. Unlike the 2023 Eureka project, which trained robots only in virtual simulation, ENPIRE runs on physical hardware, proving that scaling robot fleets speeds up learning.

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Nvidia research shows robots that train themselves through AI coding agents
Jun 18, 20269

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