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Friday 30 October

Hyundai Motor Group to establish two SPCs for AI data center project

AI-generated summary Hyundai Motor Group announced it plans to establish two special purpose companies next month to develop artificial intelligence data centers as part of its infrastructure expansion. Hyundai Motor Group says one special purpose company will oversee data center construction and infrastructure development while the other will handle graphics processing unit services.

Also covered by datacenterdynamics.com

Psychologists issue warning over ‘harmful’ mental health advice from AI chatbots

AI-generated summary The British Psychological Society released a survey revealing that psychologists noted a 49% increase in patients seeking mental health support from chatbots in the past year. The British Psychological Society warns that unregulated open access artificial intelligence chatbots provide unqualified and harmful advice that negatively affects client wellbeing.

More than half of Victorian lawyers use AI – but only a quarter have cut client fees as a result

AI-generated summary Research released by the Victorian Legal Services Board and Commissioner finds that more than half of Victorian lawyers are now using artificial intelligence in their legal practices. Only a quarter of those surveyed lawyers have cut client fees as a result of efficiency gains, while many report that client use of AI has increased their workload.

T-Mobile US claims physical AI is in ‘very early innings’

AI-generated summary T-Mobile US CEO Srini Gopalan says the physical artificial intelligence market is in very early innings and that real business opportunities will not materialize until well into the next decade. T-Mobile US CTO John Saw says the carrier has handed the wheel to artificial intelligence for radio resource planning and has seen spectral efficiency gains of up to 100 percent with Nokia.

Earlier: T-Mobile US hunts for engineers as humanoid efforts broaden

Data Centre Covenant: UK government targets simplified planning, community incentives with digital infrastructure build-out

UK tech map with Great Britain and Northern Ireland pictured on a screen.

AI-generated summary The UK government introduced the Data Centre Covenant to support digital infrastructure growth while keeping more of the benefits of AI in Britain through community incentives and streamlined planning. Industry experts note that power constraints may persist despite the new measures, and it remains unclear whether the proposal will significantly impact larger sites and developers.

Earlier: The battle for megawatts: why restricting data centers is a strategic mistake

Start With One

AI-generated summary jonathannen.com rolled out an autonomous process where an agent merged a minor patch bump change to production with no human in the loop. The system allowed the change to merge because unit tests covered it, deployments were cheap, rollbacks were easy, and observability was sufficient.