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AI schools expand, but Iowa takes a slower path
Axios reports that Iowa schools are taking an incremental approach to AI, while a private-school network built around AI plans to expand to about 50 campuses and a new Iowa law limits digital instruction for younger students.axios.comIndustry
Microsoft and Qcells expand partnership to power AI data-center growth
ESG Dive reports that Microsoft and Qcells are expanding their partnership to develop power capacity alongside Microsoft’s growing AI data-center footprint, with the companies also exploring virtual power plants and measures intended to shield utility customers from added costs.esgdive.comIndustry
BigGo reports Nishinomiya and Hanshin plan AI autonomous-bus trial in Koshien
BigGo Finance reports that Nishinomiya City and Hanshin Electric Railway will begin a roughly 100-day trial of an AI-equipped autonomous electric bus in Japan’s Koshien area on August 31, initially operating at Level 2 automation and targeting Level 4 certification during fiscal 2027.Nishinomiya CityIndustry
IBTimes reports Broadcom is discussing up to $80 billion in AI infrastructure debt financing
International Business Times reports that Broadcom is discussing a debt package of roughly $70 billion to $80 billion to finance chips and computing infrastructure for AI companies including Anthropic, with negotiations still fluid.ibtimes.comPolicy
Chicago Public Schools drops planned 2026 Gemini rollout for high school students
Axios reports that Chicago Public Schools abandoned plans to provide Gemini chatbots to high school students this year, while leaving open school-specific deployments.axios.comIndustry
EU-Startups reports Embedd raises €2.3 million for physical-AI software infrastructure
EU-Startups reports that London-based Embedd raised €2.3 million in pre-seed funding to develop software infrastructure that helps semiconductor companies integrate chips into systems intended for physical AI.eu-startups.comProduct
Law.com reports LexisNexis is expanding Lexis+ With Protégé toward agentic legal workflows
Law.com reports that LexisNexis has announced new agentic AI capabilities for Lexis+ With Protégé, allowing the legal workflow platform to handle user tasks across client data repositories and Lexis resources. The outlet also reports that LexisNexis is considering a proprietary AI model to support the capabilities.…law.comInnovation
Forbes reports Nvidia led AMD by up to 5x on new AI-agent benchmark
Forbes reports that SemiAnalysis’s AgentX benchmark found Nvidia hardware substantially more cost-efficient than AMD on long-context, multi-turn coding-agent workloads, while warning that results vary by model, serving stack and software version.forbes.comEnterprise
Scale AI says its Qatar program trained 240 government professionals in AI fluency
Scale AI reports that its ALIF program delivered 15 cohorts for 240 government professionals in Qatar between January and June 2026, with average assessment scores rising from 57% to 77%.scale.com
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