US datacenters' natural gas consumption could exceed that of Germany and Japan combined by 2035, reflecting massive energy demand from AI infrastructure buildout.

A handful of startups have cropped up in recent years to become the "trust layer" the internet needs—including Pangram. The startup recently snapped up $9 million for its AI detection system and landed a partnership with Substack, which now uses Pangram's tech to show readers which of their favorite authors use AI to write their newsletters. Pangram has also launched a new AI image detection tool.