The Verge
A new report says Texas data centers could triple soot pollution and spike NOx emissions 136%, undoing decades of air quality gains - because your AI needs to breathe too.
The Atlantic
Meta forks over $17.1 billion for hooking kids on social media, while chatbots quietly move in on their emotions - and nobody's home.
TechCrunch
The Seattle Times and Newsday join the legal pile-on against OpenAI and Microsoft, calling AI a 'snake eating its own tail' - which is rich, coming from an industry that's been cannibalizing itself for years.
ScienceDaily
Seoul researchers create a programmable chip that slows light on demand, potentially saving AI data centers from a meltdown - and giving photons their first taste of rush hour.
The Good Times
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