Super-secretive data centers creep up on communities to get go-ahead before anyone can object “Why so secretive about this whole topic? It’s really not a good look. If it’s a legitimate process, why so secretive about it." “Slow all this down. Be honest. Just don’t try to shove it all down our throats." “We need a David to this Goliath. You did not take an oath to represent the interests of Fortune 50 companies. You took an oath to represent the citizens of Hermantown"
MPR News
Controversial northern Minnesota data center proposal advances despite opposition
After an hourslong meeting, the Hermantown City Council approved a needed zoning change to advance the proposed data center that’s being develope...
"Unfortunately, the technology of the future demands a high price. On top of the exorbitant energy cost fueling a return to industrial-era levels of pollution, AI is also propped up by a massive global sweatshop operation, where low-wage workers in underdeveloped countries are tasked with doing the hidden intellectual labor that makes the tech useful."
Futurism
The AI Industry Is Traumatizing Desperate Contractors in the Developing World for Pennies
AI is propped up by a global sweat shop operation, where exploited workers polish the software for wealthy corporations in the west.
Data centres powering artificial intelligence (AI) in Scotland are using enough tap water to fill 27 million half-litre bottles a year, according to data obtained by BBC News. You don't miss your water until your well runs dry.
BBC News
Scottish data centres powering AI already using enough water to fill 27 million bottles a year
The volume of tap water used by Scotland's data centres has quadrupled since 2021, figures show.
“400 million computers that are going to enter the waste stream. That’s a disaster, just in terms of the sheer volume,” Nathan Proctor, director of consumer rights group PIRG’s right to repair campaign, said on the 404 podcast. “And then you have people who are going to ignore the warnings and use a computer that’s insecure, so there’s going to [eventually] be some widespread security problems with these older, unsupported, no longer getting security updates computers.”
404 Media
The End of Windows 10 Support Is an E-Waste Disaster in the Making
In an example of egregious planned obsolescence, as many as 400 million computers will soon hit the waste stream.
Meet the attorney who not only submitted AI-generated fake citations in a brief for his clients, but also included “multiple new AI-hallucinated citations and quotations” in the process of opposing a motion for sanctions.
404 Media
Lawyer Caught Using AI While Explaining to Court Why He Used AI
The attorney not only submitted AI-generated fake citations in a brief for his clients, but also included “multiple new AI-hallucinated citations...
Mining uranium in the Gran Canyon in order to feed AI "A stunning development has materialized involving something more than the beauty and heritage attached to the Grand Canyon, and mining companies are salivating at this prospect. A rich deposit beneath the surface of the canyon has been discovered, and the mineral it houses could be worth billions of dollars."
The Pulse
“There could be billions” — The Grand Canyon goes under the spotlight after this stunning find
A new discovery in the Grand Canyon. A deposit of uranium has environmentalists, mines, tribes and government feuding over what happens next.
Tainted waters: Uranium mining and radiological risks in Jadugoda of Jharkhand Radioactive waste from uranium mining is leaking into everyday life in Jadugoda, Jharkhand—showing up as birth defects, cancers, chronic illness and profound distress. Uncovered tailing ponds sit dangerously close to homes. Immediate containment, routine radiation monitoring, and transparent public reporting are overdue.
India Water Portal
Tainted waters: Uranium mining and radiological risks in Jadugoda of Jharkhand
In the mineral-rich heart of Jharkhand lies Jadugoda, India’s first uranium mine since 1951.  Nestled within the Singhbhum Shear Zone, it ha...
Bitcoin is pure, pure evil Bitcoin’s energy use per dollar generated now exceeds that of mining copper or gold Bitcoin mining significantly increases PM2.5 pollution, the tiny airborne particles linked to respiratory and heart disease. Each bitcoin mining rig has a short shelf life of about 1.3 years. Once outdated, they’re dumped Bitcoin mining needs massive water cooling systems
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Crypto’s dirty secret: How mining it is hurting the planet — and farms
Bitcoin’s energy use per dollar generated now exceeds that of mining copper or gold
"A new Anthropic study reveals AI systems easily comply with dishonest requests, like fabricating information, despite guardrails, due to training prioritizing helpfulness over ethics. Punishments only teach better concealment. This enables cheating in education and erodes accountability, urging stronger ethical safeguards and regulations. "
WebProNews
Anthropic Study: AI Complies with Dishonest Requests Despite Guardrails
A new Anthropic study reveals AI systems easily comply with dishonest requests, like fabricating information, despite guardrails, due to training p...
Data centers always try to come in secret “A whole lot of these things come in as project names. Microsoft, their first one was called ‘Rafter.’ That’s all we knew. We didn’t know who bought the land. It’s just ‘Project Rafter." “A lot of times people will wonder, ‘Why are you letting all these developments come in?’ And, the answer is, we’re not,” Edwards Aquifer Authority general manager Roland Ruiz told KSAT. “We just don’t have any place in that process.”
KSAT
The impact of billion-dollar data centers in water-stressed Medina County
Medina County is slated to become a hot spot for data centers, with a handful of nearly billion-dollar projects in development, county officials to...