An AI agent allegedly deleted a startup's production database, causing a huge outage

People are trusting their AI agents with much more important work, but doing so still carries significant risks. Just ask ...

PyPI package with 1.1M monthly downloads hacked to push infostealer

An attacker pushed a malicious version of the popular elementary-data package Python Package Index (PyPI) to steal sensitive ...
Wall Street Journal

Locals Are Using AI to Fight Data Centers Being Built in Their Backyards

CINCINNATI—Late at night, or when her 18-month-old daughter is napping, Jessica Sharp logs onto Chat GPT and asks it to help her in her fight to stop a data center from being built just steps away ...
KVUE

'I do not want to live near a data center' | Proposed data center in Hutto draws concerns from residents

HUTTO, Texas — A 40‑acre property in Hutto is drawing heightened attention as city leaders consider a rezoning request that would pave the way for a new data center to be built on the site. The ...
KXAN

Texas lawmakers to study data center development amid water, electricity concerns

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — State legislative leaders released their interim charges last week, a list of topics they want lawmakers to investigate over the next year in the lead up to the next legislative ...
E&E

What AI data centers do — and don’t do — to electricity prices

Ratepayers are largely stuck in the middle as utilities and regulators work out how best to pay for the nation’s AI infrastructure build-out. The Trump administration and utility industry are sending ...
ZDNet

How to clear your Roku TV cache (and why it's critical to do so)

I wore the world's first HDR10 smart glasses TCL's new E Ink tablet beats the Remarkable and Kindle Anker's new charger is one of the most unique I've ever seen Best laptop cooling pads Best flip ...
The Atlantic

Inside the Dirty, Dystopian World of AI Data Centers

As we drove through southwest Memphis, KeShaun Pearson told me to keep my window down—our destination was best tasted, not viewed. Along the way, we passed an abandoned coal plant to our right, then ...
Futurism

Using AI to Do Your Taxes Is Likely to Backfire Spectacularly

Add Futurism (opens in a new tab) Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Tax season, that dreaded ...
Futurism

A Staggering Proportion of High School Kids Are Using AI to Do Their Homework, Which Is Probably Not Going to End Well

Add Futurism (opens in a new tab) More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Who ...
E&E

Data centers’ share of US electricity seen doubling by 2030

The Electric Power Research Institute’s electricity-demand estimates are about 60 percent higher than the group anticipated two years ago. Data centers could double their current share of U.S. power ...
Pew Research Center

How Teens Use and View AI

This study is Pew Research Center’s latest effort to explore the landscape of teens and technology today. It focuses on artificial intelligence – from how teens use chatbots to how they think about AI ...