Bring Your Own Energy: 5 Insights On Data Center Deployment

Data center boom strains power supply; companies secure gigawatts, pursue modular plants, aluminum energy, faster deployment.

Publisher pulls horror novel ‘Shy Girl’ over AI concerns

Hachette Book Group said it will not be publishing “Shy Girl” over concerns that artificial intelligence was used to generate the text.

Apple Blocks Vibe Coding Tools From Store

Apple restricts vibe-coding apps; coding itself legal, but publishing insecure AI apps may trigger liability.

Delve accused of misleading customers with ‘fake compliance’

An anonymous Substack post accuses compliance startup Delve of “falsely” convincing “hundreds of customers they were compliant” with privacy and security regulations.

Why Wall Street wasn’t won over by Nvidia’s big conference

Despite investor fears of an AI bubble, Nvidia’s latest conference shows that most in the industry aren’t concerned by that possibility.

The gen AI Kool-Aid tastes like eugenics
The gen AI Kool-Aid tastes like eugenics

Like many people, director Valerie Veatch was intrigued when OpenAI first released its Sora text-to-video generative AI model to the public in 2024. Though she didn’t fully understand the technology, she was curious about what it could do, and she saw that other artists were building online communities to share their new AI creations. The […]

Why The Iran War Poses Risks To AI

How the Iran War could impact data centers. Why it’s time for nuclear microgrids. A key to breeding drought-resistant plants. All that and more in this week’s edition of The Prototype.

AI’s Missing Capability Is Not Intelligence But Integrity

Recent developments in AI make this clear: an AI system with intelligence but without integrity is structurally unfit for civilization.

Gemini task automation is slow, clunky, and super impressive
Gemini task automation is slow, clunky, and super impressive

I’ve been testing out Gemini’s new task automation on the Pixel 10 Pro and the Galaxy S26 Ultra, which for the first time lets Gemini take the wheel and use apps for you. It’s limited to a small subset right now – a handful of food delivery and rideshare services – and it’s still in […]

OpenAI Is Toning Down The Cringe Factor Of ChatGPT But Those Smarmy AI Responses Will Still Make You Shudder

AI is being cringy. OpenAI has decided to reduce the cringe factor of ChatGPT. Here’s the deal. Don’t expect miracles. An AI Insider scoop.