Saturday, April 25, 2026

"data center project in Utah — expected to generate and consume more power than entire state — nears final approval" (AI roundup)

Backers of the massive data center campus say at full buildout it will consume 9GW of electricity, more than double the entire state of Utah’s current energy use. They say they intend to burn fossil fuels on site to make all that electricity. Box Elder County will vote on the proposal Monday.

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— The Salt Lake Tribune (@sltrib.com) April 25, 2026 at 2:00 PM
("We’ve announced that we need every incentive we can get out of that state because we have to raise billions to build this power")





NEW: North Korean script kiddies vibe-coded malware to steal as much as $12 million from victims in just a few months. @agreenberg.bsky.social and @mattburgess1.bsky.social w/ the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ai-too...

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— Andrew Couts (@couts.bsky.social) April 22, 2026 at 9:26 AM








Well, the images are AI-modified/generated, the women are real (verifiably six of them, at least), only one of them is slated to be executed, and Tehran claims no concessions have been made www.theverge.com/policy/91718...

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— sarah jeong (@sarahjeong.bsky.social) April 23, 2026 at 11:02 AM








The study's authors said they tried to inform LLM providers about the vulnerabilities exposed in their research, but they didn't receive a response.

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— PC Gamer (@pcgamer.com) April 22, 2026 at 6:14 PM










Doesn't get more wild than this- was this an AI-generated press release that hallucinated? www.wired.com/story/sam-al...

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— Paresh Dave (@peard33.bsky.social) April 22, 2026 at 3:22 PM








Every system that was regulated, either explicitly or implicitly, by the fact that they were effortful for humans (letters of recommendation, government filings, essays, or, as this paper finds, lawsuits) will break under a wave of AI.

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— Ethan Mollick (@emollick.bsky.social) April 22, 2026 at 8:50 AM








Well... I guess it's karma, but it has now happened to me. Despite showing off concept artwork, doing a huge chunk of writing on livestream, and my openly outspoken anti-AI stance, Wet Dreams and Rook & the Crook have been accused of containing AI generated content.

— Taron "Indestructoboy" Pounds (@indestructoboy.bsky.social) April 21, 2026 at 11:15 PM