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Data centers are turning to old jet engines as the wait for power grows

The years-long wait for access to the grid and new turbines is causing data center builders to turn to an unusual, less-efficient and less environmentally friendly solution: once-discarded jet engines.

Tell HN: Gemini trains on chat history, even for subscribers (personal accounts)

If you have a personal Google AI subscription, all your saved chat history in Gemini can be used for training and there is no way to opt out unless you turn off chat history or use temporary chat sessions. These chat transcripts may even be read by human reviewers. Although Googl

Nvidia RTX Spark encrypted firmware slows inference speed to 35% on Linux

Jeanette Winterson’s point about AI brings to mind an Isaac Asimov story | Letters

Ed Kelsey and Arthur Gould respond to an interview with the author in which she discussed AI and the future of humanity I thoroughly enjoyed the interview with Jeanette Winterson ( ‘There is no inevitable dystopia’: Jeanette Winterson on AI and the future of humanity, 28 October

OpenAI to acquire Pierre Computer Company, Inc.

OpenAI will acquire Pierre Computer Company, expanding Codex’s tools for building, understanding, and reviewing code.

Albanese government warned it’s ‘sleepwalking into another robodebt scenario’ over use of algorithms and AI

Centre for Public Integrity report says mandatory audit and public register of all automated decision-making needed Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The federal government is “sleepwalking its way into another robodebt” scandal amid a lack of transpare

‘Discontent and distrust’: annual social cohesion checkup shows exactly what’s making Australia angry

Cost of living and AI outrank climate change and war as top concerns for future, but support for multiculturalism remains strong Get our daily political email , free app or daily news podcast The vast majority of Australians support immigration and multiculturalism despite more f

OpenAI’s approach to mathematics does not add up

Two months after the firm’s initial advances, its lack of transparency is still causing problems

Securing the agentic enterprise with data lineage

A sales representative asks an AI agent for customer pricing, and the agent pulls data from multiple sources: restricted pricing systems, internal communications, and archived quotes. The output looks accurate to the agent, so a second agent uses the data to draft the proposal fo

What is Hangang? South Korea unveils a $276 million supercomputer with 614.7 petaflops of computing power

South Korea has launched Hangang, a $276 million national supercomputer equipped with 8,496 Nvidia GPUs and 614.7 petaflops of computing power. Designed to accelerate AI and scientific research, the system is expected to rank among the world's top 10 supercomputers.

‘Population collapse’ makes AI productivity gains vital, says top Meta executive

Alex Schultz tells FT’s Future of AI summit that falling birth rates mean AI will be needed to support dwindling numbers of people

Nothing teases a screen-free AI device ahead of launch next month

Nothing CEO Carl Pei said in a post on X that the company's launching its first AI device in December. That's just a little over a year after Pei announced plans for "AI-native" devices and an AI operating system. He didn't give away much about what exactly the new device is, onl

Central cyber security agency warns banks, fintech firms of frauds through AI agents

Central cyber security agency warns banks, fintech firms of frauds through AI agents

Accenture accused of publishing AI paper littered with AI hallucinations

Consultancy says it will correct report but blames ‘human error’ for problems