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"Elon Musk’s xAI adds more unpermitted gas generators for data centers"
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Emissions

Elon Musk’s xAI adds more unpermitted gas generators for data centers
Mississippi residents want relief from the air and noise pollution caused by 46 'temporary' generators — and the 41 permanent ones the state just approved.

"AI could help win ‘race against extinction’ of vital plants, say botanists"
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Plants

Um... 14,000 feet... Yeah. Right. (Later amended to 1,400 feet. Still wrong. That's the length of the bridge. Later still, they gave up because "Basic research, fact-checking and common sense are hard." and changed it to "from the top.")
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"Carbon storage could curb more than 90% of AI data center emissions, study finds"
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Carbon storage could curb more than 90% of AI data center emissions, study finds
As artificial intelligence accelerates demand for computing power across the U.S., a new study co-authored by Hon Chung Lau, adjunct professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Rice University and founder of Low Carbon Energies LLC, has found that carbon capture and storage could play a major role in limiting the climate impact of data centers.

Hübsches Projekt zur Reflexion künstlicher Intelligenz, Deepdive in Prompt Injection:
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Prompt Injection as Role Confusion
LLMs can't tell who's speaking. We show they identify roles by writing style, not tags, and exploit this with CoT Forgery, injecting fake reasoning that models mistake for their own thoughts.

"Energy, water use and pollution of AI and data centers rival most countries"
#Energy #AI #ArtificialIntelligence

UN calculates nation-sized environmental footprints for AI and data centers
The environmental footprint of data centers already rivals some of the world's largest countries, according to a United Nations University report, which also predicts their water and energy use and pollution will double in just four years as use of artificial intelligence grows.

"AI-altered images on birdwatching forums putting research at risk"
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Birs #Technology

Al-altered images on birdwatching forums putting research at risk
Experts warn increase in enhanced photos on birding platforms creating fake sightings, threatening credibility of tool used by scientists

"How much water and power will AI data centres use in Australia? Ironically, we don’t have the data to know"
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How much water and power will AI data centres use in Australia? Ironically, we don’t have the data to know
Don’t panic about AI data centres and water – it’s energy we should worry about

"The AI boom has a dirty energy problem"
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology

The AI boom has a dirty energy problem
Soaring electricity demand from data centers may lead U.S. utilities to invest more in coal and gas plants.

"Revealed: landmark Scottish AI project has no prospect of meeting renewables promise"
#Scotland #Technology #AI

Revealed: landmark Scottish AI project has no prospect of meeting renewables promise
Exclusive: Government and developers privately acknowledged Lanarkshire datacentre site had power provision ‘issue’

"UN report warns AI could soon use 3% of world's electricity and more water than we need to drink"
#UN #UnitedNations #AI

UN report warns AI could soon use 3% of world's electricity and more water than we need to drink
One argument often used to quell concerns about the rising energy and resource demand of data centers is that artificial intelligence (AI) models will need less in the future as they improve and become more efficient.

"Scientists use AI to produce first high-resolution map of global seagrass extent"
#Oceans #Seagrass #AI #ArtificialIntelligence

Scientists use AI to produce first high-resolution map of global seagrass extent
Almost 70% of the global extent of seagrass meadows is found off the coasts of just five countries. However, only 21% of this fall within marine protected areas. These are some of the key findings from the first high-resolution map of seagrasses around the world. Scientists at Arizona State University in the U.S. used satellite […]

"Scotland could freeze datacentre projects in challenge to UK’s AI strategy"
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Scotland could freeze datacentre projects in challenge to UK’s AI strategy
Scottish government to consider SNP national council motion for moratorium on all new datacentres

"Data centre boom drove Amazon’s emissions up 16% in 2025"
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Data centre boom drove Amazon’s emissions up 16% in 2025
According to its latest sustainability report, Amazon's absolute emissions across all scopes rose 16% in 2025, following a 6% increase the year before. The rise was largely driven by building and data centre construction.

"Google reports 18% rise in total emissions amidst AI expansion"
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Google reports 18% rise in total emissions amidst AI expansion
Google has published its annual environmental report, unveiling that its absolute emissions across all scopes rose by 18% last year as it continued to expand the deployment of energy-intensive artificial intelligence (AI) technology.