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  • The Register: Pennsylvania’s once top coal power plant eyed for revival as 4.5GW gas-fired AI campus

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/02/pennsylvanias_largest_coal_plant/ Source: The Register Title: Pennsylvania’s once top coal power plant eyed for revival as 4.5GW gas-fired AI campus Feedly Summary: Seven gas turbines planned to juice datacenter demand by 2027 Developers on Wednesday announced plans to bring up to 4.5 gigawatts of natural gas-fired power online by 2027 at the site of…

  • Cloud Blog: Cybercrime: A Multifaceted National Security Threat

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/cybercrime-multifaceted-national-security-threat/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Cybercrime: A Multifaceted National Security Threat Feedly Summary: Executive Summary Cybercrime makes up a majority of the malicious activity online and occupies the majority of defenders’ resources. In 2024, Mandiant Consulting responded to almost four times more intrusions conducted by financially motivated actors than state-backed intrusions. Despite this…

  • Slashdot: OpenAI Teases ‘New Era’ of AI In US, Deepens Ties With Government

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/01/30/2142256/openai-teases-new-era-of-ai-in-us-deepens-ties-with-government?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: OpenAI Teases ‘New Era’ of AI In US, Deepens Ties With Government Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: OpenAI’s partnership with the US government, particularly with National Laboratories, aims to leverage AI for advancements in multiple fields, including national security, energy, and cybersecurity. This collaboration signifies a…

  • The Register: What better place to inject OpenAI’s o1 than Los Alamos national lab, right?

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/30/openai_los_alamos_national_lab/ Source: The Register Title: What better place to inject OpenAI’s o1 than Los Alamos national lab, right? Feedly Summary: Tackling disease, tick. High-energy physics, tick. Nuclear weapon security, also tick OpenAI has announced another deal with Uncle Sam, this time to get its very latest models in the hands of US government…

  • The Register: South Carolina’s abandoned nuclear reactors positioned to fuel the AI datacenter boom

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/27/sc_nuclear_reactors_ai/ Source: The Register Title: South Carolina’s abandoned nuclear reactors positioned to fuel the AI datacenter boom Feedly Summary: VC Summer units 2 and 3, abandoned in 2017, are looking for a buyer; owners say tech industry needs are a perfect fit Abandoned in 2017, a pair of incomplete South Carolina nuclear reactors…

  • Slashdot: Researchers Say New Attack Could Take Down the European Power Grid

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    Source URL: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/01/25/0037206/researchers-say-new-attack-could-take-down-the-european-power-grid?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Researchers Say New Attack Could Take Down the European Power Grid Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights significant security vulnerabilities in renewable energy facilities across Central Europe, where unencrypted radio signals are used to control energy supply to the grid. Researchers inadvertently uncovered this…

  • The Register: Biden opens federal land to power-hungry AI datacenters

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/biden_ai_executive_order/ Source: The Register Title: Biden opens federal land to power-hungry AI datacenters Feedly Summary: Watt’s the problem? Not enough energy to win the arms race? US President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed an executive order that aims to ensure American AI leadership doesn’t lag because of shoddy energy infrastructure.… AI Summary and…

  • Hacker News: Executive Order on Advancing United States Leadership in AI Infrastructure

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    Source URL: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2025/01/14/executive-order-on-advancing-united-states-leadership-in-artificial-intelligence-infrastructure/ Source: Hacker News Title: Executive Order on Advancing United States Leadership in AI Infrastructure Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text presents a comprehensive executive order focused on advancing artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure in the United States with a view toward strengthening national security, fostering economic competitiveness, and…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Generative AI – The Power and the Glory

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/12/generative-ai-the-power-and-the-glory/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Generative AI – The Power and the Glory Feedly Summary: Generative AI – The Power and the Glory Michael Liebreich’s epic report for BloombergNEF on the current state of play with regards to generative AI, energy usage and data center growth. I learned so much from reading…

  • The Register: To save the energy grid from AI, use open source AI, says open source body

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/09/linux_foundation_ai_energy_report/ Source: The Register Title: To save the energy grid from AI, use open source AI, says open source body Feedly Summary: Linux Foundation Energy argues rapidly decentralizing electricity sector can’t succeed with silos The energy industry needs to adopt open source AI software, and the collaborative processes used to create it, to…