A daily evidence report on AI energy use, water consumption, carbon impacts and data-center accountability. Coverage counts are signals of attention—not measures of importance, harm or consensus.
Tracks measured and estimated energy, water, emissions and infrastructure impacts associated with AI. It keeps estimates tied to their source because boundaries and accounting methods differ widely.
Publication date: Available online 15 August 2026 Source: International Journal of Human-Computer Studies Author(s): Song Yan, Haichao Liu, Jiaohao Zhang, Jiyao Wang, Jun Ma, Dengbo He
Nvidia has cut its guarantee for OpenAI's planned data center in Ohio nearly in half, from $250 billion to just under $120 billion, after investors pushed back on the risk. Meanwhile, Anthropic is complicating the AI bubble debate with revenue that jumped from $4.7 billion to $11.5 billion in a single quarter. The article Investor pressure forces Nvidia to shrink its OpenAI bet just as Anthropic's numbers defy bubble warnings appeared first on The Decoder .
Multi-tenancy has moved in one direction for 60 years: the tenant keeps getting smaller. Mainframe time-sharing carved a single machine The post Per-developer environments were the goal. Agents moved the goalposts. appeared first on The New Stack .
World Labs, the startup founded by AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li, has unveiled a simulation engine that trains robot controllers entirely in virtual environments. From a single real-world task, the system generates thousands of controlled variations. The trained models then ran for one hour each on five different robot platforms without human intervention. How well the results hold up in more complex everyday situations remains to be seen. The article World Labs turns one real-world robot task into thou
Publication date: Available online 13 August 2026 Source: Technology in Society Author(s): Abdullah Emre Caglar, Mustafa Naimoğlu, Mehmet Mert
Publication date: November 2026 Source: Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Volume 232 Author(s): Yiwa Xu, Songsong Li, Weiqian Zhang
How an environmental disaster reframed the idea of a curated experience
India moved a step closer to opening its nuclear power sector to private investment, with the Department of Atomic Energy issuing draft rules to implement legislation that ends decades of state ...
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