Just announced: OpenAI plans to lease a 9.2 gigawatt 100% fossil-fuelled data centre on Ohio.
Its emissions will be between 20 - 37 MTCO2-e - somewhere between the total grid emissions of France -> Netherlands
As much GHGs as 9.5 average coal plants. Will raise US total emissions by 0.5%
Ketan Joshi
Prof developing fast algorithms, reliable software, and healthy communities for computational science. Opinions my own. https://hachyderm.io/@jedbrown
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Jed Brown
1/Congress has made itself very clear that working to retain students under civil rights law once they attend is fine. Moreover, this is whole “racial proxy” theory is only working because it has yet to touch judicial grass. What conservatives are saying is that Black people don’t belong at Yale.
She's straightforwardly saying schools’ federal funds are at risk unless they reduce their Black student population to something Trump is more comfortable with
By design, the safest way for schools to avoid suspicion is to not admit Black students at all
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
The administration’s view is that the mere presence of students of color at Yale Medical School proves discrimination against white people.
ballsandstrikes.org
it seems the only rationale for jumping on the genai bandwagon is the fabricated fomo (not actual benefit to research)
and this is not surprising tbh. the ai industry has poured millions into setting much of the ai "potential benefit” discourse
Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie
"What I really would like to see unions do is push as strongly as they can on their racial and social justice commitments. [...] Once you really center [racial and social justice], you can't really go back. If you keep it marginalized, you can play with it." 💯
Assistant AG Harmeet Dhillon: "What CUNY is doing is disproportionately favoring African American men and students in general, and this is illegal. They could lose funds."
Professa Murray
Jed Brown
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This is interesting to contrast with the xAI lawsuit against Colorado over SB24-205. I think the laundering of liability for illegal and defamatory output is far more valuable to companies, but it would be a cherry on top if US courts also say such algorithmic output shall not receive 1A protection.
It's also notable that while "AI" vendors wish to claim that their products "evaluate", LLMs are inherent epistemic nihilism and nobody knows how to automate the checking implied here by the court. If damages are enough to stop the defamation, it will be by removing this "feature" (good for society)
This pattern of behavior should be understood as gambling addiction.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Under the precedent of this German court, Google is liable for their "overviews", and thus MacIsaac would have a strong case. The logic is sound and hopefully courts in other countries will agree. (Such libel and defamation is occurring constantly because it's how the product works.)
Aaron Rupar
If there's no safe harbor, it seems that search based on AI summaries isn't economically viable because of the liability issue.
A tool that randomly defames people is as defective a product as one that randomly cuts off fingers.
#lawsky
Jed Brown
The commencement speech by @sifill.bsky.social at UC Berkeley Law provides important context behind the Fourteen Amendment and inspiring words to the graduates for the future of our democracy.
youtu.be/MHuGJ66o4hE?...
63% of respondents said the risks of using generative AI tools to analyze data and scientific literature outweigh the benefits — yet nearly 60% felt they would be left behind if they didn't use AI tools in their work. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Lauri Donahue
Almost half of the scientists who responded said that they feel broadly negative towards artificial intelligence, but they think that some tools are better than others.
A German regional court has ruled that Google is directly liable for the content of its AI search overviews. According to the court, previous limited liability protections for search engine operators don't apply to AI overviews. In this case, Google's AI had falsely linked two publishers to fraud and made claims that didn't appear in any of the linked sources. The ruling could set a precedent for AI-generated content liability worldwide.
In Mississippi, lawyers on both sides of a court case were caught using AI, essentially two LLMs arguing against each other. The judge dismissed all lawyers from the case and canceled the trial:
www.404media.co/judge-learns...
When two AIs argue against each other, the legal system loses.
Dr. Charles Toombs, immediate past-President of the California Faculty Association, remarking at the AAUP Higher Ed Summit on how easily the commitments made in 2020 to racial justice & equity have been so easily tossed aside for political expediency.
@cfaunited.bsky.social
#AAUP2026
Under the precedent of this German court, Google is liable for their "overviews", and thus MacIsaac would have a strong case. The logic is sound and hopefully courts in other countries will agree. (Such libel and defamation is occurring constantly because it's how the product works.)
Jed Brown
AAUP
A German regional court has ruled that Google is directly liable for the content of its AI search overviews. According to the court, previous limited liability protections for search engine operators don't apply to AI overviews. In this case, Google's AI had falsely linked two publishers to fraud and made claims that didn't appear in any of the linked sources. The ruling could set a precedent for AI-generated content liability worldwide.
Indeed this fellow has filed a defamation suit against Google. It is important to note that the suit has been filed in Ontario, Canada, and not in the United States. I suspect he has a rather better chance up north than he would here.
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...
Indeed this fellow has filed a defamation suit against Google. It is important to note that the suit has been filed in Ontario, Canada, and not in the United States. I suspect he has a rather better chance up north than he would here.
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...
xAI would like courts to hold simultaneously that:
1. illegal outputs (CSAM, unlicensed practice of medicine/law, fraud) from their product are the sole liability of the prompter and
2. outputs are also 1A-protected speech by xAI and cannot be restricted by laws
www.theguardian.com
Ashley MacIsaac, who is seeking $1.5m in civil lawsuit, says inaccurate information led to concert cancellation
This is definitely going to be an issue that will be resolved soon.
www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...
This is definitely going to be an issue that will be resolved soon.
www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...
Cape Breton fiddler Ashley MacIsaac says he may have been defamed by Google after it recently produced an AI-generated summary falsely identifying him as a sex offender.
Cape Breton fiddler Ashley MacIsaac says he may have been defamed by Google after it recently produced an AI-generated summary falsely identifying him as a sex offender.
