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California Data Centers Energy Demand and Grid Stress
Analysis

California Data Centers Energy Demand and Grid Stress

Explore a data-driven perspective on California data centers, focusing on energy demand and its significant implications for grid stress.

By Editorial Desk · October 5, 2026

PicoJool Funding Round Reshapes AI Bandwidth
Opinion

PicoJool Funding Round Reshapes AI Bandwidth

PicoJool's funding round marks a significant shift in AI data-center interconnects and infrastructure, transforming AI bandwidth capabilities.

Marcus Feldman · September 28, 2026

25 Fields Medalists Warned on AI. Math Will Be Fine
Artificial Intelligence

25 Fields Medalists Warned on AI. Math Will Be Fine

Twenty-five Fields Medalists signed a declaration calling AI labs severely misaligned with mathematics. Our analysis of who signed suggests it is a labor argument, not an epistemic one.

Nil Ni · September 12, 2026

Iran Blocks Claude. It Buried Khamenei With Claude Anyway.
AI

Iran Blocks Claude. It Buried Khamenei With Claude Anyway.

Anthropic's September 2026 report shows Iran's culture ministry used Claude to plan Khamenei's funeral and succession, while Claude sat inside the US targeting system that killed him. The threshold that matters is not AI deciding, it is AI becoming unavoidable.

Priya Raman · September 12, 2026

Is Surrogacy Ethical? Europe Bans Wombs, Not Brothels
Policy

Is Surrogacy Ethical? Europe Bans Wombs, Not Brothels

Europe bans commercial surrogacy on dignity grounds while licensing paid sex work and paid plasma donation. Germany, Austria and Hungary do all three at once. The line is a taboo, not a principle.

Elena Marsh · September 10, 2026

The AI Jobs Boom Is Data Center Jobs, Not Software
AI

The AI Jobs Boom Is Data Center Jobs, Not Software

The Economist says AI created 1m US jobs. BLS data shows the four industries that build and sell AI lost 165,500 since ChatGPT launched. The gains are in construction.

Daniel Reyes · September 9, 2026