OpenAI Is Asking Contractors to Upload Work From Past Jobs to Evaluate the Performance of AI Agents

To prepare AI agents for office work, the company is asking contractors to upload projects from past jobs, leaving it to them ...
Power Technology

Redefining load forecasting and management: how AI is making smart grids smarter

Legacy load forecasting models are struggling with ever-more-common, unpredictable events; power-hungry AI offers a solution.
GitHub

dulowegner/awesome-sensor-logger

Sensor Logger is a free, easy-to-use, cross-platform data logger that logs readings from common motion-related sensors on smartphones. Once completed, recordings can be exported as a zipped CSV file, ...
E&E

States push to end secrecy over data center water use

The effort is drawing bipartisan support and is expected to come up again next year as officials grapple with the artificial intelligence boom’s side effects. States facing drought and dwindling ...
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Lazy, adorable, and smarter than you thought: Pandas can actually use tools for self-care

Look at him. Plotting. Scheming even. Scientists in China have discovered that giant pandas are more than just adorable, bamboo-eating machines. 19-year-old college student deported Cher Scores ...
TechCrunch

Data center energy demand forecasted to soar nearly 300% through 2035

Planned data center construction shows no signs of fading, with new additions to require 2.7x — nearly triple — the sector’s current demand for electricity over the next decade, according to a new ...
ConsumerAffairs

What is a ‘data center’ and how much electricity does it use?

Dominion Energy says its upcoming $11-a-month rate hike is driven by grid upgrades and inflation — not Virginia’s rapidly growing data-center industry. Critics note that Virginia hosts one of the ...
WHIO

I-TEAM: Data centers, water, and secrets: Companies using NDAs to hide their names, water usage

MIAMI VALLEY — There are hundreds of data centers operating across Ohio. The facilities power the internet and Artificial Intelligence (AI). There are at least two more of them on the way to the ...
NextBigFuture

Tesla Megapacks for 1% of AI Data Center Spend for Better Energy Quality

There are about 10+ Gigawatts per year of of AI data centers being built over the next 10+ years. Megapacks are proven in improving the energy quality that AI needs. This will be potentially $500 ...
WSB-TV

Data center set to use 6 water towers worth of water per day in Georgia

COWETA COUNTY, Ga. — Massive data centers proposed for metro Atlanta expect to use millions of gallons of water per day. Some of those data centers are planning to use more water than entire Georgia ...
Psychology Today

Meta Will Use Your AI Chats to Gather Data on You

Starting December 16, 2025, Meta will begin adding AI chats to the behavioral data it gathers to further personalize its experiences and ad targeting. This move blurs the line between private ...