CSOonline

‘Silent’ Google API key change exposed Gemini AI data

Google Cloud API keys, normally used as simple billing identifiers for APIs such as Maps or YouTube, could be scraped from websites to give access to private Gemini AI project data, researchers from ...
Bleeping Computer

Previously harmless Google API keys now expose Gemini AI data

Google API keys for services like Maps embedded in accessible client-side code could be used to authenticate to the Gemini AI assistant and access private data. Researchers found nearly 3,000 such ...
Reuters

Exclusive: OpenAI is unsatisfied with some Nvidia chips and looking for alternatives, sources say

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 2 (Reuters) - OpenAI is unsatisfied with some of Nvidia’s latest artificial intelligence chips, and it has sought alternatives since last year, eight sources familiar with the ...
Wired

Data Centers Are Driving a US Gas Boom

Data centers have caused the demand for gas-fired power in the US to explode over the past two years, according to new research released Wednesday. More than a third of this new demand, the research ...
Outside

The NPS Just Yanked Historical Signs From the Grand Canyon, Glacier, and Other Parks

The Trump Administration has ordered the National Park Service (NPS) to remove more historical signs at key national parks, including one at the Grand Canyon and another at Glacier National Park. The ...
CNBC

This university campus is heated by an AI data center. Your home could be next

AI’s energy problem may also be its solution, as hyperscalers and governments are increasingly exploring opportunities to repurpose excess heat from data centers. An Amazon Web Services data center in ...
CNN

5-year-old boy taken by ICE in Minneapolis area being held with father at Texas facility

A 5-year-old who was taken by federal agents from the driveway of his metro Minneapolis home Tuesday after returning from preschool is being held with his father at an Immigration and Customs ...
CNN

Oglala Sioux Tribe says three tribal members arrested in Minneapolis are in ICE detention

The president of Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota on Tuesday called for the immediate release of tribal members who were detained at a homeless encampment by Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...
CNBC

From data center spas to servers in space: How the energy crunch is reshaping cloud computing

As more AI workloads are scaled into energy-intensive data centers, the pressure on power supply chains will intensify. Lenovo's Simone Larsson told CNBC there's going to be a "tipping point" where ...
The Washington Post

Supersized data centers are coming. See how they will transform America.

This coal plant in central Pennsylvania, once the largest in the state, was shuttered in 2023 after powering the region for over 50 years. Earlier this year, wrecking crews blasted the plant’s cooling ...
Scientific American

Data Centers in Space Aren’t as Wild as They Sound

To hear Silicon Valley tell it, artificial intelligence is outgrowing the planet that gave birth to it. Data centers will account for nearly half of U.S. electricity demand growth between now and 2030 ...