Good morning,
I was considering changing the name of this newsletter to something more optimistic and then I saw this tweet and decided to keep it for a little while longer.
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Love,
Editor: Miranda
Are the anti-AI data center folks using AI themselves? Jem Sophia tweeted a set of screenshots earlier this week of the Brockovich AI Data Center Reporting website. Seasoned vibecoders will pick up some Claude tells in the design, from the borders on the quote cards to the emoji icons.
To which I say, Intelligence For All! You can’t be for access and not include the ‘all’ that you don’t agree with, so, go forth and vibecode Erin! In fact, let me build on your idea. The 7,005 ‘concerns’ that are included on this map are from citizens who suspect data centers are planned for their communities, with a sentiment map of issues that are self-reported. To me that’s a map of fears, which is interesting and valid in its own right, but doesn’t tell you which of those fears are load-bearing.
That might be a better research project to undertake, and the tools are ready for it! This project’s main concern is a lack of transparency, which is fair. But if the problem is that the numbers are hidden, point your Claude Code at the things that are hidden: the CEQA reports, the discharge permits, the utility rate filings, etc. That is a brute-force research grind and I know exactly the tool for the job.
Quick Hits.
Anthropic’s so-powerful-it’s-banned model Fable 5 is back, and will be available in a limited capacity to users today. I really don’t want to be cynical about this rollout but the subscription access tease to credits-only pipeline here is really making the whole debacle smell like marketing.
There’s a new stablecoin in town called Open USD which is backed by seemingly every financial institution and crypto company you can think of, except for Tether and Circle, whose stock fell 16% on the news.
Brain2Qwerty V2 is a non-invasive brain-computer interface to decode typed text directly from brain activity, and it’s getting really good.
Freddy the
CIA agentGerman soccer fan who charmed social media with his earnest discovery of the American south on his World Cup road trip has deactivated his X account, citing toxic vibes. He’s not wrong!!!!!Adrien Brody’s Raising Canes Times Square art is sending me into orbit.
Problematic looksmaxxer Clavicular has a Nathan Fielder approach to “becoming more neurotypical.”
If you liked this edition, send it to a friend who is thinking about data centers. ILY.
