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Erin Brockovich Takes On AI Data Centers: Water, Land, and a Growing Grassroots Fight

Erin Brockovich launched a public callout in April 2026 targeting AI data center expansion, drawing 7,005 community reports by late June.

EthicsJuly 13, 2026

Millions of Songs Scraped Without Consent: Australian Artists Find Their Entire Catalogues in AI Training Datasets

A dataset search tool revealed that two large AI training datasets, Sleeping-DISCO-9M (9.7M tracks) and LAION-DISCO-12M (12.3M tracks), contain music scraped from YouTube without artist consent.

LLMsJuly 13, 2026

ChatGPT Logs Fail to Convict: Palisades Fire Arson Trial Ends in Mistrial

Jonathan Rinderknecht was charged with arson in connection with the Palisades wildfire, one of the deadliest in LA history, allegedly set on New Year's Day 2025.

LLMsJuly 13, 2026

In the Weights: Redefining AI Model Recall in a Post-Search Landscape

Former OpenAI researchers Thomas Dimson and Joey Flynn launched "In the Weights," a platform to measure AI model recall of individuals without web search.

AI AgentsJuly 13, 2026

Berkeley Scientist Wins $100K Prize for Decoding the Full Vocabulary of Zebra Finch Communication

Dr. Julie Elie of UC Berkeley won the 2026 Coller-Dolittle Prize ($100,000) for decoding the complete 11-call vocal vocabulary of the zebra finch.

EthicsJuly 13, 2026

Data Centers Are the New Target in Climate Litigation, LSE Report Finds

LSE's annual climate litigation review, covering ~3,600 cases since 2015, identifies data centers as a fast-growing target for environmental lawsuits worldwide.

EthicsJuly 13, 2026

Fund Manager Geoff Wilson Deletes Divisive AI-Generated Content Amid Scrutiny

Geoff Wilson, founder of Wilson Asset Management, deleted a controversial AI-generated video he reposted from a right-wing nationalist account.

HardwareJune 30, 2026

OpenAI and Broadcom Unveil Jalapeño: A Custom LLM Inference Chip Targeting Gigawatt-Scale Deployment

OpenAI and Broadcom unveiled Jalapeño on June 24, 2026 — OpenAI's first custom LLM inference accelerator, developed in just nine months.

LLMsJune 30, 2026

AI Ecosystem Accelerates: New Developer Tools, Enhanced LLMs, and Specialized Agents Drive Innovation

New developer tools like Codex Record & Replay and Cursor /automate are streamlining workflow automation and instruction-based task execution.

LLMsJune 30, 2026

OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Launch Curtailed by U.S. Government Oversight, Anthropic Models Pulled Amidst Export Controls

OpenAI's GPT-5.6 model suite (Sol, Terra, Luna) is undergoing a limited release to trusted partners at the direct request of the U.S. government, which is approving access on a case-by-case basis.

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