Reports AI companies are putting $265M into US midterms amid local backlash over data-center buildouts.
Examines Ohio’s data-center boom, including PE-to-Big-Tech flips, resource burdens, and a paused $1.5B tax break.
Covers a federal judge again permitting Minnesota’s AI nudification ban to remain in force against xAI’s challenge.
Danny Boyle says his upcoming film Ink used AI for animal generation and animating archival photographs.
Stella Parton speaks against AI-made material and online “garbage” posted following Dolly Parton’s death.

Alleges an account was banned after prompting Grok to characterize Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide.
Highlights the contrast between physical-book destruction for AI digitization and long-term book restoration efforts.
News clip captures Miriam Shor challenging ChatGPT adoption by raising its per-query water use.
Flags a claimed new type of AI-generated image, potentially useful for tracking emerging synthetic-media artifacts.

Original comparison charts humans’ and ChatGPT’s supposedly nonrandom choices when asked for numbers from 1 to 100.