Latent SpaceThe No AI Slop Declaration was released after discussions at the AIE CODE conference. It was introduced by Dex in the closing keynote speech and signed by multiple speakers, aiming to provide practical tools for working discussions; the declaration has been supported by Hacker News.
Platformer6262Google's released Gemini 4 Carbon large language model performs excellently in AI evaluations, but Alphabet's stock price plummets by 12.6%, with a market value evaporating by about 5000 billion US dollars, mainly due to investors' concerns about its AI infrastructure expenses reaching 2050 billion US dollars and a negative 90 billion US dollar cash flow.
The Verge · AI4040The surge in data centers in Texas could wipe out decades of air quality improvements. HARC reports show that if all planned projects are connected to the grid and rely on the expected mixed energy mix, fine particulate matter pollution will exceed 2006 levels within five years, NOx emissions will increase by 136%, and CO2 will increase by 90%. The existing and under-construction data center capacity in Texas reaches 26GW, and the planned self-consumption capacity is the highest in the United States.
