US voters say no to data centers: nearly every measure against them passed
Dozens of local data center questions were on the midterm ballot, and only one did not end in a win for opponents
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A power shortage for AI: data centers are running old aircraft jet engines
Connecting to the grid can take seven years, and AI companies won't wait. Boeing 747 engines converted into generators provide power within about two years, but spark a debate over pollution.
Anthropic launches a "Cyber Mission": free vulnerability scanning for open source and a critical infrastructure program
The company behind Claude set up a defense initiative with 11 founding partners, including CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks. Open-source maintainers can get AI-based vulnerability scanning for free.
Google launches Gemini 4 Carbon, and gives it to cyber defenders first
The new model finds software flaws, tests whether they can be exploited and generates fixes. Because of the danger, Google initially limits access to governments, critical infrastructure and large tech companies.