Stanford dining division used AI to alter student photos, report says
The Stanford Review reports that Stanford Residential & Dining Enterprises used AI to change students’ race, gender and facial appearance in promotional images.
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NextEra closes $1.9 billion federal loan for Iowa nuclear restart
The Energy Department closed a loan of up to $1.9 billion for NextEra’s proposed restart of the Duane Arnold plant. Google would buy its power under a long-term agreement.
Musk and Altman back Amodei’s AI slowdown call as China rivalry looms
Three leading AI executives support slowing frontier development for safety work. Amodei says any coordinated slowdown must preserve America’s lead over China.
Google says China-linked hackers ran open-weight AI on compromised clouds
Google’s threat intelligence team says a China-linked group used victims’ cloud computing resources to run open-weight AI models while targeting North American research.
Local governments pause data-center development as zoning rules catch up
Communities in Michigan, Ohio, North Carolina and Wisconsin have adopted temporary restrictions while reviewing how data centers fit into local infrastructure and land-use plans.
