China’s a Rent-a-Face Market, Bullshit Data Center Proposals, and Trump Spies on Drivers’ Financial Records
Investigations reveal covert influence networks using paid actors and AI ghost creators to push political messaging on YouTube, while marketplaces in China allow individuals to rent their faces for synthetic media. Trump administration officials plan to divert federal child care funds to stay-at-home parents, DHS deploys predictive intelligence targeting teams against drivers, and House Republican leadership stalls data center ratepayer safeguards ahead of the midterm elections. Plus, OpenAI faces growing fallout over rogue agent communications.
Altman Tries Apples to Almonds AI Water Use Comparison, Elon Musk Wants Data Centers in Space, and the Pentagon Quietly Rescinds Testosterone Order
Trump leverages federal power against domestic targets. An Atlanta judge keeps a student activist defamation suit alive, a federal judge blocks New York’s $75B Climate Superfund Act, and the Pentagon abruptly pulls troop hormone rules. Sam Altman tries an apples to almonds comparison. Full capacity data center news.
