Jeffrey Yost

Writer I Professor I Historian I Ctr. Dir. Director, CBI for Computing Info. & Culture Prof. HSTM/STS, U. of MN. Co-edit JHUP Computing & Culture bk. srs. Research: Social Study of HCI, AI, Privacy, Security, Labor, Race, Gender & Inequality. JUST CODE

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social

-Water used at power plants that supply electricity to data centers can be greater than the amount of water used in the data centers themselves. -" $170 billion of AI data-center capacity has been blocked, stalled or canceled since 2024" www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-d...

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From nonexistent studies in White House reports to hallucinated sources in EU cybersecurity briefs, AI tools are increasingly slipping "fake facts" into official government records https://restofworld.org/2026/government-ai-hallucinations-south-africa-deloitte/?utm_campaign=ro…

Fact-check fail: When AI hallucinations derailing governments - Rest of World restofworld.org
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  • South Africa withdrew its Draft National AI Policy in April 2026 after at least six of 67 bibliography sources were flagged as AI fabrications.
  • Deloitte refunded $290,000 of $440,000 charged to Australia's Department of Employment and Workplace Relations for a report with fabricated academic references.
  • EU cybersecurity agency ENISA admitted 26 of 492 footnotes in its threat reports were incorrect.
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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social

Finally, a little legal sense: “A German court has ruled that Google is directly liable for what its AI search overviews say. Previous case law shielding search engine operators from liability doesn't apply to AI overviews.” the-decoder.com/landmark-ger...

Landmark German ruling declares Google's AI Overviews are Google's own words and makes it liable for false answers the-decoder.com
AI Weekly's analysis
  • Munich's Regional Court declared Google's AI Overviews its own speech, rejecting traditional search-engine hosting liability protections.
  • Google's AI Overviews answered correctly around 91% of queries, but 56% of those correct answers couldn't be verified through the linked sources.
  • Google confirmed it will appeal the ruling, which could set precedent for AI answer engines including ChatGPT and Perplexity across Europe.
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social

My take on the new AI EO, speaking with @npr.org: it mirrors Biden-era strategy on risk assessment--but it's voluntary, offers no guarantee industry will comply in the middle of an AI race, and the benchmarks will be classified, leaving the public largely in the dark. www.npr.…

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Terrific article/discussion on AI and global political economy by @rinachandran.bsky.social & link to full video. Carnegie End. for Int. Peace's @samwl.bsky.social Cornell's Aditya Vashistha & Access Now's Peter Micek. #criticalai #histtech restofworld.org/2026/ai-divi...

The Great AI Divide: Navigating U.S. and Chinese dominance restofworld.org
AI Weekly's analysis
  • The US and China together control 90% of global computing power and attract 70 to 80% of global AI investment, a Rest of World panel said.
  • Carnegie's Sam Winter-Levy framed middle powers' options as pooling into coalitions, building sovereign models, or aligning with a superpower for access guarantees.
  • Access Now's Peter Micek said RightsCon 2026 was cancelled after Chinese pressure on Zambia over expected Taiwanese participants and LGBTQ content.
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China's open-source AI models are fueling rapid adoption, with some U.S. labs now relying on Chinese research code https://restofworld.org/2026/tiezhen-wang-china-us-open-source-ai/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1781558881

Can open-source beat OpenAI? restofworld.org View on Bluesky →

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