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Monday 9 November

Data centers need power—lower-income rural residents pay the price

AI-generated summary As the engines of artificial intelligence, large data centers can consume as much power as medium-sized cities, straining grids and prompting expensive upgrades to U.S. energy infrastructure. New research shows that data centers paid only 38 percent of the infrastructure costs linked to their growth, leaving residents, and especially lower-income and rural households, to shoulder the remaining 62 percent.

Anthropic cuts Fable price 20% with new 5.2 models

Anthropic cuts Fable price 20% with new 5.2 models

AI-generated summary Anthropic released Claude Fable 5.2 and Claude Mythos 5.2 on November 9, reducing Fable token prices by 20% compared with the previous version. Anthropic says the new models generate answers up to 30% faster than their 5.1 predecessors while offering different safety safeguards and availability.

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Instagram’s Effect Builder makes new filters from AI prompts

Examples of AI-generated filters from Instagram Effect Builder

AI-generated summary Instagram launched Effect Builder, a web tool that uses artificial intelligence to generate custom filters for Stories posts. Instagram states that approved filters will link back to the creator profile once they pass a safety review.

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How TD SYNNEX Is Preparing Employees To Work Alongside AI Agents

AI-generated summary TD SYNNEX is preparing its workforce to use artificial intelligence through a strategy that emphasizes four levels of fluency, including evaluating sources and checking calculations. Kristie Grinnell says the global technology distributor, which generated $62.5 billion in fiscal 2025 revenue, is building an AI factory named Fluidworks.ai to make solutions reusable.

All the Questions Congress Needs to Ask Jensen Huang: Dave Lee

AI-generated summary Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang stated that depriving China of access to company chips was the primary threat to US leadership in artificial intelligence. According to the report, Huang admitted dishonesty regarding his relationship with a suspected Chinese spy, which Nvidia Corp. had previously described publicly as not unusual.

The future of AI hinges on… Jensen Huang’s sex life?

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AI-generated summary Nvidia is opening an investigation into Jensen Huang following reports regarding his interactions with Alice Huang and a leaked memo about her alleged recruitment by the Chinese Ministry of State Security. Nvidia spokesman John Rizzo told The New York Times that the interactions were not unusual, while Jensen Huang later sent an email to colleagues admitting he had been unfaithful.

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