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The Department of Energy is providing Constellation Energy with $5 billion in loans to expand capacity at eight nuclear plants by 1.1 gigawatts through reactor 'uprates.' Google, Amazon, and Meta have already agreed to buy most or all of the added power from seven of the eight facilities, which span Illinois, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.
A parent in Hawaii has filed a lawsuit, Jane Doe v. OpenAI Foundation, on behalf of her 12-year-old and 16-year-old children, alleging OpenAI collects data from minors who use ChatGPT without verified parental consent. The suit claims OpenAI's conversational design encourages children to share deeply personal details, which the company then uses to train its AI models, and seeks class-action status plus compensation tied to each child's data contribution.
More than 150 demonstrations are scheduled across the United States today, as women rally in response to the Cornell University lawsuit and share personal stories of sexual abuse. The protests are part of a broader movement gaining momentum through social media support.
Cherrykitten promoted T-shirts, crop tops, and sports bras featuring the slogan “I Am Jane Doe” on Instagram, with a portion of sales pledged to the National Organization for Women. The campaign referenced the “Cornell Seven” sexual assault case and quickly faced criticism for exploiting a sensitive issue, leading the brand to delete the post and issue an apology. Despite the removal, numerous other sellers on platforms like Amazon, Etsy, and Redbubble continue to offer similar merchandise related to the case.
The Chan Zuckerberg Biohub announced a partnership with the Department of Energy and the National Institutes of Health to invest $1.8 billion in generating biological datasets for AI research. Biohub stated the funding is meant to give researchers data that AI models can use to identify new approaches to preventing and treating diseases.
A Cornell University student who filed a lawsuit accusing seven fraternity members of gang rape has had her anonymity targeted by online vigilantes trying to unmask her. Her attorney, Thomas Guiffra, says three unrelated women have been wrongly identified as the plaintiff and subjected to harassment, while the real accuser is also receiving threats on social media.
As a case involving seven Cornell students accused in an assault allegation spreads online, social media users have begun posting decoy or unrelated content tagged similarly to drown out searches that could expose the identity of the anonymous accuser, known publicly as Jane Doe. The tactic aims to overwhelm platform algorithms so that search results and recommendations do not surface identifying details about her.
The Department of Energy has unveiled the Genesis Mission, a national initiative combining AI systems with top-tier supercomputers to tackle 26 designated challenges of national importance. The program brings together major technology firms including AMD, Nvidia, and Microsoft alongside smaller startups pursuing novel computing approaches, such as dataflow-based AI processors.