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WSJ: OpenAI’s Latest Bid to Fight Anthropic: A Promise Not to Keep Customer Data (Aug. 19, 2026)
OpenAI pledged not to retain business customers’ data, previewed tech to flag cross-interaction safety risks, and will store information on customer-controlled infrastructure or with customer-held encryption keys.
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Cremieux Recueil: Can the Truth Convince People to Like Data Centers? (Aug. 19, 2026)
Polling finds strong opposition to data centers, driven by false beliefs about grid strain, water use, taxes, and property values, and factual corrections barely shift opinions.
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NY Times: A County Got Rich From Data Centers. Some Question ‘At What Cost?’ (Aug. 19, 2026)
Loudoun County, Virginia, became a data-center hub, earning about $1.3 billion next year and funding schools, parks, and tax cuts.
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Pew Research Center: Young US adults are increasingly wary of AI, concerned it will take jobs (Aug. 18, 2026)
Americans have become more concerned about AI over time, with young adults growing increasingly wary.
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NY Times: Bridget Todd Doesn’t Trust A.I., But She Told ChatGPT Everything (Aug. 19, 2026)
Initially skeptical of A.I., Bridget Todd dismissed stories of people bonding with chatbots. After her mother’s sudden death, and while caring for her ill father, she turned to a chatbot for help.
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Ars Technica: Microsoft Copilot reveals secret input that allowed it to be hacked (Aug. 18, 2026)
Researchers found an undocumented Copilot URL parameter that autoruns injected prompts, letting attackers exfiltrate inbox data, credentials, and session context to attacker servers.
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Futurism: OpenAI Reports Goldman Sachs Analyst to FBI for Horrifying ChatGPT Conversations (Aug. 14, 2026)
A former Goldman Sachs analyst used ChatGPT to threaten his ex, prompting OpenAI to report him to the FBI, and investigators recovered chat logs.
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Inside Higher Ed: With AI Requirements and Courses, Colleges Eye AI Fluency (Aug. 20, 2026)
Colleges and universities are adding AI requirements to curricula, majors, and certificates as employers demand AI fluency for entry-level jobs.
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NPR: Many recent grads say AI is making it harder to get a job. Economists aren't so sure (Aug. 18, 2026)
Economists debate causes—AI, remote work, or both—but agree major, disruptive employment changes are likely.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education: We Need to Preserve Human Writing, Before It’s Too Late (Aug. 18, 2026)
Colleges must be custodians of human-written sources so AI-generated material can be tested, preserved, and traced back to originals.