Leben (Life aka misc)
County With 37 Data Centers Asks Schools To ‘Conserve Electricity’
On June 26, the County Manager of Henrico County, Virginia, John Vithoulkas, sent an email to thousands of county employees asking them to help the local government conserve electricity. “Beginning July 1st, the rate we pay for electricity used in all Henrico County government and school facilities will increase dramatically Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc)
South Korea To Spend $1 Trillion On More Memory Chip Production, Humanoid Robots
South Korea’s government and top tech companies are committing $1 trillion to several flagship megaprojects that could bolster global memory chip supply, build new AI data centers and spur commercial deployment of humanoid robots by 2028. […] “We must secure the core elements of AI faster than any other country,” Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
Trump Drops Restrictions On Anthropic’s Mythos and Fable Models
The Trump administration has lifted export restrictions that forced Anthropic to shut off public access to its Mythos and Fable models. After weeks of talks, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick said Anthropic “has agreed to proactively detect and address security risks associated with the models; to work diligently with the Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) The Planet (on, and off)
New Florida Law Bans Local Net-Zero Emissions Policies
A new state law limits Florida communities’ aims to offset greenhouse gas emissions that are warming the global climate and intensifying disasters such as hurricanes. Specifically, HB 1217 prohibits local governments from pursuing net-zero emissions goals. At least 10 cities and counties have implemented such policies, including Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
Claude Science is Here, Antibiotics Designed by Text Prompt Among Applications
Anthropic has launched Claude Science, an AI workbench that connects more than 60 scientific databases and tools through a single interface. Through the platform, Basecamp Research is making its EDEN models available for tasks such as designing antibiotic peptides and predicting vaccine targets from simple text prompts, though the results Read more…