OpenAI’s mega-data centre: Bigger than Monaco
OpenAI is developing a massive 5-gigawatt data centre campus in Abu Dhabi, potentially becoming one of the world’s largest AI infrastructure projects. The facility would span an astonishing 10 square miles – larger than Monaco – and consume power equivalent to five nuclear reactors.
This UAE project, in partnership with G42 (an Abu Dhabi-based tech conglomerate), is part of OpenAI’s ambitious Stargate project, a joint venture with SoftBank and Oracle to build massive data centres globally.
AI Darth Vader goes rogue in Fortnite
Epic Games added AI-powered Darth Vader as an in-game boss in Fortnite, allowing players to chat with him using conversational AI. The AI, powered by Google Gemini 2.0 with ElevenLabs’ Flash v2.5 voice technology, was programmed to sound like James Earl Jones.
Despite Epic’s safety settings and additional instructions to prevent harmful interactions, players quickly posted clips of AI Vader going rogue with inappropriate comments.
https://www.wired.com/story/fortnite-darth-vader-slurs-swears-generative-ai
OpenAI’s bunker plans for AGI release
In a 2023 meeting with new researchers, OpenAI co-founder and chief scientist Ilya Sutskever revealed plans to build a bunker before releasing Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). When questioned about this, Sutskever explained that such powerful technology would become highly sought after by governments worldwide, necessitating protection for core scientists working on the technology.
“Of course,” he added, “it’s going to be optional whether you want to get into the bunker.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/definitely-going-build-bunker-release-210214678.html
AI systems develop their own societies when left alone
Research shows that AI systems create societies when left to communicate with each other in groups. They organise themselves and develop new linguistic norms similar to human communities. Scientists also found that a small group of AI agents could influence a larger group toward particular conventions – just as in human groups.
Andrea Baronchelli, Professor of Complexity Science at City St George’s, University of London, noted: “Bias doesn’t always come from within… we were surprised to see that it can emerge between agents — just from their interactions.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/ai-artificial-intelligence-systems-societies-b2751212.html
The illusion of conscious AI
Kyle Fish, an “AI welfare researcher” at Anthropic, recently told the New York Times there’s a 15% chance that chatbots are already conscious – a stark contrast from 2022, when Google engineer Blake Lemoine was fired for claiming an AI chatbot was sentient.
If machines became conscious, we’d face an unprecedented moral crisis, potentially creating new forms of suffering at the click of a mouse – suffering we might not even recognise.
https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/the-illusion-of-conscious-ai
Klarna regrets replacing humans with AI
Two years after partnering with OpenAI to automate jobs, fintech startup Klarna is longing for human connection again. The buy-now-pay-later company had previously eliminated its marketing contracts in 2023 and customer service team in 2024, replacing them with AI agents.
After initially bragging about saving £10 million on marketing costs by outsourcing to AI, Klarna is now reversing course. As it turns out, leaving frustrated customers to deal with algorithms isn’t best practice.
https://futurism.com/klarna-openai-humans-ai-back
Professors using ChatGPT face student backlash
While schools initially panicked about students using ChatGPT to cheat, the tables have turned. Students are now complaining on sites like Rate My Professors about instructors’ overreliance on AI, scrutinising course materials for ChatGPT’s telltale phrases like “crucial” and “delve.”
Beyond calling out hypocrisy, students make a financial argument: they’re paying to be taught by humans, not algorithms they could access for free.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/technology/chatgpt-college-professors.html
SEO evolves: Welcome to GEO, AEO, and GSO
For publishers and writers, SEO rules are changing. Future success isn’t just about ranking in Google’s blue links – it’s about ensuring content gets surfaced in AI answer engines.
Welcome to a confusing new world of acronyms: generative engine optimisation (GEO), answer engine optimisation (AEO), or is it generative search optimisation (GSO)?
https://digiday.com/media/wtf-are-geo-and-aeo-and-how-they-differ-from-seo