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The data center buildout powering the AI era may be the largest infrastructure race in modern history, but a troubling pattern is emerging — security is being treated as an afterthought. Hyperscalers are racing to bring capacity online faster than power grids and planning departments can handle, and critics say the front door is effectively being left wide open.
Shifting to healthcare, a new survey suggests nine out of ten NHS staff are now using AI tools at work, primarily to cut through administrative burden. Perhaps more surprisingly, patients appear to be on board. Researchers say the findings point to a genuine shift in how frontline workers and the public are thinking about AI in medicine.
And in education, OpenAI is pushing deeper into classrooms with three new offerings aimed at K-twelve teachers, college educators, and college students. The timing is notable, given mounting evidence that AI tools can undermine learning, and schools already wrestling with AI-enabled cheating. Critics are calling the move tone-deaf. OpenAI calls it progress.
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