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The Data Center Veto
Thompson argues that AI's dependence on physical data centers gives local communities and regulators veto power over AI infrastructure expansion.
// daily-digest · sat 23 may 2026 · morning refresh · last 72h focus
Ben Thompson argues that AI data centers give local communities effective veto power over AI build-out; Anthropic's Project Glasswing used Claude Mythos to find more than 10,000 critical vulnerabilities across 50 major software partners; Anthropic signed a global alliance with KPMG covering 276,000 employees; Gergely Orosz covered developer backlash over Anthropic's capacity-driven Claude Code changes; Viktor raised $75 million for an AI coworker built into Slack and Teams; Fortune reported on solo founders running entire startups on AI agents and where the model breaks; Simon Willison examined Gemini 3.5 Flash's surprising price jump; Rails shipped its May 23 weekly update with 47 contributors; Noah Smith argued the U.S. debt window for fiscal correction is narrowing; and ScienceDaily reported that Einstein-Rosen bridges may reveal time flowing in two directions.
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Thompson argues that AI's dependence on physical data centers gives local communities and regulators veto power over AI infrastructure expansion.
Anthropic reports Claude Mythos Preview found more than 10,000 critical vulnerabilities across 50 partner organizations in one month of scanning.
Anthropic and KPMG signed a global alliance giving 276,000 KPMG employees access to Claude via a new Digital Gateway platform.
Orosz examines how Anthropic's capacity shortages led to silent Claude Code downgrades and account bans, and the company's subsequent response.
Viktor, an AI coworker app built by former Meta engineers, raised $75 million in a Series A led by Accel.
Fortune examines how solo founders use AI agents to replace traditional startup teams, and where the model still breaks down.
Willison finds Gemini 3.5 Flash costs three times more than its predecessor while becoming Google's default model across most products.
Emmanuel Hayford's weekly Rails roundup covers safer integer coercion, PostgreSQL 18 foreign-key changes, and 47 contributors this past week.
Smith argues U.S. debt is at post-WWII scale but carries twice the interest rate, making inaction increasingly costly.
Researchers propose Einstein-Rosen bridges may reveal time flowing in two simultaneous directions rather than functioning as tunnels through space.