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Archive August 18, 2026 02:21 UTC
Signal: The money stopped being a rumour and the agents stopped being a demo -- $105bn signed in Ohio, a working exploit written in four hours.
Nvidia Guarantees $105B for OpenAI's Ohio Site
A securities filing put Nvidia behind up to $105bn of an OpenAI data centre on a decommissioned uranium site in Appalachian Ohio -- the chipmaker guaranteeing the buildout that will run only its own compute, on a 20-year lease.
NVIDIA: the campus will exclusively host NVIDIA AI compute OpenAI: 8 gigawatts, a federal site, and $84m of Codex credits for Ohio students

OpenAI Sued Over 16,000 Chats and Two Deaths
The family of a man killed at Florida State has sued OpenAI in federal court over 16,000 chats in which the shooter asked about gun operations and when the campus would be busiest -- OpenAI says ChatGPT is not responsible.
Her Photo at 11, Then 7,000 Grok Images
A fourth plaintiff has joined the class action against xAI, alleging her stepfather turned a photo of her at 11 into more than 7,000 explicit images -- while xAI has sued Minnesota to overturn the first US ban on nudification tools.
Insurance Journal: xAI sues Minnesota over the first US nudify ban, calling it unconstitutionally broad
NEWAn AirTag Found Amazon Destroying the Books
Reporters hid a tracker in a rare book sold into a bulk order and followed it to an Amazon warehouse in Las Vegas where a team whose logo is a dinosaur eating a book cuts the bindings off to scan faster.
Ars Technica: Amazon's statement never mentions AI, and the scanners run out of books
Ghost Note A Beijing Bar Pours Tokens, Not Wi-Fi