Monthly Archives: February 2026

An AI agent was given permission to make changes. It did. That’s the root of the AWS 13 hour outage. Ai decided to re-write code and crash….@therundownai

A panel discussion at the National Association of Counties’ Legislative Conference discussed data centers, calling data centers the race to the bottom for local communities.  Why? They say tech companies have not been good partners because tech companies fight against transparency and accountability. Is this the government affairs version of ‘Mean Girls Route Fifty | Localities bemoan apparent […]

The federal Executive Order for AI preemption reincarnated states rights. It’s like the early 2000s all over again. Time travel is real, folks. At the Politico Governors Summit, Utah’s Republican Governor argued that state laws should ensure safety and that the U.S. Supreme Court will back him up on this. Next Gov |Republican governor asserts […]

Apple has positioned itself as an alternative to tech stocks that are dependent on AI and its boom. Bloomberg reports that Apple stock is distancing itself from other stocks. Apple’s correlation has dropped to 0.21, which is down from 0.92 in May 2025, and this distinguishes Apple stock from Ai dependent tech stocks. @gizmodo

@Gizmodo  (tech news) reports that Oxford researchers managed to jailbreak ChatGPT and discovered that Mississippi & Kentucky are said by ChatGPT to be the mentally laziest. 

South Carolina Legislature is taking a multiple prong approach to data centers regulation in the state. S784 will remove tax incentives for development of and electricity by data centers. S867 will remove local development authority and provide for state data center permitting. The bill will also prohibit rate payers from pay increased electric costs. SC […]

Wisconsin’s S.B. 130 / A.B. 105 is an age verification bill that bans certain VPN use. VPNs are used for all sorts of normal things, like say you’re a Swedish person who wants to be able to access more Swedish language tv and film. VPNs hide your location and are commonly used by abuse survivors, journalists, normal humans, […]

Arizona Legislature is considering requiring disclosures for digital purchases, e.g. books, that clarify for the consumer that the purchase isn’t permanent. Sound weird? I read a lot of obscure authors and sometimes those e-book purchases are no longer available due to legalities and details of the publishing industry. HB 2010 AZ Mirror | Arizona bill […]

Pennsylvania Governor has bipartisan interest in his 4 tier data center standards. The Governor is calling for data centers to bring their own power generation projects, strict transparency with direct community engagement, hiring & training local workers, and high standards for environmental and water protection. City & State PA | PA lawmakers show bipartisan interest […]

India has set new rules for taking down deepfakes on the internet. A 3 hour deadline applies to orders to take down deepfakes and a 2 hour deadline for urgent user complaints. The new rules will also require labeling of AI images and sounds. Tech Crunch | India orders social media platforms to take down […]