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Iran and China have created a first of a kind autonomous AI influence campaigns.

The New York T- Time reported in the last seven days that Iranian and Chinese state link- linked operations, along with private Israeli groups, used open models and AI agents to automate significant portions of influence campaigns.

Agents could create so- fake social media accounts, populate sh- them with content, and coordinate message with minimal human interaction.

One i- Iranian network reportedly accumulated nearly 80,000 followers while accounts posed as ordinary Americans.

Um, it was reported on concerns raised by an environmental group, ChemSec, that some next-generation cooling systems intended to reduce data center wattage consumption may increase the use of fluorinated chemicals, including substances within the broad PFAS sou- family.

The industry is, is really kind of searching urgently for cooling technologies because denser AI chips generate extraordinary heat.

But environmental groups argue that solving water consumption by introducing persistent chemicals really could create just another long-term environmental cost.

Chemical manufacturers are emphasizing the performance advantages and expanding cooling choices available to data center operators, but the human question is whether today's solution to AI's resource pressure really creates environmental liabilities that emerging, that'll emerge years later.

Forever Chemicals in Europe, the UK, and parts of the US.

Quote, these companies' expansion plans show that unless governments and regulators, what are those, insist on a rapid phase-out, we will face a new tidal wave of Forever Chemicals, says the executive director of ChemSec.

the Swedish chemicals watchdog that carried out the research.

ChemSec's survey found nearly all of the 10 biggest manufacturers of forever chemicals had plans to increase production at sites in your Europe, your Asia, and your North America.

The boom in AI tech is leading the demand, apparently.

Forever chemicals are used for, quote, eco-friendly, unquote, data center cooling and in various stages of semiconductor manufacturing.