Sam Altman said concerns about AI water use were overblown but hard to shake.
He said an average modern data center uses as much water as a large office building.
He also said ChatGPT queries use far less water than it takes to grow a single almond in California.
Sam Altman says concern about AI water usage is a "meme" that doesn't actually hold any water.
The OpenAI CEO was asked to respond to resistance to AI, including concerns about water consumption, on the premiere episode of the Sources podcast with Alex Heath, published Tuesday.

#concerns

A ******* eX rocket carrying NASA's new Nancy Grace Roman ******* e Telescope blasted off the launch pad at Kennedy ******* e Center on Sunday morning. The new state-of-the-art telescope is more powerful than the Hubble and James Webb telescopes and is expected to revolutionize what we know about the universe.

#SpaceX #nancy #grace #center

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BEIJING, Aug 24 (Reuters) - China's Foreign Minister **** Yi said on ‌Monday the situation in the Middle East ‌and Gulf region had again reached a critical juncture and urged parties involved to return to dialogue and negotiations as soon as possible.
Wang made the remarks in a meeting with Foreign Minister ‌of Kuwait ⁠Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah in Beijing, according to a Chinese foreign ⁠ministry statement.
• **** said "the old script of recurring conflict should not be repeated" and the top priority is to de-escalate the situation.
• He said ‌China was willing to strengthen coordination with Kuwait and continue contributing to the restoration of peace and stability in the region.

#minister #removes

Islington seems, on the surface, a family-friendly area. Parents push buggies through quiet leafy side streets of this popular neighbourhood that is also within easy reach of central London.
But this north London borough has one of the lowest fertility rates in the country and mothers are older on average here than in most other parts of the capital.
Islington is a snapshot of a trend also playing out not only in inner London but also other parts of the world.
The situation has been described by the London **** embly as an "existential challenge" for the city as a whole, so what are the reasons behind this and what can be done about it?
Keen to find out more about family life in Islington, I joined a Zip-Zap baby music class to speak to parents.

#london #islington #parents

New York City officials said that they are "confident" that the high-rise building which prompted evacuations after steel beams were seen buckling is stable. Residents described "chaotic" scenes as blocks in the vicinity were evacuated immediately following the discovery of the compromised beams.

A "chance encounter" in a park in Leicester led to the death of a "defenceless" grandfather who was floored by a single punch.
Leicestershire Police said Joshua Moore was riding a quad bike with a young child when he confronted 62-year-old James McKeown as he walked home from a pub through Beaumont Leys Park on 6 April.
Leicestershire Police said Moore hit McKeown once, causing him to fall to the ground and suffer a head injury. He died a short time later in hospital.
The 33-year-old, of Fowler Close, Beaumont Leys, pleaded guilty to manslaughter at Leicester Crown Court on Thursday, and will be sentenced on 31 July.
Police said after attacking McKeown, Moore placed him in the recovery position and left the park on the quad bike, with no attempt to contact emergency services.

Mohamed El-Erian says the US stock market is "out of whack."
The top economist pointed to high valuations and troubling technicals.
He said there are risks of a near-term "air pocket" as investors shift their focus to monetizing AI.
There are two things seriously wrong in the US stock market, Mohamed El-Erian is warning.
The legendary economist and famed investor sounded another alarm about the state of markets recently. He pointed to two things in particular that worry him — valuations and technical signals in US stocks, which both look "out of whack," he said, speaking to Yahoo! Finance last week.

By Maya Gebeily, Rami Ayyub and Zohra Bensemra
BEIRUT/JERUSALEM/QLAILIEH, Lebanon, June 18 (Reuters) - Three Saudi-flagged supertankers carrying 6 million barrels of crude sailed through the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump signed a deal with Iran to end the war that has disrupted global energy supplies.
But in Lebanon, where more than a million people are displaced by the fighting, Israeli forces ‌launched fresh airstrikes on Thursday morning, raising doubt about how far Trump will go to force his wartime allies to halt an offensive he has now pledged to end.
Trump put his signature on Wednesday on ‌the "memorandum of understanding" to end the war, as did Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian, bringing it into effect two days earlier than previously expected. It calls for the immediate opening of the Strait of Hormuz and lifting of a U.S. blockade of Iran's ports.
Though shippers say it will still take time for transit across the strait to reach pre-war levels, with a need yet to ensure safe access and clear mines, there were immediate signs of an impact.

Protests over poor living conditions for detainees at Delaney Hall immigration detention center erupted over the weekend, leading to the arrest of over 80 people, the ****** ociated Press reported on Saturday. Some of the protesters arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are accused of ****** aulting law enforcement officers, obstruction, and threats. But questions remain about whether the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) enforcement policies violate the First Amendment and chill speech on the ongoing public debate over immigration policies.
The crackdown on protesters is not surprising given Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin's statements during congressional hearings last week, in which he took a hard line against violent protesters. During a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing on June 3, Mullin testified that he is "OK with protest," so long as it is done "in a peaceful way, in a legal area." However, Mullin ****** erted, he has "zero tolerance" for individuals who "verbally ****** ault our officers," "go after our vehicles," or "assault our property." "You ****** ault one of our officers, we will find you. We will arrest you," he continued.
While Mullin is right that the destruction of government property and ****** aulting, resisting, or impeding law enforcement officers are both federal crimes, there is no such thing as "verbally ****** aulting" an officer under the law, Aaron Terr, the director of public advocacy at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), tells Reason.
Under the First Amendment, individuals are free "to criticize, mock, or disparage law enforcement officers" who "have no greater right than anyone else to be shielded from offense or criticism," Terr explains. "In fact, the Supreme Court has recognized that properly trained officers are expected to show even more restraint than the average citizen when confronted with provocative or challenging speech."
"The First Amendment's broad protections are essential to preserving the public's ability to criticize and hold accountable those entrusted with enforcing the law," Terr says, which is why speech is generally protected "unless the speech falls into one of the narrow categories of unprotected expression."