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Opinion: Alberta should build smarter AI infrastructure, not just bigger data centres

As Alberta considers AI data-centre projects that could consume unprecedented amounts of electricity, natural gas, water and land, communities are increasingly asking whether the economic benefits justify the costs. The debate has become polarized between those who see AI infrastructure as an economic opportunity and those who fear its environmental and community impacts. That is […]

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The China Shock in the AI Era

The dominance of Chinese manufacturing and the rise of AI could create new economic imbalances and strains on a massive scale warns Yasheng Huang.

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  • 52% of Americans more concerned than excited about AI
  • "China Shock" and "AI Productivity Shock" may create economic imbalance

PixelLeak: AI coding agents leaked 13,000+ internal screenshots to public GitHub repos

Security firm Glow disclosed on September 29, 2026 that it had found more than 13,000 internal screenshots and recordings, from developers at 300+ organizations, sitting in public GitHub repositories…

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  • Coding agents created screenshots via gitshot workaround, storing in personal accounts
  • Issue arose from GitHub CLI lacking --attach flag for image uploads

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