Today's episode reveals urgent challenges in AI development that demand immediate attention. Sydney's AI data centers are on track to consume more water than an entire city's drinking supply within a decade, while massive facilities in Nevada's desert consume resources at unprecedented rates. New research exposes how Google's image generation tool consistently produces racially problematic 'white savior' imagery when prompted about Africa. Perhaps most alarming: a UK government study of 80,000 participants found that the most persuasive AI chatbots are also the ones spreading the most inaccurate information, creating a dangerous combination that could distort democratic decision-making. We examine the environmental costs, algorithmic biases, and information integrity issues that the AI boom is creating at breakneck speed.

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