







The AI Pipeline Has No Way to Judge the Science It Uses
Data center guzzled 30 million gallons of water and nobody noticed for months
Can AI save us from the AI industry’s endless thirst for water? Outlook not so good.

The Fork in the Road: AI Horseless Carriages or Collective Intelligence for Science - Cosmik Labs
How much of a problem is AI’s water use?
AI’s water footprint is growing, but location and cooling technology make a difference.


You’re Thinking About AI and Water All Wrong
Fears about AI data centers’ water use have exploded. Experts say the reality is far more complicated than people think.

No. 027: AGMAI advisory group, Millennium Problems for biology, autonomous research pipelines - The Hallway Track
The Hallway Track No. 027 - How AI is affecting the practice of science

No. 017: Science EIC contra AI hype, data poisoning of research agents, Vancouver Standard for AI disclosure - The Hallway Track
The Hallway Track No. 017 - How AI is affecting the practice of science

No. 028: arXiv rate limit, AI paper mills, Google FluSight - The Hallway Track
The Hallway Track No. 028 - How AI is affecting the practice of science

Which ‘AI scientist’ suits your lab? A guide for the perplexed
General-purpose AI tools for science, such as Claude Science, promise to accelerate research. But which is right for you?

Majority of US’s new AI datacenters to be built on drought-hit land
Guardian analysis finds facilities to be built in some of the driest areas as outcry grows over water needed to power AI

AI for science: What can it do? Can it do things? Let’s find out!
A what we’re reading spotlight

The real AI risk is inside the labs - <antirez>
No. 005: GPT-Rosalind, AI verification gap, Agent4Science - The Hallway Track
The Hallway Track No. 005 - How AI is affecting the practice of science

Environmental Cost of Artificial Intelligence: Carbon, Water, and Land Footprints
AI’s rapid growth drives huge energy, water, and land use, raising environmental and equity challenges across its global infrastructure.
