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⚡🔋Locals Battle xAI Over Air Quality
And more: Google Launches Veo 3 Video AI Globally; New Book Links AI to Islamic Algorithmic Legacy
Good morning ☀️, leader of the next generation.
I believe this: Technology, when used with intention, doesn’t distract us — it awakens us.
It shows us who we are. What we can build. How far we can go. It strips away the noise and gives us tools that let our natural genius come through.
That we stop waiting for the world to hand us permission — and we start using the tools already in our hands to create, to express, to become.
This is not about keeping up. It’s about breaking through.
WHAT’S AT STAKE TODAY ⚡
- ⚡🏭 xAI gets permits for 15 natural gas generators at Memphis data center. Musk's AI gets fossil fuel power boost!
- 🎬🌍 Google rolls out its new Veo 3 video generation model globally. World gets upgraded AI moviemaker!
- ⚖️📚 AI lawyers, accountants, auditors offer lessons for us all. Professional robots teach human wisdom!
- 🚀📈 The 5 hottest startups from robotics to AI have gained 393% in private market value in 2025. Robot investments explode!
- 💪👔 CEOs flexing their AI muscles. Corporate leaders show off algorithmic biceps!
- 🇮🇳📰 India must act: Publishers sound alarm on AI's theft of news content. Media moguls demand robot regulation!
- 💸🧠 Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly been paying up to $300 million paychecks to build his AI dream team. Zuck's wallet bleeds for talent!
- 🇲🇾🇵🇭 Alibaba expands AI cloud services in Malaysia, Philippines. Chinese tech giant goes Southeast Asian!
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xAI Gets Permits for 15 Natural Gas Generators at Memphis Data Center

xAI's massive Memphis generators spotlight the environmental cost of AI's power surge.
The Shelby County Health Department has approved xAI to run 15 natural gas generators in Memphis, highlighting the massive power demands driving AI expansion—and raising serious environmental concerns.
⚡ Industrial-Scale AI Energy
xAI’s 247 MW permit covers only part of its 35-generator operation. Critics say the company ran unpermitted turbines, drawing threats of federal lawsuits under the Clean Air Act.
🌫️ Pollution and Health Risks
Even with controls, the generators can emit up to 87 tons of smog-forming NOx and nearly 10 tons of formaldehyde—a carcinogen—each year, worrying nearby communities and activists.
📢 Community Pushback
Locals raised $250,000 for independent air quality testing after flawed city studies. The SELC and NAACP argue the site raises environmental justice concerns.
⚖️ Oversight Gaps
The permitting saga shows how AI data centers challenge old regulations. Officials disagreed over who had authority, exposing gaps in environmental governance.
🌍 Industry-Wide Warning
With xAI’s $10B funding push, the Memphis case could set national precedents for how AI giants balance rapid growth with sustainability—and local communities’ right to clean air.
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🎥 AI Video Expansion
Google Rolls Out Its New Veo 3 Video Generation Model Globally

Google’s Veo 3 brings text-to-video AI to millions
Google has officially launched its Veo 3 video generation model to paying Gemini Pro users in more than 159 countries, marking its biggest push yet in AI-powered creative tools.
Veo 3 lets users create short, up to 8-second high-quality video clips from simple text prompts — similar to rival tools like OpenAI’s Sora or Runway’s Gen-4 Image. Early testers say the results include more realistic motion, detailed scenes, and smoother transitions compared to earlier versions.
Google says it’s limiting Veo 3 to three videos per day for now while it scales up capacity and works on new features. Future updates may include image-to-video generation, giving creators more flexibility to turn photos into dynamic clips for ads, social media, and content marketing.
The rollout reinforces Google’s push to expand Gemini into an all-in-one AI creative suite as the company races to keep up with innovation from OpenAI, Anthropic, and other AI leaders.
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- 👨⚖️📚 AI lawyers, accountants, auditors offer lessons for us all. Professional robots teach human wisdom!
- 🤖💥 The 5 hottest startups from robotics to AI have gained 393% in private market value in 2025. Robot investments explode!
- 💪📈 CEOs flexing their AI muscles. Corporate leaders show off algorithmic biceps!
- 📰⚠️ India must act: Publishers sound alarm on AI's theft of news content. Media moguls demand robot regulation!
- 💰🧠 Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly been paying up to $300 million paychecks to build his AI dream team. Zuck's wallet bleeds for talent!
- ☁️🌏 Alibaba expands AI cloud services in Malaysia, Philippines. Chinese tech giant goes Southeast Asian!
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From Al-Khwarizmi to AI: Tracing the Algorithmic Legacy that Powers Today's Digital World

New book explores AI’s deep algorithmic roots
The details:
Dr. Mustafa Osman’s new book reframes AI’s story by tracing its origins back to 9th-century scholar Al-Khwarizmi—whose name gave us the word “algorithm.”
It argues that the Islamic Golden Age’s focus on logic and systematic reasoning shaped the algorithmic foundations behind today’s machine learning and digital systems.
The work connects historical insights with modern AI ethics, governance, cybersecurity, and even Arabic NLP—urging developers to blend tech progress with pluralistic values.
What makes this crucial: By honoring AI’s multicultural roots, the book challenges today’s builders to create more just, inclusive, and human-centered AI futures.

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That one decision, move, or experiment you know would push you forward — but you’ve been choosing not to do it.
Tell us — and we’ll share a tactical POV or tool to help you rethink it.
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AI will be the great accelerator of human achievement, helping us turn decades of progress into years and making the impossible inevitable.
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What if your story were your sales strategy? This week, I sat down with Maury Rogow, a Hollywood producer and branding mastermind behind $2.5 billion in brand growth. We talked about why the brands that feel effortless aren’t the loudest — they’re just the most aligned.
👉 Watch the episode here: https://youtu.be/AYv-75HoYZc?si=GSNhzfspEw2sLtpf
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