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A group of university researchers that developed benchmarks to test the cybersecurity capabilities of AI systems have unexpectedly landed themselves at the center of OpenAI’s accidental hack into the startup Hugging Face Inc.

America’s biggest power grid has pitched a plan to ensure data centers fully pay for electricity they need to counter the threat of energy shortages amid the artificial-intelligence boom. PJM Interconnection LLC aims to launch an emergency auction for power generation in September to help plug a nearly seven gigawatt shortage for the year beginning 2028 resulting from an auction earlier this month, according to a letter to stakeholders Monday. The costs of the so-called Reliability Backstop Procurement will be allocated to data centers, it added.

Spokane’s LaunchNW has hired a new development director to lead its fundraising efforts and scholarship program.