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AI's "Misunderstood Graph," Data Center Dreams, and a Crisis of Moral Leadership

AI Capabilities Developing at Exponential Rate, Fueling Debate and Concerns

A graph tracking the development of AI capabilities has become a focal point in the AI community, suggesting an exponential rate of progress, according to MIT Technology Review. The graph, maintained by the AI research nonprofit METR (Model Evaluation Threat Research), has been updated with the latest version of Anthropic's most powerful model, Claude Opus 4.5, which outperformed the already impressive trend.

The rapid advancement of AI has sparked discussions about its potential impact and ethical considerations. Fortune reported that less than 10% of employees believe their bosses are demonstrating moral leadership, highlighting concerns about responsible development and deployment of AI technologies. Dov Seidman, founder and chairman of LRN and the HOW Institute for Society, has studied leadership behaviors for years. His institute's 2026 study, which surveyed over 2,500 U.S. workers, assessed the presence of moral leadership practices.

Meanwhile, the tech community is also focused on the infrastructure required to support these advancements. Comma, a company that relies on compute, has been running its own data center for years. In a blog post, they detailed how their data center operates, emphasizing the importance of control and cost-effectiveness. "If your business relies on compute, and you run that compute in the cloud, you are putting a lot of trust in your cloud provider," Comma stated, highlighting the potential risks of cloud dependency.

Within the Linux community, efforts are underway to modernize and optimize system infrastructure. Jonathan Corbet reported on a plan to simplify and optimize the kernel's swap code, presented by Kairui Song at the 2025 Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory-Management and BPF Summit. The goal is to improve the performance of the memory-management subsystem.

The increasing reliance on data and technology also raises privacy concerns. An article on Hacker News referenced Amsterdam's historical registry, which recorded residents' names, dates of birth, addresses, marital status, parents, profession, religion, and dates of death. The registry, initially intended for innocent purposes, was later used by occupiers to locate Jewish people during World War II. This historical example serves as a cautionary tale about the potential misuse of personal data.

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