AI News today - August 09th - Amazon's Texas Data Center Could Be Nation's Worst Polluter...

Today's top AI news stories — 2026-08-09: 1. Amazon's Texas Data Center Could Be Nation's Worst Polluter Amazon is investing in a new gas-burning power plant in Pecos County, Texas to fuel a massive data center, which could become the single largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States 2. OpenAI Acquires NextSlide Presentation Startup OpenAI has acquired NextSlide, a presentation software startup, with the team now working directly on ChatGPT development. The acquisition signals OpenAI's expansion into productivity tools and docume Full briefing: https://ainews.q-sci.org/blog/post_2026-08-09.html