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Eight Ways to Feed Ourselves if Rogue AI Destroys Modern Agriculture

October 8, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
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If a rogue AI took down the electricity grid, industrial agriculture would fail in a predictable order: fuel, livestock, refrigeration, irrigation, grain drying, fertiliser and processing. Joshua Pearce of Western University sets out eight ways to feed ourselves anyway. We check each against the research behind it, from Haber-Bosch and feed-grain figures to modelled yield losses, single-cell protein and backyard soybeans, and look at what governments, farms and households can do now.

AI Data Centers Could Meet Grid Limits With 35 Hours of Reduced Demand, Model Suggests

September 28, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
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A TU Wien-led paper in Joule says AI data centers must adapt to the grid, citing a US study where sites needed to cut demand for no more than 35 hours a year. We trace the figure to its source, add the 32 generation hours it leaves out, and explain the batteries, costs and connection rules behind it.

Zuckerberg, Musk Make Plea at G20 for More AI Data Centers

September 2, 2026
AI News
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At the G20 Innovation Ministerial in Chapel Hill on 1–2 September 2026, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk asked the world’s largest economies to clear the way for more AI data centers. Zuckerberg said Meta cannot find the skilled tradespeople to build them; Musk warned of a significant power shortfall arriving next year and put AI’s upside at $20–30 trillion a year. This article covers what each executive asked for, the Gallup, Emerson and Consumer Reports polling showing Americans turning against data center construction, the 439,000-worker labor gap behind the plea, and what the buildout fight means for businesses buying AI capacity.