AI Weekly: five important AI stories · 2026-10-12

1. Cryptomining malware used poetry to infect more than 3,400 servers, researchers say — four words in the PoeLLM verse, changed 11 times, point the botnet to new servers

   Tom’s Hardware · Cybersecurity

2. Senate probe accuses Big Tech of misleading public on AI data centers — massive 100 MW sites create only 100 jobs while securing lucrative GPU tax breaks; Senators question the number of permanent jobs, but companies refuse to divulge data

   Tom’s Hardware · Compute

3. AI Is Getting Really Good at Messing With Cybercriminals

   WIRED AI · Cybersecurity

4. Nuclear war and malicious use of AI threaten end of humanity by 2100, says Lancet assessment

   The Guardian · Healthcare

5. Stack Overflow survey finds devs hooked on AI, but not totally sold on its judgment

   The Register · AI at Work

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