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Meta's terms do say the customer carries 'any and all risks' of its AI. They are business terms, and the sweeping indemnity was already there.
CIO (Evan Schuman), 19 October 2026; trending on Hacker News and r/artificial, 23 October 2026 ·
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The clause is real and one-sided in the wording quoted. It covers business use, a customer indemnity already existed, and we compared only one other vendor.
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One hacker, 100+ companies, $50 each. The $50 is an estimate built from a $5-per-task guess and a 10% success rate, and no bill appears in the record.
Reuters exclusive (19 October 2026) on a NorForge report, relayed by summaries; trending on r/artificial 23 October 2026 ·
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NorForge's report gives about $5 per task and about 10% success. Reuters' count of 100+ is not independently verified by the outlet that relayed it, and the damage is unmeasured.
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Texas AI emits 8.5 times more CO2 than Sweden. That is a model of one example request, and the grid gap behind it is closer to 42 times.
Berget AI press release, 21 October 2026; Hacker News front page, 23 October 2026 (140 points) ·
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A Swedish AI provider's press release models one Kimi K3 request on average grid mixes. Most of the Swedish figure is chip manufacturing, no Texas server was measured, and the release itself corrected an earlier ten-fold claim.
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Because the Swedish grid is so clean, the embodied share of hardware manufacturing and supporting infrastructure is the dominant part of the remaining total (~89%).
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