Media-reported AI content incidents neared 500 by January 2026, up from about 50 in early 2020.

Anthropic's Super Bowl ad won a Cannes Grand Prix while ranking in the bottom 3% for audience likeability.

Researchers found 3.7M AI chatbot logs and call recordings with customer PII exposed in Sears-linked databases.

The US nuclear fleet holds 94 reactors and ~100 GW, 18% of generation, against a 400 GW 2050 federal target.

EIA charts nameplate capacity across US SMR and microreactor designs, from 1 MWe units to 300 MWe modules.

DOE awarded $2.7B split across Centrus, General Matter, and Orano to rebuild US uranium enrichment capacity.

TVA filed the first US construction permit for a BWRX-300 SMR as NRC approved NuScale's uprated 77 MWe design.

Two years after startup, Plant Vogtle's $36.8B cost still flows through Georgia Power bills and PSC dockets.

NRC completed its fastest-ever license renewal as nuclear holds 18% of US generation across 94 reactors.

Data centers added ~$23B to US electricity bills; PJM capacity prices rose 833% year over year.

IEA forecasts data center electricity use above 1,000 TWh in 2026, roughly equal to Japan's consumption.

DOE emergency orders let PJM curtail data centers as demand neared a record 166,147 MW during a heat wave.

Douglas County commissioners voted 4-1 on July 7, 2026 to deny a 700-acre EdgeConneX data center campus.

Uranium long-term contract prices hit $90/lb in 2026, the highest since 2008, with spot in an $84 to $87 band.

The World Silver Survey 2026 projects a 46.3Moz deficit, the sixth consecutive annual shortfall.

UEC ramps Texas ISR uranium output as long-term contract prices reach $90/lb, the highest since 2008.

Silver traded near $58 in mid-July 2026, down 53% from January's $121.67 record, with a 46.3Moz deficit forecast.

McKinsey: 78% of orgs use AI in a business function, but only 39% attribute any EBIT impact to it.

Stanford's 2026 AI Index puts organizational AI adoption at 88%, up from 71% a year earlier.