A single data center can draw as much power as a small city. Regulators weren't built for this. Climate Cabinet's new report series gives state legislators a framework for data center projects, including resident input, who pays, and what's built. climatecabineteducation.org

Will AI concentrate power in a few states or spread across dozens? A new Council on Foreign Relations survey of 350+ experts finds them divided on many issues but united on one key point: global governance won't keep pace. Full survey: https://www.cfr.org/ #AI #TechInsights

Extreme heat kills nearly 500,000 people a year. In India, one-size-fits-all systems miss regional risks, and heat deaths are hard to track. Open Contracting's IDS-DDR tool helps target disaster spending to protect the vulnerable. Learn more at open-contracting.org

Every year, thousands of people leave prison for a fresh start, yet nearly 40% return within three years. By aggregating corrections data into one platform, PJMF partner Recidiviz identifies those in need of resources before it's too late. Learn more at https://www.recidiviz.org/

AI doesn't stop at borders. Governance can't either. PJMF partner Lawyers Hub launched the Africa AI Governance Index, the first continent-wide benchmark of AI governance. The Index helps policymakers identify progress, gaps, and approaches. Learn more at https://www.lawyershub.org/

As AI infrastructure expands, communities deserve a real voice in how data centers affect water, land, and local economies. Read Vilas Dhar and Nick Cain's new op-ed at: https://table.media/forum/tableforum-sustainable-development-2030-and-beyond/before-the-concrete-sets-on-data-centers

As AI infrastructure expands, communities deserve a real voice in how data centers affect water, land, energy, and local economies. PJMF explores a path that puts power back in the hands of community and nature. Read Vilas Dhar and Nick Cain's new op-ed in the link in bio.

Environmental accountability starts with data. PJMF partner FencelineData.org is expanding its public platform with 10 years of EPA emissions records, mapping tools, and training to help residents and journalists track local pollution risks. #DataForGood #PublicInterestTech

Technology alone doesn't drive change. Strategy, governance, and human judgment do. Jacqui Watts joined @ReFED's Learning Lab to share practical ways food waste organizations can use AI to strengthen operations and expand their impact.  Watch at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecBlTJ7eb5E

Is your organization grappling with questions about how to design and deploy AI products that serve culturally diverse groups? Join PJMF’s upcoming Learning Cluster to see how civil society organizations are navigating this challenge. Get involved here: https://tinyurl.com/mtydyrja

Is your organization grappling with questions about how to design and deploy AI products that serve culturally diverse populations? Join PJMF’s upcoming Learning Cluster to see how other civil society organizations are navigating this challenge. Get involved here: tinyurl

At a major newsroom, a reporter in danger has a security team. A freelancer is often on their own. JESS, from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, gives any reporter expert safety guidance. Available now to journalists across the U.S: https://www.safetyjess.ai/

Across digital media, misinformation travels faster than the truth, and AI chatbots are its newest channel. PJMF partner @fullfact.org  is building the world's first AI Trust Benchmark for LLMs to measure how far their answers can be trusted. Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/yj2mc4j5

Pope Leo XIV warns that authority is shifting from citizens to machines. Days later, President Trump signed an AI executive order. In TIME, Vilas Dhar asks who gets a voice in the construction site of our time, as AI governance is shaped without public participation: https://tinyurl.com/y4jnee4e

Machines can generate. People create. On June 17 in NYC, @aspendigital.bsky.social and PJMF cohost Shared Futures: The AI Forum, with the artists and inventors exploring how AI can deepen what is most human about us. Join us by registering for the livestream: https://tinyurl.com/2p546sua

Crushed rock on farmland pulls CO2 from the air as it weathers, locking carbon away while soil gets healthier. PJMF partner Cascade Climate's Bedrock Initiative is building the multi-region evidence base to prove it works at scale. Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/4mec4asa

Domestic workers are excluded from federal labor protections. The National Domestic Workers Alliance built Ask Aya, a multilingual chatbot shaped by 1,000+ workers, to help them know their rights and negotiate fair pay. Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/5x5xjjuv

Tune in tomorrow for Magnifica Humanitas: Catholic Thought for the Digital Age. PJMF President @vilasdhar.bsky.social joins Kim Daniels, Josh Good, and moderator Vivian Schiller of @aspendigital.bsky.social on Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical and the moral stakes of AI: https://tinyurl.com/4dtkmnuy

"At WordPress's scale, a 90% reduction in token load is a substantive gain for the climate." Nick Cain, PJMF’s VP of Strategy and Innovation, on The Chancery Lane Project’s new open source plugin that cuts the energy cost of AI web traffic. Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/aah72ws5

Nearly a third of teens say chatting with AI is as satisfying as talking with real friends. PJMF partner Common Sense Media launched the Youth AI Safety Institute, the first independent lab making AI safer and age-appropriate for kids. Read the story in @cnn.com: https://tinyurl.com/2fwnnkfv

The pressure to adopt AI is everywhere. In @ssir.org PJMF's Jacqui Watts and Duke CASE's Kimberly Bardy Langsam and Erin Worsham offer a board-ready framework for social impact leaders: four foundational questions to ground AI strategy in mission: https://tinyurl.com/4r59672x

In a new Imminent interview, PJMF President @vilasdhar.bsky.social reframes AI as civic infrastructure, held to the same public standards we apply to water and electrical systems. "Once we use that language, we inherit a whole set of responsibilities and obligations:” https://tinyurl.com/55xwxn5r

AI development has long treated the Global South as a source of raw data rather than a partner. At the 2026 Global Inclusive Growth Forum, @vilasdhar.bsky.social made the case for communities to own the data and governance of AI built on them. Watch the session: https://tinyurl.com/nhdp56w3

Nonprofits building AI for good shouldn't have to start from scratch. PJMF's Learning Hub shares the field's hardest-won lessons through new resources and use cases. Sign up for the Learning Hub newsletter for more updates: https://tinyurl.com/m9ptzyfx

Last week, PJMF partner Open Supply Hub launched OS Hub Spotlight, an open platform that connects siloed environmental and labor datasets to production location profiles around the world. Explore the platform that will drive supply chain accountability: https://opensupplyhub.org/

The biggest financial decision most Americans make is shaped by algorithms they cannot see. In our latest Humans of AI for Humanity, @natfairhouse.bsky.social Chief AI Officer Michael Akinwumi shares his work's mission: holding housing algorithms accountable for equity: https://tinyurl.com/2wyva3kk

PJMF partner @earthgenome.org has launched Earth Index, putting environmental mapping in the hands of those most affected by harm. Ben Strong joined PJMF's Nick Cain to discuss how it will accelerate accountability worldwide. Learn more: tinyurl.com/2pr3a22s

Energy volatility from the US-Iran war is pressuring African governments to pull back on AI investment. In Connecting Africa, PJMF President @vilasdhar.bsky.social made the case for the opposite move, framing AI as the most powerful tool for transferring power: https://tinyurl.com/53k3aw75

Open Data Editor has been spotlighted as a Digital Public Good by the Digital Public Goods Alliance. Built by PJMF partner @okfn.bsky.social, it puts reliable data validation in the hands of non-technical users across six languages. Read the feature for more: https://tinyurl.com/yf8ubjud

Now live: Suwali, by PJMF partner Meedan, a multilingual chatbot designed for public interest organizations to connect with communities in native languages and navigate misinformation as it emerges. Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/4v4vaxr8