TTA’s Even Hotter July #2: why data center financing is like subprime mortgates and SPACs, OpenAI’s model escapes its sandbox and attacks, Precision’s BCI wins tests, Tempus buys Personalis for $1.5B, more!

24-27 July 2026

Even though summer storms replete with tornados have cleared out the northeast US heat wave, elsewhere it’s roasting and the summertime news doldrums continue. The most significant news isn’t healthcare specific–it’s that OpenAI’s agentic AI in test jumped out of its sandbox, got into the internet, and attacked an AI model repository. Another BCI, Precision, is notching some clinical test wins in non-invasive thought control. Clover Health has a hopefully small data breach.

But the Big Read this week is another cautionary tale from Ed Zitron, who takes apart AI data center financing by likening it to the 2008 and prior subprime mortgate financing. Your Editor takes it further to the 2020-22 SPAC boom that left nearly all companies and billions in the dust.

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This week’s Must Read: the dangerous financing of AI data center buildouts–and how they resemble the 2020 health tech boom

Chutes & Ladders: Data breach clouts Clover, OpenAI agent escapes sandbox to attack Hugging Face, Precision’s surface BCI achieves thought control, Tempus AI $1.5B Personalis buy, Karoo Health’s $16.2M Series A

Last week’s headlines

News roundup: Withings Medical Group service launches, MPs urge cancellation of NHS/Palantir FDP contract, IKS closes TruBridge buy for $557M, ATA comments on prelim CMS PFS for telehealth, Philips’ AI-powered…toothbrush

A gloomy view on Oracle going forward: debt, cash flow, and dependence on OpenAI

Recent Headlines and Must Reads

Chutes & Ladders: Done Global principals sentenced on Adderall fraud, Oracle E-Biz Suite hacked, OpenAI’s 5% offer to US government, Meta considers cloud AI, Pearl’s $110M raise

Midjourney Medical audaciously promises a revolution in whole-body scanning, powered by Butterfly Network chips. Can the reality ever match the hype?

Vinegary Must Reads This Week: Silicon Valley’s ‘Cargo Culture’; the clinical query tool explosion between OpenEvidence and general AI

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