Oracle Shares Fall 5% Amid Data Center Backlash | FBI Hacking Unit Exposed?

Oracle shares fell 5% as concerns surrounding its Project Jupiter AI data center reached investors. Could opposition to data centers become a financial threat to the AI building boom?

On Hashtag Trending for Friday, September 25, 2026, Jim Love covers five technology stories:

• Oracle's financial warning: A force majeure notice seeks protection against potential delays at its New Mexico data center. Meanwhile, banks reportedly struggled to sell project loans quoted at 89–91 cents on the dollar.

• FBI breach follow-up: 404 Media's Joseph Cox reports that leaked personnel records may identify members of the FBI's secretive Remote Operations Unit, alongside personal and family information.

• America's chip workforce shortage: An industry analysis projects a shortfall of 127,000–157,000 semiconductor and microelectronics workers by 2030 as companies expand U.S. manufacturing.

• Who can read your ChatGPT conversations? Turning off model training does not prevent all human access. We explain OpenAI's stated policies and separate them from unproven allegations involving Project Lily.

• Astra takes the wheel: OpenAI's model was the only one tested to complete DrivingBench's supervised parking-lot course—on its second attempt, travelling about 135 metres in five minutes and 22 seconds.

CHAPTERS
00:00 Today's headlines
00:35 Oracle shares fall amid data center backlash
02:26 FBI breach may expose secretive hacking unit
02:37 Unexpected phone call interruption
05:00 America's chip plants face a worker shortage
07:07 OpenAI staff can read your ChatGPT chats
08:45 Astra passes a real-car driving test
10:36 Wrap-up and subscribe

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