Fidelity warns AI agents might skip crypto altogether. OpenAI quietly drops GPT-5.6 Luna through Replit's free coding tool. Meanwhile AI companies are so desperate for data center space they're moving into abandoned prisons and coal plants. The infrastructure crunch is getting weird.

August 19, 2026 — 476 words / ~3.2 min

Stories covered:

  1. Fidelity Says AI Agents Could Ignore Crypto Entirely
  2. Replit Makes Coding Free With OpenAI's Surprise GPT-5.6 Luna Model
  3. Data Center NIMBYs Force AI Giants Into Prisons and Coal Plants