[4/11 01:00] NAACP and environmental groups formally appeal xAI Mississippi gas turbine permit / Ukraine releases 10TB of archival data for national LLM training

AI News Flash for April 11, 2026 at 01:00 UTC. Topics: 1. NAACP and environmental groups formally appeal xAI Mississippi gas turbine permit https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/10/musks-xai-draws-more-opposition-over-mississippi-power-plant-permit.html 2. Ukraine releases 10TB of archival data for national LLM training https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiXEFVX3lxTE9TYk1RWUJPcGpkS3NaQmJkaGhwZlJkN0M5bFlOSW5CdWt3NDg5MWtWb1ZlSVhiY0szUFBlckdkd3huOXo1XzB2WHQ4aTg4dWtzb0twT0RmWG1uUU1x?oc=5 3. Alibaba Tongyi Lab releases VimRAG open-source multimodal RAG framework https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/04/10/alibabas-tongyi-lab-releases-vimrag-a-multimodal-rag-framework-that-uses-a-memory-graph-to-navigate-massive-visual-contexts/ 4. US states pass 19 new AI laws in just 2 weeks https://pluralpolicy.com/blog/the-ai-governance-watch-april-2026-nineteen-new-ai-bills-passed-into-law/