Ken Paxton speaks during 2024 AmericaFest in Phoenix.

Credit: Wikimedia Commons / Gage Skidmore Social media platform X has flagged a graphic posted by U.S. Senate candidate Ken Paxton to outline his campaign's plan to regulate data centers, saying the image is likely the product of artificial intelligence.

On Monday, Paxton - Texas' Republican attorney general - released a vague four-point plan to tackle Texans' concerns about the rise of data centers, or large facilities full of computing equipment that provide the physical foundation for AI applications and processes.