AI Has Flooded All the Weather Apps
…And they’re just getting started.” The push of using AI in weather apps comes in the era where the government has dismantled NOAA and other federal efforts to track and measure…
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China Didn’t Make Americans Hate Data Centers
…The report also says Chinese state media is “openly campaigning against US AI data centers.” As evidence it cites stories and videos about the anti-data-center trend and rising energy costs…
The Anti-Data-Center Movement Is Reshaping Michigan Politics
…sued, and the town let development begin rather than engage in a costly court battle. Earlier this month, Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer appeared at the opening of the Oracle data center, where…
Yann LeCun Raises $1 Billion to Build AI That Understands the Physical World
…If your government tends to be a little too authoritarian, it could be used for bad things.” LeCun has grappled with issues related to AI safety and security before. He notes that…
What Happens if China Hacks the US Water Supply? I Went to a Secret War Game to Find Out
…One lesson of the game, Camillo contends, is that insurance companies might need a government fund like the terrorism-focused TRIA to help cover its costs, to be refilled with payments from…
New Bernie Sanders AI Safety Bill Would Halt Data Center Construction
…developers and AI companies, including Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, and Google, gathered at the White House to sign a nonbinding agreement intended to make data centers pay “the full cost of their energy…
Amazon Employees Show Up to City Council Meetings to Demand Limits on Data Centers
…Last year, over 1,000 Amazon employees anonymously signed an open letter warning of harms from the company’s allegedly “all-costs-justified, warp-speed approach to AI development.” Microsoft employees have…
Your Body Is Betraying Your Right to Privacy
…come with real costs to privacy and anonymity. Once commodified, biometric data becomes just another thing to be bought, sold, or used by third parties, including the government. Parallel to the rise…
‘Uncanny Valley’: Anthropic’s DOD Lawsuit, War Memes, and AI Coming for VC Jobs
…Cost It Billions A Trumpworld Events Company Is Raking In Millions in Federal Contracts OpenAI and Google Workers File Amicus Brief in Support of Anthropic Against the US Government Can AI Kill…
Gamers’ Worst Nightmares About AI Are Coming True
…The only industry workers who could benefit from AI are streamers. Spencer Agnew, director of programming for Smosh Games, thinks cost increases driven by the RAM shortage could mean that gamers unable…