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-Water used at power plants that supply electricity to data centers can be greater than the amount of water used in the data centers themselves. -" $170 billion of AI data-center capacity has been blocked, stalled or canceled since 2024" www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-d...
63% of respondents said the risks of using generative AI tools to analyze data and scientific literature outweigh the benefits — yet nearly 60% felt they would be left behind if they didn't use AI tools in their work. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
From nonexistent studies in White House reports to hallucinated sources in EU cybersecurity briefs, AI tools are increasingly slipping "fake facts" into official government records https://restofworld.org/2026/government-ai-hallucinations-south-africa-deloitte/?utm_campaign=ro…
"Job postings and interviews with senior security officials at Anthropic show that the frontier AI lab is building out an extensive monitoring system to keep tabs on activists who oppose the rapid development of artificial intelligence." #surveillance #ai prospect.org/2026/09/…
Finally, a little legal sense: “A German court has ruled that Google is directly liable for what its AI search overviews say. Previous case law shielding search engine operators from liability doesn't apply to AI overviews.” the-decoder.com/landmark-ger...
"In April, the Metropolitan police launched investigations into hundreds of officers after using an AI tool built by the US tech company Palantir to root out rogue officers." #privacy #surveillance www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
My take on the new AI EO, speaking with @npr.org: it mirrors Biden-era strategy on risk assessment--but it's voluntary, offers no guarantee industry will comply in the middle of an AI race, and the benchmarks will be classified, leaving the public largely in the dark. www.npr.…
When companies automate, they keep the savings while workers and governments bear the cost, writes Alessandro Crimi. He points to South Korea’s automation tax as one possible solution https://restofworld.org/2026/robot-tax-ai-wealth-redistribution/?utm_campaign=row-social
Former Chair of the Federal Trade Commission Lina Khan will join The People’s AI Assembly. Join us and @moreperfectunion.bsky.social on Oct. 19th! Get tickets or register for the livestream at bit.ly/ai-assembly
People are using AI to make their smart TVs dumb again
“A massive data center is trying to jump the queue and take our land, water, and energy.” https://restofworld.org/2026/south-africa-ai-data-center-protests/
Zero surprise, it is the same vaporwaresque (THINK IBM) attempt to convey power it has been presenting all along. Of course some irony in the time to wipe out humanity & Anthropic's potential profitability are roughly the same. But neither, of course, will happen. www.reuters.…
Nearly through reading @xiaochang.bsky.social brilliant new book Divination Engines!! This is the best historical study on Natural Language Processing, & imo, the most insightful monograph on AI history! CBI was so fortunate have Xiaochang as a keynote at our 2023 "Automation by Design" symposium!
Deeply honored to have given a Keynote yesterday on AI History and Policy at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs' "7th World Conference on Remedies to Racial and Ethnic Economic Inequality." So glad to be a part of this wondrous and vital three-day global conference! #histtech #criticalai
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