My final story for Fortune as a staffer is the last of four deep-dives I reported on the ground about communities grappling with the AI data center boom: Two mayors, one $10 billion AI data center, and a growing divide in small-town Texas fortune.com/2026/06/16/a...
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Two mayors, one $10 billion AI data center, and a growing divide in small-town Texas | Fortune fortune.com
AI needs a 'Stargate for Data,' a new viral essay argues. Here's what made my eyes bug out groundlevel-ai.com
The US wants Anthropic to secure its most powerful AI models. But one researcher says that is mathematically impossible groundlevel-ai.com
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AI needs a 'Stargate for Data'? A new viral essay from OpenAI researcher Will DePue argues AI's next bottleneck is data. Proposed fixes include buying companies purely for their data, and getting firms to stop deleting theirs. Here's what made my eyes bug out: www.groundlevel-…
The US wants Anthropic to secure its most powerful AI models. But one researcher says that is mathematically impossible open.substack.com/pub/sharongo...
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