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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…
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.…
Terrific article/discussion on AI and global political economy by @rinachandran.bsky.social & link to full video. Carnegie End. for Int. Peace's @samwl.bsky.social Cornell's Aditya Vashistha & Access Now's Peter Micek. #criticalai #histtech restofworld.org/2026/ai-divi...
China's open-source AI models are fueling rapid adoption, with some U.S. labs now relying on Chinese research code https://restofworld.org/2026/tiezhen-wang-china-us-open-source-ai/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1781558881
What happens to cities if AI hollows out the job market? Isabel N. Adler issues a call to arms for urban planners: fight to build cities that value residents over capital accumulation for the wealthy few. Imagination and resistance are needed now, before the shock arrives, Adl…
Wrapping up our series "Reimagining the Future of Digital Health," Odia Kane looks to the informed consent model in human subjects research as she considers what meaningful consent looks like when it comes to AI use. datasociety.net/points/can-a...
On the Tech Policy Press podcast, Justin Hendrix spoke to Mozilla CTO Raffi Krikorian about his "owners not renters" thesis: that the central AI question isn't open vs. closed, but whether we own AI or lease it from a handful of companies with their own incentives. Plus: his e…
Y2K showed that choices in computer design ultimately had implications for everyone. Today we can draw a clear parallel to AI: as the technology becomes intertwined with critical infrastructure, even those who swear off AI are becoming reliant it. just-tech.ssrc.org/articles/n…
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