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Established Compute & infrastructure Development 10d ago
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New York Governor Signs First Statewide Data Center Moratorium

4 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

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Alondra Nelson Damien Williams Scott McGrath Social Media Lab

“New York Governor Signs First Statewide Data Center Moratorium www.wired.com/story/new-yo...”

“"New York Governor Signs First Statewide Data Center Moratorium" www.wired.com/story/new-yo...”

Primary source wired.com ↗
Developing Compute & infrastructure Development 1d ago
Trump AI data center utility pledge

Trump expands a voluntary pledge to protect consumers from high utility bills from AI data centers

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Damien Williams

“This "pledge" to not let data centers raise power bills does nothing practically but it'll earn a LOT of good will from people looking for an excuse to give it to him. Democrats could've owned the issue for midterms, but instead dem leaders once again left …”

Primary source apnews.com ↗
Established AI field signal Development 11d ago

Meta Suspends Instagram AI Image Feature After Days of Backlash

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Data & Society Damien Williams

“Meta’s reversal comes in response to overwhelming (and predictable!) public backlash, "as AI companies’ continued experimentation with new features tests their users’ boundaries with how their likenesses are scraped by models." variety.com/2026/biz/new...”

“Oh hey, public outcry and pressure still work. "Meta Suspends AI Image Feature After Days of Backlash" variety.com/2026/biz/new...”

Primary source variety.com ↗
Established AI field signal Signal 20d ago

Altman home attack ai division

2 experts are actively discussing the implications.

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Damien Williams

“And www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...”

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Damien Williams: Not for nothing, but if these people had read more Frantz Fanon and Paulo Freire, they might've seen the data center backlash coming and taken steps to avoid it. …But, then, if these people had rea…
Damien Williams: Yep.
Damien Williams: Just… even moreso, this last month or so
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Primary source washingtonpost.com ↗
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