A coalition of AI-industry billionaires, including Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, and OpenAI president Greg Brockman, is spending millions on ads in Kansas, Ohio, and Wisconsin to counter rising publi…
President Donald Trump warned in a Truth Social post on August 31, 2026, that U.S. communities blocking data centers will become 'backwards and poor,' as a Gallup survey found 71% of Americans oppose …
Bill Gates published a nearly 6,000-word essay on Gates Notes proposing a tax on AI tokens and robots to offset the payroll-tax advantage automation has over hiring, and introduced a 'Human Reserved' …
Wall Street lenders are factoring community opposition into credit-risk assessments for data center projects, with at least 75 projects worth roughly $130 billion facing local opposition in Q1 2026, a…
Foxconn, formally known as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., reported record July revenue of T$900 billion ($27.93 billion), driven by surging AI server demand, marking the first time monthly reve…
A Kansas high school physics teacher, Lux Claridge, was arrested and carried out of an Emporia city commission meeting after clapping in support of opponents of the proposed 1,000-acre Flint Hills Dig…
China is pursuing a full-stack AI strategy integrating domestic chips, infrastructure, models, and applications, aiming to lead the AI race without Western dependency, according to an analysis citing …
DeepSeek has reportedly paused a planned funding round after a leaked transcript of founder and CEO Liang Wenfeng's off-the-cuff remarks went viral, according to a Bloomberg report citing anonymous so…
AI resume screening systems are disproportionately rejecting newcomer and nonnative-English applicants, with a 2023 Upwardly Global report finding that AI tools misidentified 98% of essays from new En…
AI-powered surveillance systems from companies like Axon, Motorola Solutions, and Veritone are being deployed in U.S. police departments, enabling real-time facial recognition, automated license plate…
White House OSTP Director Michael Kratsios and U.S. Under Secretary Jacob Helberg warned against costly AI sovereignty efforts at the India AI Impact Summit, arguing that real sovereignty comes from a…
Two-thirds of planned U.S. data centers are moving to rural areas, driven by AI compute demand and proximity to high-voltage power lines, but local opposition has blocked or delayed $64 billion in pro…
Seven out of ten Americans oppose local AI data center construction, according to Gallup, with $64 billion in projects blocked or delayed nationwide. Opposition has spread across 24 states with 142 ac…
Eugenia Kuyda, founder of Replika and Wabi, says AI has made hiring junior engineers too expensive for startups, predicting job losses and protests. She argues that AI tools like Wabi's vibe-coding ap…
SpaceX’s IPO filing now lists water access as a critical constraint on AI data center expansion, warning that “significant water resources may be required for cooling large-scale data center operation…