Americans are increasingly opposing data center construction, with 70% saying they would reject one in their area, driven by concerns over noise, energy, and water use. The backlash reflects deeper an…
A Gallup poll shows over 70% of Americans oppose AI data centers near their homes, threatening U.S. lead in AI against China. Local zoning battles and legitimate concerns over utility costs, water use…
Only 7% of U.S. adults rely on AI tools for news, with 57% not using them at all, according to a Gallup survey. AI ranks last among news sources, and 39% say AI use in reporting would reduce their tru…
A Gallup study finds tech workers who rarely use AI face an 18% layoff risk, triple the 6% risk for monthly users, highlighting an AI literacy gap. Despite employer-side data attributing 40% of layoff…
Climate change has faded as a top political priority in California and beyond, with voters and investors shifting focus to economic concerns like affordability and inflation. California's primary saw …
A new Gallup poll reveals that 25% of recently laid-off workers were fully remote, while only 1% lost jobs due to AI. A separate study in Science found that remote work accounts for a third of the dec…
Anti-data center activists have secured bans in Holyoke, Monterey Park, and Seattle, and a three-year moratorium on tax breaks in Arizona, reflecting growing political power fueled by widespread publi…
Esther Wojcicki, mother of former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki and 23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki, advises parents to send their children to college despite the rise of AI, arguing that college develops esse…
Gallup research finds tech workers who rarely use AI are three times more likely to have been laid off than those who use it at least monthly. The Q1 2026 data shows 31% of tech workers fear job elimi…
Goldman Sachs analysis finds college students are abandoning computer science and programming majors, with enrollment dropping over 10% in 2025-26, while healthcare and engineering surged roughly 3%, …
A 15-country poll of 18,000 people by Public First found that public perception of AI dominance has shifted toward China over the US in 11 countries, with respondents in France, the UK, and Canada vie…
The U.S. government is reportedly allowing the Federal Data Center Enhancement Act (FDCEA) to expire without a replacement, ending standards for cybersecurity and sustainability in federal data center…
A growing number of surveys show that public perception of AI is turning negative, with one in five Swedes feeling ashamed to use AI at work and a majority believing AI will worsen the labor market, d…
A Gallup poll shows over 70% of Americans oppose AI data centers near their homes, with 48% strongly opposed, exceeding resistance to new nuclear plants. Local concerns include higher utility bills, w…
DuckDuckGo hit an all-time traffic high and saw a 30% surge in U.S. app installs after Google replaced traditional search results with AI Overviews by default at its May I/O conference. The privacy-fo…
Contrary to widespread claims, only about one-third of Americans actively use generative AI tools like ChatGPT, with another third using them occasionally and a third never using them at all. Data fro…
Grassroots opposition groups blocked or delayed 75 US data center projects worth $130 billion in the first quarter of 2026, matching the total disruptions for all of 2025, according to a new report fr…
A new Gallup poll shows 71 percent of Americans oppose building AI data centers in their area, fueling bipartisan moratoriums and political backlash against local officials who approve them. However, …
A new Gallup survey shows that the rise in LGBTQ+ identification is concentrated among young women, with 31% of Gen Z women identifying as LGBTQ+ compared to 12% of Gen Z men. Most of the increase is …
Pope Leo XIV's encyclical on artificial intelligence, which warns that AI dehumanizes society, could prompt more workers to seek religious exemptions from using the technology at their jobs. One softw…