Salamanca High School in New York is testing a $57,000 AI humanoid robot named Sally from Realbotix, a company linked to the sex doll industry, sparking backlash from teachers and Native American resi…
Illinois enacted the Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act on July 6, 2026, requiring annual independent audits for frontier AI developers starting January 1, 2028. The law covers models trained…
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed the Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act on July 6, requiring major AI developers to undergo annual independent audits starting in 2028, a first in the U.S.…
Amazon is requiring third-party sellers to label product images or videos containing AI-generated people, following a New York law mandating transparency around synthetic performers in ads. The compan…
A political backlash against data centers is intensifying across the U.S., with at least 500 organized opposition groups and 70% of Americans opposing new construction near them, according to a Gallup…
Meta and Snapchat are facing a privacy backlash over their AI-powered smart glasses, with critics drawing parallels to the failed Google Glass. Meta updated its glasses after reports that owners paid …
Amazon is cracking down on sellers' use of AI-generated images after a New York law took effect requiring disclosure of synthetic performers in ads. The e-commerce giant updated its seller policies to…
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the nation's first statewide moratorium on data center development, citing an overwhelming surge in applications from small communities that lack the negotiating powe…
Alberta secured Meta Platforms Inc.'s $13-billion, one-gigawatt AI data centre in Sturgeon County through deliberate policy work, while New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a one-year moratorium on n…
New York became the first U.S. state to impose a one-year moratorium on large new data centre construction on July 14, 2026, citing rising power costs, water strain, and community burdens, while India…
More than half of US residents (53%) oppose building an AI data centre in their neighbourhood, according to a Redfin-commissioned Ipsos survey, yet the tax revenue from such facilities has bankrolled …
More than 53% of US households oppose the construction of AI data centers in their neighborhoods, according to a Redfin survey, making them less popular than new apartment complexes (39% disapproval) …
More than half (53%) of U.S. residents oppose building an AI data center in their neighborhood, while 34% support it, according to a Redfin survey conducted by Ipsos in May 2026. The survey of 4,000 U…
A growing backlash against AI data centers is sweeping the U.S., with more than 300 cities, towns, and counties imposing bans or moratoriums on hyperscale data center construction, according to The In…
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's first-in-the-nation moratorium on large data centers shows that artificial intelligence has a politics problem, with seven in ten Americans now opposing a data center in t…
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order Tuesday imposing the first statewide moratorium on hyperscale data centers for up to a year, pausing permits for large facilities as the state crea…
New York became the first U.S. state to impose a one-year moratorium on hyperscale AI data centres, a move that should serve as a warning for India as states compete to attract such facilities. The ce…
Morgan Stanley warns that growing opposition to AI data centers in the US is becoming a bottleneck for expansion, potentially delaying investment cycles and reducing total capital needs. New York beca…
A Barron's article titled 'Why Apple’s ‘Standard Oil’ Strategy Is Driving the Stock to All-Time Highs' argues that Apple's AI strategy is succeeding despite not delivering its own model, while New Yor…
IBM shares fell more than 23% after the company issued a warning about AI spending returns, sending a shockwave through the tech industry. JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon urged calm over AI's impact on…