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It’s not just data centers.Residents in a small Texas county are also now protesting SpaceX’s proposed Terafab semiconductor facility in another sign of growing backlash against AI across the country.Elon Musk’s rocket company has submitted proposals to build the first phase of its chipmaking moonshot, which will cost at least $55 billion,…
CEOs want you to embrace AI. Many are also citing it as a reason for job cuts.That disconnect is becoming harder for some to ignore.Lis Cooper, a 30-year-old in Melbourne, recently left their job as a data analyst after growing uneasy about AI. The tools they were asked to use…
A mass outpouring of data center opponents has prompted the California city of Coachella to consider a moratorium on development of the facilities there.It’s the latest example of community backlash tempering local authorities’ acceptance of data centers — which are being built across the country to accommodate the rise of…
Silicon Valley’s backlash against tokenmaxxing has officially begun.Uber COO Andrew Macdonald said in an interview released last week that he hasn’t observed direct productivity improvements from increased AI token usage.”That link is not there yet, right?” Macdonald said in comments that went viral, racking up over 2 million views on…
As an adult with a generally optimistic view on technology, I had a rude awakening recently: My third grader mentioned that he and his buddies had been using Google’s Gemini on their school-provided Chromebooks to make funny pictures of poop and dinosaurs. Loading audio narration… Technically, he admitted they’re not…
