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Microsoft is building a data center in a tiny Indian village. Locals allege it’s dumping industrial waste

By Cecilia Young | August 20, 2024

(ROW) “These big companies think they can enter small villages like ours, take our land, and destroy it.” Read more here.

California weakens bill to prevent AI disasters before final vote, taking advice from Anthropic

By Cecilia Young | August 15, 2024

(TechCrunch) California’s bill to prevent AI disasters, SB 1047, has faced significant opposition from many parties in Silicon Valley. Today, California lawmakers bent slightly to that pressure, adding in several amendments suggested by AI firm Anthropic and other opponents. Read more here.

AI start-up Anthropic accused of ‘egregious’ data scraping

By Cecilia Young | August 15, 2024

(FT) Web publishers say developer is swarming their sites, collecting content to train models and ignoring orders to stop. Read more here.

The Big Risk for the Market: Becoming an AI Echo Chamber

By Cecilia Young | August 14, 2024

(WSJ) Artificial intelligence was still the main source of profit growth for the S&P 500 this earnings season. But AI-driven firms are largely boosting each other’s profits. Read more here.

Why Every Big Tech Company Has Failed to Dethrone Nvidia as King of AI

By Cecilia Young | August 9, 2024

(WSJ) Nvidia, like Apple, shows that if you want to become a giant, you’ve got to be as good at software as you are at hardware. Read more here.

What the History-Making Elections of 2024 Could Mean for Energy

By Cecilia Young | August 8, 2024

(Bloomberg) A new government in the UK, gridlock in France and the dramatic face-off in the US will have consequences for investment and the transition to clean fuels. Read more here.

No god in the machine: the pitfalls of AI worship

By Cecilia Young | August 8, 2024

(Guardian) The rise of artificial intelligence has sparked a panic about computers gaining power over humankind. But the real threat comes from falling for the hype. Read more here.

Meta Has Run Hundreds of Ads for Cocaine, Opioids and Other Drugs

By Cecilia Young | August 1, 2024

(WSJ) Instagram and Facebook are still running ads for illegal drugs, months after the WSJ revealed they were under federal investigation for the practice. Read more here.

New U.S. Commerce Department report endorses ‘open’ AI models

By Cecilia Young | July 30, 2024

(TechCrunch) The U.S. Commerce Department on Monday issued a report in support of “open-weight” generative AI models like Meta’s Llama 3.1, but recommended the government develop “new capabilities” to monitor such models for potential risks. Read more here.

Meta to pay record $1.4 billion to settle Texas facial recognition suit

By Cecilia Young | July 30, 2024

(Washington Post) Meta reached a $1.4 billion settlement over claims the company improperly collected millions of users’ biometric data. Read more here.