The Data Centers Have Arrived at the Edge of the Arctic Circle
As AI labs gorge themselves on compute, data center operators have headed north in search of cheap and plentiful energy.
When The Baltimore Sun can’t get journalists to lower their standards, it turns to generative AI
The Baltimore Sun ”once again disparaged … human reporters and their work” by publishing two AI-generated political analyses, the newspaper’s union said.
California tried to protect students’ data. Tech companies found loopholes
A legislative battle is under way over gaps that allow companies to collect and sell students’ personal information.
The Pentagon/Anthropic Clash Over Military AI Guardrails
Just this week, a contract dispute between the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and the AI company Anthropic escalatedinto a public showdownover whether and which legal, safety and ethical guardrails should constrain the military use of …
The tragedy of Supernatural
When you picture a virtual reality headset user, you're probably not picturing someone like Sherry Dickson.
The Download: protesting AI, and what’s floating in space
This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. I checked out one of the biggest anti-AI protests ever Pull the plug! Pull the plug!
Iranian strikes test the Gulf’s trillion-dollar AI dream
The region sold itself as a safe harbor for the world’s data. Amazon’s burning data center in the UAE has upended that pitch.
Massachusetts sues Bitcoin Depot, alleging the crypto ATM operator knowingly facilitated crypto scams
The Massachusetts Attorney General’s lawsuit is the latest in a series of state legal actions against one of the world’s largest crypto ATM operators.
KW 9: Die Woche, in der wir eine Blamage kommen sehen
Die 9. Kalenderwoche geht zu Ende. Wir haben 19 neue Texte mit insgesamt 146.272 Zeichen veröffentlicht. Willkommen zum netzpolitischen Wochenrückblick.
Statt Transparenzgesetz: Berliner Landesregierung will Informationsfreiheit beschneiden
Die schwarz-rote Berliner Landeskoalition plant Rückschritte bei der Informationsfreiheit. Auffällig dabei ist, dass in Zukunft Dokumente verweigert werden könnten, wenn es in der Sache Ermittlungsverfahren gibt.
(Ir-)Responsible by Design? Corporate Guardrails and the Governance of Military AI
The recent clash between the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and Anthropic, which we first outlinedhere, marks a crucial moment in the governance of military artificial intelligence (AI).