In arguing for a regulatory regime that is skewed entirely toward freeing developers to build online services, rather than placing any social obligations on them, the AI industry is using a playbook that Silicon Valley wrote 30 years ago. This time, however, the public seems less inclined to buy the industry’s argument.
Every year since graduate school, I try to get to the Berkshires in western Massachusetts and visit Tanglewood, where I enjoy the music of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO). This past Friday, I made it to the Koussevitzky Music Shed and—as is the case at so many Tanglewood performances—there was an encore. But instead of…
Conceptual Portrait of Smartphone Addiction and Endless Scrolling. Marco_piunti | E+ | Getty Images This report is from this week’s The Tech Download newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. Meta says it faces a trillion-dollar penalty and damage to its advertising model. But the trial could go well beyond one company. It could…
A longstanding law generally bars immigration by any person who, in the “opinion” of the government, “is likely at any time to become a public charge.” This law, commonly called the public charge rule, seeks to prevent potential immigrants from imposing undue fiscal burdens on American taxpayers. In a previous blog post, I discussed the Trump…
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Loadings at a Mediterranean port have picked up as Saudi Arabia races to offer its oil to buyers through a lengthier — and more expensive — backdoor.
“They’re saying the roof now needs to be completely replaced.”
NEW YORK—People are increasingly wary of AI. In the United States, there is a groundswell of opposition to new data-center construction, owing to these facilities’ high energy consumption (which drives up local utility bills for local residents), extraordinary cooling needs (which has caused water shortages in some locations), and noxious air and noise pollution.