… Experts told WIRED that the agreement signed at the White House was largely symbolic, and that some of the key aims of the agreement—including having data centers absorb any additional costs to customers’ bills—are largely out of both the White House and tech companies’ hands. “A moratorium would l… …
… Last year, over 1,000 Amazon employees anonymously signed an open letter warning of harms from the company’s allegedly “all-costs-justified, warp-speed approach to AI development.” Microsoft employees have long raised concerns about AI furthering oil and gas production. …
… In November 2021, the company ended Facebook's photo-tagging system and said it would delete the face recognition templates of more than a billion users, framing the decision as “a company-wide move away from this kind of broad identification.” Meta said at the time that it needed to “weigh the pos… …
… In March, separate state court verdicts in California and New Mexico validated long-simmering ethical concerns in some parts of Meta, workers say. …
… We are willing to trade off the financial risk if permits are not obtained.” Another document from the team involved with opening new Alpha Schools states: “Alpha explicitly trades cost efficiency and permanence for speed to instruction … We Alpha should formalize this doctrine: Opening date safety… …
… But on the flip side, there are major privacy concerns to sharing your health data without protections.” Agrawal is concerned about users uploading sensitive data to chatbots since these commonly used AI tools are not compliant with HIPAA protections, the landmark US law that guards patients from h… …
… Anthropic chief commercial officer Paul Smith provided several examples of partners who have privately raised concerns to the AI startup in recent days. …
… In 2024, Google halted plans for a data center outside of Santiago, Chile, after a court partially revoked its permits over water concerns. …
… Other concerns include potential burnout caused by the extra patrols and geographic disparities related to where the gigs occur. Last year, then-assistant police chief David Lazar downplayed abuse fears and called the program “a big win” for making officers more visible at no cost to taxpayers. …
… With an administration in charge that both champions data center buildouts, scorns greenhouse gas reporting policies, and pushes American natural gas, it seems likely that behind-the-meter gas power will develop in spite of the big emissions cost. …