by Andy Lee Roth | Jun 17, 2026 | AI, Corporate Media, Elon Musk, Journalism, Mainstream Media, Media, Op-Ed, OpenAI, Sam Altman, xAI
Corporate news outlets frequently frame stories about artificial intelligence (AI) as contests. The most basic version of this frame — metaphorical “races” between rival tech companies or nations, in which speed of innovation is presumed to determine the victors — is so widely used, it’s easy to take for granted. As AI systems shift power throughout society, from health care and law…
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by Derek Seidman | Apr 19, 2026 | AI, Arizona, data centers, Disinformation, Energy, Environmental Justice, Interview, Memphis, misinformation, Organizing, Pollution, Public Health, Resistance, tucson, Water, Wisconsin, xAI
The prolific construction of massive data centers that house the physical computing power for artificial intelligence (AI) is galvanizing resistance in localities across the United States. Communities are fighting back against the billionaire tech and financial power behind these projects and their numerous harms, from their noise and pollution to their hyperconsumption of water and electricity.
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