The Advisory Counsel CEO Adonis Hoffman joins 'Varney & Co.' to discuss how artificial intelligence data centers need to build trust in local communities. 00:00 The trust gap in tech 01:14 Why data centers are a matter of National Security 02:06 Including communities before the bulldozers start 02:45 The Alaska precedent: Profit sharing for residents 03:09 A new incentive: Free water and electricity 03:52 Mitigating the blowback against AI infrastructure
OPINION: Several unions are threatening to withold support from any politicians who oppose the construction of data centers. #DataCenters #Unions #BigTech About Rising: Rising is a weekday morning show with bipartisan hosts that breaks the mold of morning TV by taking viewers inside the halls of Washington power like never before. The show leans into the day's political cycle with cutting edge analysis from DC insiders who can predict what is going to happen. It also sets the day's political agenda by breaking exclusive news with a team of scoop-driven reporters and demanding answers during interviews with the country's most important political newsmakers. Follow Rising on social media: Website: Hill.TV Facebook: facebook.com/HillTVLive/…
Over a period of months, Right-to-Know requests were submitted to 30 Pennsylvania municipalities with data center proposals, seeking NDA's or similar documents. Outside of those on the "fast-track" list, the recipients were chosen largely at random.
Washington imposed sanctions on Inspur because of its work with the Chinese military. But the company’s subsidiary kept shipping Nvidia’s best chips to feed China’s leading A.I. firms.
The debate over AI data centers continues to intensify across the United States. While many Americans oppose data centers being built in their communities, citing concerns about electricity use, water consumption and environmental impacts, labor unions argue the projects create high-paying jobs and drive economic growth. Economist Steve Moore, Don Slaiman, a political coordinator with IBEW Local 26, and Shawn Harris, Democratic candidate for Georgia's 14th Congressional District, join "Batya!" to discuss whether data centers are a boon for workers or a burden on local communities. #datacenters #unions #workforce NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
AI models may be getting safer while also getting harder to monitor. Which side of that seesaw prevails could determine whether AI is scaled safely or ruins civilization as we know it. Why it matters: Right now both options are running full steam and no one knows who's in charge of making sure the right one wins. State of play: OpenAI on Thursday released GPT-6 Astra , which president Greg Brockman said could eventually be seen as the start of artificial general intelligence, or AGI. - Astra performs better, but it's also better at avoiding monitoring, meaning it could be harder to know what it's thinking or doing. - OpenAI CEO Sam Altman separately told Axios this week that models are becoming "superhuman" in some capabilities and…
AG Kris Mayes urged state lawmakers and Gov. Katie Hobbs to pass a law temporarily pausing data center construction until Arizona develops a plan to address the increasing demand for the centers.
