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Meta Is Using Its Massive AI Data Centers to Avoid Paying Billions of Dollars in Taxes

As if AI data centers alone weren't infuriating enough. The post Meta Is Using Its Massive AI Data Centers to Avoid Paying Billions of Dollars in Taxes appeared first on Futurism.

5 hours ago

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Meta Is Using Its Massive AI Data Centers to Avoid Paying Billions of Dollars in Taxes

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Google Accused of Illegally Killing a Massive Forest for Its New Data Center Project

It's "gross incompetence," or "gross disregard" for the law. Or both. The post Google Accused of Illegally Killing a Massive Forest for Its New Data Center Project appeared first on Futurism.

20 hours ago

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Google Accused of Illegally Killing a Massive Forest for Its New Data Center Project

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Data Centers Are a $6 Trillion Time Bomb, Analysts Warn

"What the industry needs is a wave of innovation that will dwarf what mobile and cloud unlocked." The post Data Centers Are a $6 Trillion Time Bomb, Analysts Warn appeared first on Futurism.

2 days ago

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Data Centers Are a $6 Trillion Time Bomb, Analysts Warn

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Google Updates Guidelines to Punish Sites That Use Fake Bylines and AI-Generated Headshots

"Fabricating creator profiles (such as by using AI-generated headshots, made-up names, or false credentials to make content appear as if it was written by human experts) is a form of deception." The post Google Updates Guidelines to Punish Sites That Use Fake Bylines and AI-Generated Headshots appeared ...

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Google Updates Guidelines to Punish Sites That Use Fake Bylines and AI-Generated Headshots

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Top BBC Director Says He’s Been Reviewing a Fully AI-Generated Episode of “Doctor Who” and It’s “Pretty Good”

Just what the franchise needs: an injection of AI slop. The post Top BBC Director Says He's Been Reviewing a Fully AI-Generated Episode of "Doctor Who" and It's "Pretty Good" appeared first on Futurism.

2 days ago

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Top BBC Director Says He’s Been Reviewing a Fully AI-Generated Episode of “Doctor Who” and It’s “Pretty Good”

New York Times Science

Viper Image That Caused Alarm in California Was A.I.-Generated

A Gaboon viper, a venomous snake native to equatorial regions of Africa, was supposedly photographed in a tree in Santa Ana, Calif. How could that be? Well, it turns out it wasn’t.

2 days ago

New York Times Science

Viper Image That Caused Alarm in California Was A.I.-Generated

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The AI Chatbots That Tech Companies Are Aggressively Pushing to Billions of Users Appear to Be Causing Serious Psychological ...

Extensive AI use has been linked to "severe negative outcomes," researchers argue. The post The AI Chatbots That Tech Companies Are Aggressively Pushing to Billions of Users Appear to Be Causing Serious Psychological Harms, New Research Finds appeared first on Futurism.

1 day ago

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The AI Chatbots That Tech Companies Are Aggressively Pushing to Billions of Users Appear to Be Causing Serious Psychological ...

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You Know That Anthropic Employee Who Quit Citing Risks to Humankind? These Strongly Appear to Be His Bizarre Old Tweets

That's... not what we were expecting. The post You Know That Anthropic Employee Who Quit Citing Risks to Humankind? These Strongly Appear to Be His Bizarre Old Tweets appeared first on Futurism.

2 days ago

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You Know That Anthropic Employee Who Quit Citing Risks to Humankind? These Strongly Appear to Be His Bizarre Old Tweets

New York Times Science

See How El Niño Is Washing Ashore in California

An enormous pulse of wave energy will soon reach Southern California and continue north, raising sea levels by half a foot and increasing threats from swells and tides.

1 day ago

New York Times Science

See How El Niño Is Washing Ashore in California