Society & Policy
California requires data centers to report water and power use
Governor Newsom signed seven bills covering water, electricity and grid connection costs, a year after vetoing a similar measure.
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Regulation, work, copyright and accountability in an age of automation.
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AI data centers could leave up to 617 million metric tons of e-waste
A Basel Action Network report counts all equipment, not just chips, and finds accelerators are only 13 percent of the weight.
Society & Policy
Graduates in AI-exposed majors struggle more to land a first job
Census Bureau economists found lower hiring and pay after ChatGPT, but warn AI is not the only cause.