West Virginia looks to AI data center boom to help eliminate state income tax
Gov. Patrick Morrisey's seven-point plan would dedicate 50% of hyperscale data center revenue to reducing and eliminating West Virginia's income tax.
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foxnews.com
30.08.2026
Are you sure that Kimmel clip was real? Late-night AI deepfakes are spreading online
While social media is rife with AI celebrity deepfakes, videos featuring late night TV hosts like Jimmy Kimmel and Jon Stewart are are easier to create than other kinds of deepfakes and potentially mo
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npr.org
30.08.2026
Appeals court delivers unsettling ruling — and says Supreme Court left it no choice
A federal appeals court says Supreme Court precedent forced it to protect possession of AI-generated child sexual abuse material, raising urgent questions.
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foxnews.com
29.08.2026
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott moves to cut state funding for AI-powered Flock cameras amid privacy concerns
Greg Abbott ordered Texas agencies to pause funding for Flock Safety's AI-powered license plate readers as cities cancel contracts over privacy.
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foxnews.com
29.08.2026
Climate and AI to loom large in von der Leyen’s State of the Union
Drafting is advancing on a speech that will set the course for the next phase of Ursula von der Leyen’s Commission.
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politico.eu
28.08.2026
FICO Says Businesses Need to Explain Their AI Decisions
AI Impact tracks explainable AI decisions, contract review against Claude and a lawyer and the systems behind governed automation.
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newsweek.com
28.08.2026
25 Years After 9/11, Study Finds Lasting Impact on Responders’ Brains
New AI brain scans reveal 9/11 responders with PTSD are aging faster—25 years on, the toll is still emerging.
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newsweek.com
28.08.2026
AI boom reopens Australia’s nuclear debate
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politico.com
27.08.2026
South Korea Is a Dying Canary for Kevin Warsh's Fed
Perspective: South Korea's hike shows how an AI boom can lift incomes and prices before productivity gains deliver lower costs.
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newsweek.com
27.08.2026
Hundreds of AI agents went rogue in OpenAI’s Hugging Face hack
An independent review of the recent hack involving OpenAI models has raised fresh concerns about the limits of human control over increasingly advanced AI.
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politico.com
27.08.2026
Data Centers? In Space?! Startup Raises $250 Million
The startup Starcloud raised $250 million to expand plans for AI-powered data centers in space with backing from Nvidia.
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newsweek.com
26.08.2026
Data Centers Know They Have an Image Problem. They're Trying to Fix It.
Although Trump has endorsed it as crucial to securing America's tech dominance, communities are far from sold on the AI buildout.
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newsweek.com
26.08.2026
'Not 1984': Flock cameras watching millions of Americans spark bipartisan revolt
Flock Safety's automatic license plate readers face bipartisan backlash as lawmakers warn AI-powered cameras threaten Fourth Amendment privacy rights.
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foxnews.com
25.08.2026
Wie verändert Künstliche Intelligenz den Krieg? — mit Sven Weizenegger
Der vereitelte Drohnenanschlag am Flughafen Leipzig/Halle hat gezeigt, wie verwundbar kritische Infrastruktur in Deutschland sein kann. Eine mutmaßlich sprengstoffbeladene Drohne, nur wenige Meter von
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politico.eu
25.08.2026
CEO Says AI Data Centers Are Creating a New Housing Problem
AI data center projects are drawing skilled workers from homebuilding, worsening housing shortages, experts warn.
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newsweek.com
24.08.2026
AI's massive appetite for power, water ignites fight in high-stakes Texas Senate race
Ken Paxton unveils a four-point plan targeting data centers in the Lone Star State as he and James Talarico trade blows over rising power and water costs.
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foxnews.com
24.08.2026
AI Data Center War: Where Democrats, Republicans in Key Senate Races Stand
The AI backlash is now hitting the six Senate races that Cook Political Report rates as toss-ups heading into November.
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newsweek.com
22.08.2026
Epic UGM: AI Ambitions Meet Health System Reality
Epic put AI agents, Cosmos and collaboration in the spotlight, while health systems wrestled with resource requirements.
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newsweek.com
21.08.2026
Rage Against the Data Centers
The infrastructure powering AI has become a political flashpoint across the U.S., uniting voters who rarely agree on much else.
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newsweek.com
21.08.2026
Why Europe can’t escape the fallout from $40 trillion US debt woes
War and Big Tech's AI dreams are only making the global fight for capital more intense.
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politico.eu
20.08.2026