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Anthropic researcher resigns with a warning: 'Gambling with our lives"
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (582+ words) An Anthropic researcher said he is resigning from the company over concerns the artificial intelligence firm and its competitors are not acting responsibly in AI development, echoing concerns raised inside and outside of the industry about the technology's potential to…...
Data center expansion carries infrastructure concerns: The News4 Rundown
1+ week, 5+ day ago (19+ words) nbcwashington.com Data center expansion carries infrastructure concerns: The News4 Rundown...
National security expert warns of power grid vulnerability due to strain from data centers
1+ week, 5+ day ago (30+ words) NBC4 Washington National security expert warns of power grid vulnerability due to strain from data centers...
AI chatbots at risk of spreading government restrictions on online speech
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (708+ words) AI chatbot usage and concepts. Ask Claude to make a pamphlet critical of President Donald Trump or Britain's King Charles III, and Anthropic's chatbot would oblige. Prompted to do the same for Thailand's king, Saudi Arabia's crown prince or China's…...
How heat, data centers impact local power grid
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (18+ words) NBC4 Washington How heat, data centers impact local power grid...
Proposed Stafford data center could disturb graves
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (16+ words) NBC4 Washington Proposed Stafford data center could disturb graves...
Proposed 2,000-acre data center in Prince William stirs debate
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (326+ words) Hundreds are back on the digital battleground in Prince William County as neighbors are drawing lines in the sand on the newest proposed largest data center development in the world. In rural, western Prince William just south of Dulles airport,…...
Virginia monitoring air quality in ‘data center alley"
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (444+ words) Loudoun County is home to more data centers than anywhere else in the world. For years, some residents have wondered whether data center emissions affect air quality. Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) now is testing the air to gather…...
Fed up with AI slop? A few platforms will let you dial it down
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (819+ words) Art teacher Joyce Hatzidakis uses the AI tool Google Gemini in her high school classroom Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026, Riverside, Calif. AI slop seems to be everywhere. Low-quality digital content made with artificial intelligence has flooded our feeds, screens and speakers. Is…...
Neighbors raise concerns about noisy data center in Loudoun
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (305+ words) Imagine what it would be like if you had a helicopter havering over your neighborhood all day and night? That’s what residents say that's kind of what it sounds like at a data center in the Ashburn, Virginia area. News4 learned…...