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A.I. Groups Are Spending Millions to Influence the Midterms (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 09/30/2026 - 06:20Google Takes the A.I. Data Center Race to Outer Space (New York Times)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Thu, 09/24/2026 - 14:17Judge Blocks Trump’s White House Ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico (New York Times)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Thu, 09/24/2026 - 05:41The Big Threat Has Been Climate Change. Now Comes A.I.
New warnings that humans are flirting with out-of-control artificial intelligence raise an uneasy question: has A.I. surpassed climate change as one of humanity’s gravest risks? Though the danger of the technology is hard to assess, the worst-case scenario—human extinction—makes other earthly concerns seem small. Yes, climate change is creating dangerously hot conditions, fueling superstorms and killing crops, and it may lead to planetary upheaval.