This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at a limiting factor for Tesla’s Semi and The Ocean Cleanup’s push to deploy hundreds of plastic trash interceptors.
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At the president’s event, AI moguls presented a united front on the raging battle over AI regulation. Their $145 million of political spending tells a different story.
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A spate of AI fundraising deals has made way for a new wave of young European billionaires. Meet the sweet 16 whose fortunes got big boosts of late.
U.S. spending on AI infrastructure could top $10 trillion and eclipse the 1800s railroad boom. Here’s where the money is being spent on land, power, water and cement.
Cornell’s sexual assault allegations echo a case from 41 years ago, exposing how little has changed in who bears the consequences when campus systems fail.
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Corning is flying high thanks to the data center craze and insatiable demand for optical fiber. CEO Wendell Weeks is trying to ensure growth won’t stop when the AI bubble pops.