BW-6315E

PEOPLE DON'T LIKE DATA CENTRES

A US congresswoman has launched a bill to ban large Ai data centres, remove centres already there and remedy damage to the land. The US pushback against data centres is growing - will we see it in the UK?

VARIOUS OTHER SOURCES

TECHNOLOGY

Ai

BP-6304C

ENERGY POLICY - OR IDEOLOGY?

The UK gov't will allow energy suppliers to turn down [or off?] heat pump-powered heating in winter. They say it's to help the grid cope with demand - demand from all the data centres being built, perhaps.

VARIOUS OTHER SOURCES

ENERGY

Supply

BP-6285F

POWER WITH - NOT POWER OVER

Changes - due to the gov't insistence on Ai - to how civil servants work must be done WITH - not TO - staff. People need to be partners in shaping how tech is used - rather than find themselves replaced by Ai.

CIVIL SERVICE WORLD

TECHNOLOGY

Ai

BP-6245A

BIG TECH IN SUICIDE COURT CASE

A Canadian mother has filed a lawsuit against OpenAi and CEO Sam Altman - and she's not alone. Her daughter is one of a growing number of people who took their own lives after taking advice from ChatGPT.

THE INDEPENDENT

TECHNOLOGY

Ai

BP-6223B

THEY WON'T NEED HUMANS?

Dr Richard Day, in 1969, hinted at plans to slow down the growth of the population. But now we're told with Ai, many humans won't be needed anyway. Were we born just to be needed by the Power Rich Class?

THE PEOPLE'S VOICE

TECHNOLOGY

Ai