Policy · Page 2
regulation, copyright fights, safety rules and the politics of AI

Nobody Wants a Data Centre Next Door. So Who Decides Where They Go?
Communities across the UK and the world are pushing back against the vast, noisy buildings that keep AI running. Their complaints are real. So is the problem of stopping them.

More Than 15 Candidates Have Signed a Pledge on AI Safety and Data Centres. Here Is What It Says.
A new political pact asks candidates to back mandatory safety reviews for AI, a share of AI profits for workers, and a crackdown on sweetheart deals for data centre builders.

Bill Gates Says AI Could Be the Greatest Equalizer or the Worst Source of Injustice
In a nearly 6,000-word essay, the Microsoft co-founder warns the world is unprepared for what AI will do to jobs, governments, and society, and calls for a new international body to manage the fallout.

Bill Gates Wants Some Jobs Kept Off-Limits to AI
In a 6,000-word essay, the Microsoft co-founder argues that certain roles should be protected from automation the same way nature reserves protect land, and warns governments are not ready for what is coming.

Билл Гейтс заявляет, что ИИ уже преодолел опасные пороги
Миллиардер-филантроп обеспокоен рисками, на которые большинство людей еще не обратили внимание. Он хочет, чтобы они начали их замечать.

This article is not an AI story. We can't cover it.
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Australia Forces Tech Giants to Pay for News, and Nine's CEO Thinks AI Makes That Bet Bigger
New Australian laws could make Google and Meta pay levies if they don't cut deals with local newsrooms. Nine Entertainment's boss says it opens a 'world of growth' even as the company trims $160 million in costs.

China moves to regulate AI companions amid fears they are replacing human relationships
A 19-year-old cried when her AI boyfriend was switched off. China's government is worried millions more feel the same way.

Texas Senate Candidate Ken Paxton Releases 'Texas First' Datacenter Plan, With an AI-Made Graphic to Prove It
The Trump-endorsed Republican wants to limit the 'negative impact' of datacenters. His announcement image was flagged by X as artificially generated.

They warned us about AI tyranny in 1972. We still didn't listen.
A forgotten gathering of experts on Lake Como mapped out political coercion, eroded human freedom and the dangers of automation. Half a century later, their warnings feel uncomfortably current.

Scotland's Villages Say No: The Battle Over Datacentres the Size of Small Towns
A planned facility in a tiny Fife village has drawn 1,600 objections and pushed Scotland's parliament toward a possible building freeze on massive datacentre developments.

Young workers are losing entry-level jobs to AI, Stanford research finds
A major university study tracking real employment data says workers aged 22 to 25 in AI-exposed fields are now 19 percent behind their peers. Last year that gap was 13 percent.

Премьер-министр Австралии пытается успокоить лидеров штатов по поводу федерального закона о центрах обработки данных AI
Энтони Албанезе входит на встречу национального кабинета с обещанием, что новые федеральные нормы по центрам обработки данных будут работать наряду с правилами штатов, а не отменять их. За кулисами: счета за электричество, споры о планировании и семикратный рост спроса на электроэнергию.

A Top US Law School Just Banned AI from Almost Every Corner of Student Work
Starting summer 2026, students at one law school cannot use AI to brainstorm, draft, revise, or even run a spellcheck on graded work. Here is what the policy says and why it matters beyond the classroom.

Может ли искусственный интеллект действительно уничтожить человечество? Что говорят эксперты
Растущий список лауреатов Нобелевской премии, бывших американских чиновников по безопасности и основателей компаний ИИ теперь требуют запрета на создание сверхинтеллектуального ИИ. Вот о чём на самом деле идёт дебат.