An 82-year-old woman in Kentucky declined a $26 million proposal from an AI firm planning to construct a data facility on her property. While that same corporation may still attempt to rezone 2,000 adjacent acres, as artificial intelligence infrastructure expands deeper into the tangible realm, the physical world is commencing to resist.
This week, such friction is prevalent, from OpenAI ceasing operations of its Sora application to judicial bodies at last beginning to hold social media platforms such as Meta responsible. In this installment of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Sean O’Kane explore the implications when the AI excitement cycle confronts practicality.
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