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motherjones.com > politics > 2026 > 09 > trump-epa-data-centers-epn-report-health-hazards

Former EPA officials: Trump is letting data centers make you sick

16+ hour, 22+ min ago   (559+ words) The Stargate Oracle AI data center in Abilene, Texas, a project with Open AI, will span roughly 4 million square feet. Completion is expected by year's end.Brandon Bell/Getty While tech oligarchs grandstand about the existential danger AI superintelligence poses…...

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motherjones.com > politics > 2026 > 09 > openai-congress-senate-hawley-casar-committee-probe-investigation

Don't be fooled—Congress isn't cracking down on OpenAI

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (447+ words) A Republican-led Senate subcommittee on disaster management is now investigating the July incident where OpenAI’s autonomous models hacked Hugging Face, another AI startup, during internal testing. Axios first reported the Senate probe on Thursday, providing a letter by Sen. Josh…...

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motherjones.com > politics > 2026 > 09 > anthropic-ai-risks-coxon-amodei-openai-cybersecurity-danger

Anthropic staffers sound the alarm—again—on AI catatrophe

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (812+ words) Demonstrators participate in the "Stop the AI Race" protest march in San Francisco, California, on July 11, 2026. The protestors are making stops outside the offices of OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind. Karl Mondon/AFP/Getty On Tuesday, experienced AI researcher Jacob…...

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motherjones.com > politics > 2026 > 09 > teachers-union-microsoft-deal-nyc

A teachers union and Microsoft just made an AI safety deal. Compliance is an open question.

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (853+ words) Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, speaks during a protest against budget cuts initiated by President Trump and DOGE in Washington, D.C. on March 13, 2025.Bryan Dozier / Middle East Images / Middle East Images/AFP/Getty On Wednesday morning, in…...

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motherjones.com > politics > 2026 > 09 > meta-data-center-rare-bacteria-backlash-waste-water-contamination

Data centers now facing backlash over contaminated wastewater

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1362+ words) A rendering of Meta's Cheyenne, Wyoming, data center campus.Meta When officials in Wyoming conducted a routine test on the water that was being discharged from a massive under-construction Meta data center, it was a shock to find it contained…...

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motherjones.com > politics > 2026 > 09 > 911-emergency-dispatch-response-delay-oakland-st-louis-crisis-type

America's 911 system is facing its own emergency

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1497+ words) Byard Duncan7 minutes ago Now, breastfeeding her baby on the living room couch, Ditta felt what she describes as “a rush of something coming out of me.” She hustled to the bathroom, wishing against her own certainty: Please don’t be blood....

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motherjones.com > politics > 2026 > 09 > were-suing-chatgpt-and-trump-just-got-involved

ChatGPT took our stories. We’re suing.

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (701+ words) The other day I asked ChatGPT about a political moment I’ll never forget: “What was the 47 percent story about?” Its answer: That’s accurate as far as it goes. But there’s one glaring omission: any reference to Mother Jones, which uncovered…...

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motherjones.com > politics > 2026 > 09 > everybody-wants-to-rule-the-world-of-ai

Everyone wants to be the sole master of AI tech

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (435+ words) Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivers a speech during the Computex 2026 exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan on June 1, 2026.Chiang Ying-ying/AP On Thursday, Nvidia, the tech giant that develops chips that power AI tools like ChatGPT, announced its acquisition of Hugging Face…...

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motherjones.com > politics > 2026 > 09 > mamdani-nyc-ai-ban-pause-moratorium-public-schools

Mamdani issues AI moratorium in NYC schools

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (430+ words) Mayor Zohran Mamdani holds a press conference to announce a one-year moratorium on student AI usage in NYC public schools. NDZ/STAR MAX/IPx New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a one-year moratorium on AI use for elementary and…...

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motherjones.com > politics > 2026 > 08 > trump-communities-that-oppose-data-centers-will-be-backwards-and-poor

Trump: Communities that oppose data centers will be "backwards and poor"

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (272+ words) President Donald Trump holds a graphic showing the size of Meta's new data center under construction in Louisiana in comparison to Manhattan during a cabinet meeting on August 26, 2025.Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty But boosting AI and the data centers that…...