Technological Risks

In the arid West, AI data centers could stress water resources, grid capacity

Caroline Llanes

A new study shows that utility companies in Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico are predicting explosions in energy demand due to data centers that power artificial intelligence.

Colorado lawmakers leave Capitol with the clock still ticking on AI law

Chas Sisk

Legislators failed to make revisions or to come up with a plan to keep a first-in-the-nation AI law that's been derided by tech companies from taking effect early next year.

Colorado Lawmakers Fail to Update AI Regulations Before Deadline

Bente Birkeland

Colorado lawmakers aimed to refine the state's AI regulations before the end of session, but disagreements left no time for new legislation. The policy will take effect as planned next year.

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has moved the hands on the Doomsday Clock closer to midnight, warning the world that humanity is closer to annihilating itself and the planet than it has been in 78 years.

Doomsday Clock Moves Closer to Midnight

Amy Hadden Marsh

The Doomsday Clock, created in 1947 by atomic scientists as a way to keep track of the nuclear threat, is ticking closer to midnight. And… it’s no longer solely about nukes.