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Meta Needed a Data Centre. BlackRock Found the Money. Who Carries the Risk?
AI’s physical expansion is being financed through managed funds, debt markets, utilities and public incentives. The bill has not disappeared. It has been divided.
Can AI Help Us Without Learning to Control Us?
AI is becoming better at anticipating what people want and guiding what they do next. The challenge is keeping the convenience while preserving judgement, agency and the ability to say no.
AI Rejected You. Who Is to Blame?
AI can rank, score and filter people without ever making the final decision itself. When the outcome harms you, responsibility should not disappear between the model, the manager and the company.
The AI Answer Was Completely Wrong. Why Did It Sound So Convincing?
AI can produce an answer that is fluent, detailed and completely wrong. The danger is not simply error. It is how easily confidence, coherence and agreement can be mistaken for truth.
When AI Becomes the Only One Who Listens
A chatbot is always available and never impatient. When does artificial comfort become dependence, and who is responsible when vulnerable people begin relying on it most?
Who Owns Your Face? New Laws Seek to Control the Rise of AI Replicas
AI can now reproduce a person’s face and voice with remarkable accuracy. Governments are beginning to respond, but ownership of digital identity is proving harder than stopping an obvious fake.
