Brookings Examines Proposals and Tradeoffs for Taxing AI

Data center growth is coming under greater scrutiny from state governments across the United States. Bloomberg reports that approximately 40% of planned US data center capacity is in states whose governors want to pause or reconsider additional development. The proposed limits could affect a substantial share of planned expansion and

Midterm voting produced two outcomes focused on the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence: voters elected watchdogs to oversee AI and approved ballot measures limiting new data centers. The results connect two closely related policy concerns. AI oversight concerns accountability for developing and deploying AI systems, while data-center restrictions address

Major investors are skeptical of Anthropic's plans to seek a $1.5 trillion valuation in an initial public offering. The reported doubts center on whether the artificial intelligence company can justify such a high market capitalization. A valuation of that scale would place exceptionally high expectations on the