The effort is drawing bipartisan support and is expected to come up again next year as officials grapple with the artificial intelligence boom’s side effects. States facing drought and dwindling ...

Dr. Kasy is the author of the book “The Means of Prediction: How AI Really Works (and Who Benefits).” Imagine applying for a job. You know you’re a strong candidate with a standout résumé. But you don ...

Artificial intelligence has developed rapidly in recent years, with tech companies investing billions of dollars in data centers to help train and run AI models. The expansion of data centers has ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have tracked data centers’ growing water footprint in California. He ...

Anthropic is starting to train its models on new Claude chats. If you’re using the bot and don’t want your chats used as training data, here’s how to opt out. Anthropic is prepared to repurpose ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The AI-driven boom in data centers is putting growing demands on water in California and the Southwest. New ...

An analysis suggests two Wisconsin data centers could use more energy than all the state's homes combined. The estimate assumes constant power demand, so actual usage may be lower. Three other ...

Apple's Numbers spreadsheet for Mac, iPhone, and iPad, is not as powerful as Microsoft Excel, but most users will be hard-pressed to find its limitations — and will immediately see how much easier ...

Imagine opening Excel and no longer needing to wrestle with complex formulas or spend hours manually analyzing data. What if you could simply type a question, like “What are the top-performing ...

In late July, the Trump administration released its long-awaited AI Action Plan, which includes steps to cut environmental requirements and streamline permitting policies to make it easier to build ...

Two data centers in San Antonio have used 463 million gallons of water in the past two years. The Alamo City facilities, owned by Microsoft and the Army Corps, have drained water from the surrounding ...