Local backlash against the rapid construction of large data centers has turned into a prominent issue across congressional and gubernatorial races nationwide, including in Texas, which ranks second only to Virginia in planned projects. Meanwhile, super PACs backed by tech figures like Marc Andreessen, Greg Brockman and Anthropic have poured tens of millions of dollars into these races, while newer groups like Tomorrow Together are running ads pushing for stricter AI and data center policies.
theverge.com
· 2026-10-27
AI leaders such as Sam Altman, Dario Amodei and Marc Andreessen previously predicted that powerful AI would push the cost of labor and goods toward zero and cause widespread job losses. Instead, employment remains high and prices are climbing, with the Conference Board's consumer confidence index recently hitting its lowest level since 2014.
derekthompson.org
· 2026-10-02
In an interview on Ezra Klein's podcast, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang argued that skills like long division, multiplication and square roots no longer matter because of AI tools. He also revealed he doesn't know his ZIP code, address, or phone number, saying he can live without that knowledge.
tante.cc
· 2026-09-25
A group called Build American AI, backed by venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz and OpenAI president Greg Brockman, is launching a multimillion-dollar advertising push in states like Ohio, Wisconsin and Kansas to counter growing public opposition to AI data centers. Brockman's $100 million super PAC, Leading the Future, is reportedly financing the campaign, which frames pushback against data centers as a threat to jobs and American competitiveness.
futurism.com
· 2026-09-06
A TechSpot trivia feature identifies NCSA Mosaic, released in 1993 by Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina, as the first web browser to reach mainstream popularity. Though not the first browser overall, Mosaic combined an easy point-and-click interface with inline images and ran on Unix, Windows and Macintosh, making it accessible to non-technical users by late 1993.
techspot.com
· 2026-09-01
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