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A police technology CEO said at least 50% of a police department’s workload can be automated. One local sergeant found the idea “absurd.” How is local law enforcement grappling with the AI era?
A police technology CEO said at least 50% of a police department’s workload can be automated. One local sergeant found the idea “absurd.”
It seems that there is one issue of bipartisan agreement during this week’s Presidential transition: federal support for building more AI data centers.
In his final days, Biden directed the gov't to lease federal lands to build AI data centers. And Trump appears to have endorsed the plan.
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She confided it to her therapist. Every word ended up in court. Proof investigates how a database of 140 million message exchanges on a telehealth platform is being used to build an AI therapy companion – and what that means for patients.
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Also note the careful wording on requiring data center developers to “bring online sufficient clean energy generation resources to match the full electricity needs of their data centers.”
That is not the same as being fully powered by clean energy, as @agordon.me explains: youtu.be/jFd0QUOUFUg?...
Is AI saving police time when writing their reports? So far, the data says no.
The latest from @gregbarber.bsky.social @proofnews.bsky.social:
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Talkspace has amassed “one of the largest mental health data banks in the world,” according to reports to investors, containing 140 million message exchanges. The end goal: training a soon-to-be-relea...
Dr. Shaolei Ren, expert on data center water usage, says AI companies have already exceeded the water usage of the largest beverage companies in the world. youtu.be/Vqvb3G8hJiI?...
No mention of water conservation in White House EO giving federal lands to AI data centers.
Data centers are very thirsty creatures!
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