A pound of flesh from data centers one senators answer to AI job losses | TechCrunch
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- Sen. Mark Warner says the fear of AI-related job loss is “palpable,” even as data from one AI company suggests AI hasn’t yet started taking jobs.
- There’s been pushback on data centers, including a bill on Wednesday introduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
- Warner sees it as a way to balance the need to build data centers with some obligation to the communities bearing their costs.
The signs that AI could lead to mass job displacement are already piling up entrylevel job postings in the U.S. have sunk 35% since 2023, mass layoffs have swept across Big Tech, and even AI leader [+3839 chars]
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