What the AI Backlash is Really About - Week in Tech

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Aug 7, 202649:03Technology

What is Silicon Valley missing about the data center backlash? Jasmine Sun traveled to Wisconsin and Michigan to find out what's driving the public's growing mistrust of tech companies. Taylor Lorenz ( User Mag ) unpacks...

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