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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Technology
Sanya Mansoor

‘AI accountability agenda’: US senator unveils package of bills to curb tech’s harms

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Senator Ed Markey says: ‘We need to make sure these datacenters don’t turn into pollution bombs.’ Photograph: Nathan Posner/Shutterstock

US senator Ed Markey is worried about the perils of unregulated artificial intelligence.

What part? All of it: the costs associated with thirsty, energy-guzzling datacenters, intrusive workplace surveillance, bias in discriminatory algorithms, AI overriding workers’ judgments, and deepening economic inequality – as those who profit most from AI rake in extraordinary windfalls.

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