In the veto letter for House Bill 26-1210 Colorado’s Governor stated that “Instead of specifically defining and targeting unethical conduct and practices, the bill takes a broader approach to capture any technology that incidentally influences a price or wage amount. Because of the broad sweep, the bill would punish differentially lower prices, not just higher prices.”
AI limits for young lawyer types
Berkeley Law has a new AI rule and it is strong. It prohibits “The use of AI is prohibited for aid in conceptualizing, outlining, drafting, revising, translating, or editing any work submitted for credit.”
The rule goes on to include prohibiting students from uploading law school materials into AI tools. As we know there are concerns over the privacy of information that is uploaded.
Update: ocean based data centers
Earlier in May we learned of Peter Thiel’s investment in ocean based data centers. @Fortunemagazine reports that the company now has a $1 billion valuation. Ocean based data centers are the future?
4 studies on AI utility
Tech Crunch sums up 4 different studies on the effectiveness of AI. Want to guess the results in the studies? If you guessed, not great/AI isn’t there yet, you win a gold star.
UC Berkeley’s California Management Review found “no robust relationship between AI adoption and aggregate productivity gain.”
Researchers at MIT predict that AI models will “be able to complete most text-related tasks with success rates of, on average, 80%–95% by 2029 at a minimally sufficient quality level.” Minimally sufficient ? We have higher work product standards, right?
National Bureau of Economic Research did conclude that AI adoption improved productivity but noted “a productivity paradox, in which perceived productivity gains are larger than measured productivity gains.”
Harvard Business Review showed that when everyone is using AI to produce more stuff, the bottleneck simply shifts to executives.
Anatomy of a NJ data center ban
A data center ban in Andover Township, NJ reads like a film script. Cops were called. The town repealed supportive data center ordinances adopted in September 2025, reversing course. Then, to take it up a notch, they are moving to ban all data centers.
GovTech | New Jersey Town to Ban All Data Centers After Chaotic Meeting
Texas county bans data center development
Hill County, Texas became the first county in Texas to adopt a moratorium on data center development. Hill County wants to know more about the impact on water, electricity, infrastructure, land, and local communities. @joshmoroles
This week in data centers in space
Last we talked about it, reports said that a SpaceX SEC filing called attention to the lack of economic viability of space data centers. This week, news has Google and Space X partnering on space based data centers. But alas, there is a connection. This partnership is also tied to the IPO with the aforementioned SEC filing.
Tech Crunch | Report: Google and SpaceX in talks to put data centers into orbit
Courts: AI co-conspiring
A Florida lawsuit includes allegations that an AI company was co-conspiring with the alleged Florida State shooter. Allegations against the AI include negligence, gross negligence, and liability for negligent and defective design.
Florida Phoenix | Alleged FSU shooter was ‘co-conspiring’ with ChatGPT, new lawsuit alleges
Ocean based data centers
Financial Times Climate reports that Peter Thiel is investing in ocean based data centers powered by waves. The technology is being developed by Panthalassa.
1500 data centers in the works
A new report from Pew Research finds that there are 1500 new data centers in the works. Most of these are located in rural areas in the South and Midwest.