InfoHive – Data Security

This week Stanford released its annual AI report. This year, the focus is on the growing disconnect between AI insiders and the rest of us. It also discusses the recent Gallup poll showing a general disapproval rate of AI at 65%. Only 15% of GenZ believe AI has benefits. 

In contrast, 56% of AI experts believe AI will be a net benefit in the next 20 years. 73% of experts think AI will have a positive impact on how people do their jobs. 23% of the rest of us agree. That’s a 50 point difference.

Tech Crunch | Stanford report highlights growing disconnect between AI insiders and everyone else

The 74 million | Gen Z Increasingly Skeptical of — And Angry About — Artificial Intelligence

This week Maine became the 1st state to ban data centers. The data center ban in Maine applies to data centers that use more than 20MW of power, and the ban lasts until fall 2027. At least 12 other states are considering similar temporary bans. @postpolitics @tinlidhatco

Gavin Newsom issued an executive order to explore stronger AI standards for state procurement — ensuring that companies demonstrate responsible policies and meet rigorous privacy and security standards while expanding the state’s responsible and ethical use of AI to make government more efficient, effective and engaged. @cbsla

More than a dozen shareholder resolutions are said to have been filed concerning data centers. Shareholders at Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and others want to know about water & electric usage by data centers.

Shareholders argue that without disclosures regulatory risks cannot be ascertained. @sovereignty.ai

Louisiana is advancing House Bill 410 to ensure recording by smart glasses and AI pendants are disclosed, requiring two party consent, and otherwise covered by the state’s laws.

The Republican bill author seeks to address “viral social media posts of women being recorded without their approval.” The bill is opposed by the Louisiana Press Association. @gizmodo

Louisiana Illuminator | Rise of ‘manfluencers’ leads Louisiana to propose update to its in-person recording rules

South Dakota Legislature passed a new fee bill for data centers. HB 1038 was signed by the Governor and imposes a fee on data centers to cover the cost of Public Utility Commission reviews.

South Dakota Searchlight | Data center restrictions signed into South Dakota law after push for incentives failed

Blue Origin has joined the space race for orbiting data centers. Blue Origin’s Project Sunrise was filed with the FCC this week. The biggest hurdle for data centers in space: funding. This is a surprise to no one.

Tech Crunch | Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin enters the space data center game

Following up the late 2025 AI Executive Order, the White House has released a national AI framework. The highlights are: preempting state laws, empowering parents(sound familiar Texans???), protecting rate payers from electric rate increases, requiring data centers to bring their own power, permit AI to fair use of copyrights, and remove barriers to innovation.

Tech Crunch | Trump’s AI framework targets state laws, shifts child safety burden to parents

@Gizmodo wants us to know that a new WTO report warns that war on Iran will slow GDP to 2.5%, raise oil prices & fertilizer costs, and risks killing the AI boom.

Litigation is growing around AI as a root cause for actual humans being violent. This includes AI convincing a man that Ai was his sentient wife that convinced him to evade the FBI. Lawyers are investigating the ties between AI and global mass casualty events.

Tech Crunch | Lawyer behind AI psychosis cases warns of mass casualty risks