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Can scientists really resurrect the dodo? Inside the company that says they can

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Colossal Biosciences’ CEO says its work follows a ‘moral obligation’ while critics say it’s ‘tech bro’ hype that could undermine conservationCan and should we resurrect animal species that have been extinct for thousands of years? Such weighty, existential questions were once the preserve of science fiction but are now being played out within an unassuming […]

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The environmental cost of datacentres is rising. Is it time to quit AI?

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As the QuitGPT movement gains momentum, should people concerned about the environmental impacts of AI consider opting out?Change by degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday to help reduce your household’s carbon footprintGot a question or tip for reducing household emissions? Email us at changebydegrees@theguardian.comIt’s only a few years on from the

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Musk’s xAI wins permit for datacenter’s makeshift power plant despite backlash

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Billionaire’s artificial intelligence company gets approval to run 41 methane gas turbines at its ‘Colossus 2’ in MississippiElon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI won approval on Tuesday to run 41 methane gas turbines at its “Colossus 2” datacenter in northern Mississippi. That’s nearly double the amount it has been operating.The turbines will help power xAI’s

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How Joseph Paradiso’s sensing innovations bridge the arts, medicine, and ecology

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Joseph Paradiso thinks that the most engaging research questions usually span disciplines. Paradiso was trained as a physicist and completed his PhD in experimental high-energy physics at MIT in 1981. His father was a photographer and filmmaker working at MIT, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, and the MITRE Corporation, so he grew up in a house where artists, scientists,

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Demand for AI Data Centers Sends Prospectors Hunting for Land and Power

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Brian Janous, a former Microsoft executive, and his firm Cloverleaf have become modern-day land men, packaging electricity and land for data centers.

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Union tries to seize control of works council at Tesla’s German factory

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Lawsuits and slander claims fly in IG Metall’s battle with Elon Musk over employment rights and conditionsBusiness live – latest updatesEurope’s largest trade union is trying to gain control of the works council at Elon Musk’s Tesla gigafactory near Berlin, in an industrial relations showdown marked by lawsuits and mutual accusations of slander.The works council,

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Tech firms and AI farming tools ‘playing with the food system’, warns thinktank

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Google, Microsoft and Amazon among companies using algorithms and AI to influence what crops are grown and how, say criticsTech companies and industrial agriculture are “playing with the food system” by using AI and algorithms to undermine farmers in choosing what the world eats, leading food security experts have warned.Companies such as Google, Microsoft, Amazon,

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Datacentre developers face calls to disclose effect on UK’s net emissions

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Campaign groups write to technology secretary amid concerns that sites could double overall electricity demandDatacentre developers are facing pressure to reveal whether their projects will increase the UK’s net greenhouse gas emissions, amid concerns the sites could double national electricity demand.Campaign groups have written to the UK technology secretary, Liz Kendall, warning that the energy

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Tech legend Stewart Brand on Musk, Bezos and his extraordinary life: ‘We don’t need to passively accept our fate’

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He was at the heart of 1960s counterculture, then paved the way for the libertarian mindset of Silicon Valley. At 87, Brand is still keen to ensure the world is maintained properly – not just today, but for the next 10,000 yearsStewart Brand thinks big and long. He thinks on a planetary scale – as

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Sam Altman defends AI’s energy toll by saying it also takes a lot to ‘train a human’

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OpenAI CEO also downplayed concerns about how much water datacenters require at AI summit in IndiaThe OpenAI boss, Sam Altman, has tried to ease concerns about how much power is used by artificial intelligence models by comparing it to the amount of energy required by human development.“People talk about how much energy it takes to

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