Oakley AI Data Center Ban Continues
Oakley City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to extend the city's ban on data centers through next April due to environmental and health concerns....
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May
24
Apr
Richmond City Manager to Retire; City Eyes Data Center Ban
At Tuesday's Richmond City Council meeting, officials took steps toward banning AI data centers in the city, and the city manager said she would soon step down....
20
Apr
California Students Author New ‘Digital Wellness’ Bill, Say School Cell Phone Bans Fall Short
AB 2071 would require California schools to teach students how social media and AI affect their mental health and behavior....
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Apr
‘We Don’t Have to Be the Germ in the Petri Dish’: Oakley Temporarily Bans AI Data Centers
The city of Oakley is banning artificial intelligence data centers for at least the next 45 days because of environmental concerns....
15
Apr
Students Say Phone Bans Don’t Fix Distraction
"If the goal is student interaction and focus, I just don’t think taking away phones entirely is the best way to accomplish that," writes a high school student....
30
Mar
Bay Area Legislators Introduce Bill to Protect Children From AI Companion Chatbots
State legislators from the Bay Area have introduced a bill to establish guardrails for artificial intelligence companion chatbots that are used by children....
27
Mar
Privacy or Safety? Experts Call Surveillance Debate Misleading
Growing concerns of racial profiling and government overreach point to surveillance as being potentially more dangerous than the harms it claims to prevent....
26
Mar
Antioch Police Wants AI to Answer Some Calls, But Not Yet
Antioch Police is considering using AI to answer non-emergency calls but acknowledged concerns such as bias and said it will address those first....
09
Mar
Oakley City Council to Consider Possible Data Center Development
Oakley City Council will consider a project that would convert existing vineyards into a logistics hub with possible A.I. data centers....
09
Feb
Hundreds of Pittsburg Police Reports Already Written Using A.I.
Pittsburg police have generated hundreds of reports during the early rollout of a controversial artificial intelligence tool for law enforcement agencies....
25
Jan
How Music Discovery Has Changed for a New Generation
While algorithms can amplify artists’ reach, they also limit what we listen to. If they are the future of popular music, we must consider what may be lost....
23
Jan
Oakley Residents Push Against Project that Could Later House A.I. Data Center
Residents rallied at an Oakley Planning Commission meeting in opposition to an AI data center that is being considered as part of a development project....
07
Jan
EdSource: Study Finds Students Spend Over an Hour on Smartphones During School
Teens spend more than an hour on smartphones on average during school, according to a study published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association....
06
Jan
Political Playback: California Capitol News You Might Have Missed
In California Black Media's latest Political Playbook, find news on the State of the State, A.I., voters' top issues, and CARE courts....
04
Dec
EdSource: 1 in 8 Adolescents and Young Adults Use A.I. Chatbots for Mental Health, Study Says
A recent study, which interviewed 1,058 people aged 12 to 21, found that 1 in 8 turned to A.I. chatbots like ChatGPT for mental health advice....
