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When an 82-year-old Kentucky woman wasoffered $26 millionfrom an AI company that wanted to build a data center on her land, she said no. Sure, that same company can try to rezone2,000 acresnearby anyway, but as AI infrastructure stretches further into the real world,the real world is starting to push back.
That tension is everywhere this week, fromOpenAI shutting down its Sora appto courts finally starting to hold social platforms like Meta accountable. On this episode of TechCrunch’sEquitypodcast,Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Sean O’Kane dig into what it looks like when the AI hype cycle meets reality.
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Topics
AI, app shutdown, drones, Little Perkins, Meta, meta lawsuit, OpenAI, Roundup, Social, sora, Startups
Theresa Loconsolo is an audio producer at TechCrunch focusing on Equity, the network’s flagship podcast. Before joining TechCrunch in 2022, she was one of 2 producers at a four-station conglomerate where she wrote, recorded, voiced and edited content, and engineered live performances and interviews from guests like lovelytheband. Theresa is based in New Jersey and holds a bachelors degree in Communication from Monmouth University.
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