Allegations that China is behind US data center protests draw criticism from allies of the AI industry, who say the industry and politicians are in denial
Claims that China and overseas propaganda drive Americans to rise up against data centers are based on scant evidence. — Summary
“'This is like gaslighting 101,' Kyle Schmidt, a three-time Trump voter who organized neighbors to fight a Google data center outside Tulsa, said of the suggestion by O'Leary and the Trump administration that campaigns like his are part of a foreign plot.”
I don't know why you need to point to “nefarious accounts” to understand AI backlash. The founder of the leading model company just flew to Europe to hold a press conference with the Pope & said all the same negative things. The caller is in the house.
“Shark Tank” star Kevin O'Leary claimed “nefarious accounts out of the country” linked to China were driving the backlash to the construction of his data center in Salt Lake City, by flooding Utah with false claims in a foreign-backed influence campaign. https://www.washingtonpos…