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Elon Musk’s xAI accused of pollution over Memphis supercomputer

25 avril 2025 à 04:09

Hearing scheduled for Friday as residents say AI company has distributed leaflets that downplay pollution dangers

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company is stirring controversy in Memphis, Tennessee. That’s where he’s building a massive supercomputer to power his company xAI. Community residents and environmental activists say that since the supercomputer was fired up last summer it has become one of the biggest air polluters in the county. But some local officials have championed the billionaire, saying he’s investing in Memphis.

The first public hearing with the health department is scheduled for Friday, where county officials will hear from all sides of the debate. In the run-up to the hearing, secretive fliers claiming xAI has low emissions were sent to residents of historically Black neighborhoods; at the same time, environmental groups have been amassing data about how much pollution the AI company is likely generating.

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© Photograph: Steve Jones/Flight by Southwings for Southern Environmental Law Center

© Photograph: Steve Jones/Flight by Southwings for Southern Environmental Law Center

‘They excavated a nightclub!’: uncovering Black British history beyond London – podcast

From struggles over miscarriages of justice to groundbreaking music, Lanre Bakare looks at the places and events that shaped Black Britain in the Thatcher years

When Guardian arts and culture correspondent Lanre Bakare was growing up, he learned the same Black British history as many of us did. It was a series of singular events: the docking of the Windrush in 1948, unrest in Notting Hill or Brixton, the murder of Stephen Lawrence. All important, but all firmly focused on the capital.

Now Lanre has written a book about the Thatcher years, looking at the stories that are less often told: those that took place outside London, in Liverpool – with the oldest Black community in the UK – or in his home town of Bradford.

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© Illustration: Joe Plimmer/Guardian Pictures/BBC, John Deakin/Getty, John Akomfrah, David Levene, Chris Steele-Perkins/Magnum Photos, Don McPhee, Hulton Deutsch, Evening Standard, Trinity Mirror, Gary Weaser

© Illustration: Joe Plimmer/Guardian Pictures/BBC, John Deakin/Getty, John Akomfrah, David Levene, Chris Steele-Perkins/Magnum Photos, Don McPhee, Hulton Deutsch, Evening Standard, Trinity Mirror, Gary Weaser

Trump news at a glance: president berates Putin; judge blocks changes to voting rights

25 avril 2025 à 03:22

US renews push to end Ukraine war, reportedly on terms favourable to Russia – key US politics stories from 24 April

During his election campaign Donald Trump had promised to end the war in 24 hours. But almost 100 days into his second term the US president has appealed directly to Russian president Vladimir Putin, telling him on social media: “Vladimir, STOP!”

Trump’s remarks referred to the deadliest attack on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv this year, which killed 12 people and injured at least 90 on Thursday. The attack comes as Trump has made a renewed push to end the Ukraine war, reportedly on terms favourable to Russia.

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© Photograph: Leah Millis/Reuters

© Photograph: Leah Millis/Reuters

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