Technology

As Data Center Demand Surges, the Grid Can’t Kick Its Gas Habit

Deep Vakil / Inside Climate News Sep 15, 2025 Big Tech’s AI frenzy is leaving the power grid stuck in natural gas-fueled inertia and slowing the arrival of clean energy projects. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

TD Column

Where’s a Moral Panic When You Need One?

Jeb Lund / Truthdig Aug 29, 2025 Sold as The Answer to Everything, AI has become a factory of custom manias, faux-companionship and typo-free teenage suicide notes. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Technology

AI ‘Slop’ Is the Latest Face of Climate Denial

Joey Grostern / DeSmog Aug 28, 2025 MSN hosted AI-generated content downplaying the effects of climate change that cited nonexistent climate experts and institutions. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Editorial Cartoons

Happy Labor Day

Dave Granlund Aug 25, 2025 Dig deeper

TD Interview

Can AI Be Just?

Alistair Alexander / Truthdig Aug 22, 2025 A new activist network aims to challenge the human and ecological harms of AI production and develop a framework for accountability. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Opinion

The United States of Validation Addicts

Freddie deBoer / Truthdig Aug 15, 2025 We’ve built a society awash in narcissistic affirmation loops, where genuine competence, accountability and humility is scarce. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Editorial Cartoons

All-Consuming AI

Peter Kuper Jul 28, 2025 Dig deeper

Technology

AI Hype and the End of Innovation

Freddie deBoer / Truthdig Jun 9, 2025 Big Tech's place in culture — and the stock market — requires it to be something more profound than working tech. It needs to tell a story. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Prison Reform

New York’s Solution to Prison Staff Shortage: Hire Teenagers

Jimmy Iakovos / Filter May 14, 2025 If we can’t keep prisons properly staffed, maybe we should incarcerate fewer people. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Technology

Coders Want In on the Kill Chain

Nick Cleveland-Stout / Responsible Statecraft May 6, 2025 At a confab on Capitol Hill last week, Silicon Valley titans concluded they need to lobby like Lockheed. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Technology

Tech Backers to Oil Producers: AI Energy Demand Will Save Fossil Fuels

Sharon Kelly, Bailey Chambers / DeSmog Apr 22, 2025 An AI-fossil fuel axis is forming in the U.S. and Saudi Arabia as AI advocates pledge an endless need for energy — spelling disaster for the climate. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Technology

AI-Powered Surveillance Takes Off in Texas

Francesca D’Annunzio / Texas Observer Apr 1, 2025 Operation Lone Star has turbocharged surveillance capabilities in Texas. State lawmakers say they want to block the potential of an AI police state, but legislation has been modest. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )