Face aux projets de centres de données, des résistances s’organisent

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“L’enjeu, pour des associations comme PEPS, est aussi de sensibiliser à ce que l’ensemble de la chaîne de production provoque. « On organise beaucoup la mobilisation autour du Congo, explique Merlin Gautier-Marchand, parce que la construction des serveurs exige beaucoup d’or et de coltan », des matériaux extraits dans des conditions dramatiques – en 2023, Amnesty International calculait qu’environ 40 000 enfants travaillaient dans les mines de Cobalt, notamment autour de la ville de Kolwezi.”

Source : Face aux projets de centres de données, des résistances s’organisent – Next

Block Cuts 40% of Its Work Force Because of Its Embrace of A.I.

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“Mr. Dorsey said he did not believe that Block was the first company to realize that the rapid developments of A.I. would change businesses — nor that it would be the last. “I think most companies are late,” he wrote. “Within the next year, I believe the majority of companies will reach the same conclusion and make similar structural changes. I’d rather get there honestly and on our own terms than be forced into it reactively.””

Source : Block Cuts 40% of Its Work Force Because of Its Embrace of A.I. – The New York Times

How Burger King’s AI headsets are transforming employee interactions

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““It’s not about scoring individuals or enforcing scripts. It’s about reinforcing great hospitality and giving managers helpful, real-time insights so they can recognize their teams more effectively,” Burger King said in a statement. Burger King added that the key words are “one of many signals to help managers understand service patterns.” “We believe hospitality is fundamentally human. The role of this technology is to support our teams so they can stay present with guests,” Burger King said.”

Source : How Burger King’s AI headsets are transforming employee interactions | AP News

The data center rebellion is reshaping the political landscape

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“From Archbald, Pennsylvania, to Page, Arizona, tech firms are seeking to plunk down data centers in locations that sometimes are not zoned for such heavy industrial uses, within communities that had not planned for them. These supersize data centers can use more energy than entire cities and drain local water supplies. Anger over the perceived trampling of communities by Silicon Valley has entered the national political conversation and could affect voters of all political persuasions in this year’s midterm elections. Many of the residents fighting the project in Sand Springs voted for President Donald Trump three times and also backed Gov. J. Kevin Stitt (R), who implores tech firms to build in his state.”

Source : The data center rebellion is reshaping the political landscape – The Washington Post

Donald Trump ordonne à toutes les administrations US de rompre avec Anthropic

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“Dans son message, le président développe l’idée selon laquelle c’est la façon dont Anthropic porte atteinte à la démocratie qui justifie cette mise au ban. « Les États-Unis d’Amérique ne permettront jamais à une entreprise d’extrême gauche, adepte du woke, de dicter la manière dont nos forces armées mènent et gagnent les guerres ! Cette décision revient à votre commandant en chef et aux excellents dirigeants que je nomme pour diriger nos forces armées », écrit-il encore, principalement en majuscules.”

Source : Donald Trump ordonne à toutes les administrations US de rompre avec Anthropic – Next

Anthropic : aux Etats-Unis, le Pentagone adresse un ultimatum à la start-up pour lever les restrictions sur son IA

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“Le secrétaire à la défense américain, Pete Hegseth, a adressé, mardi 24 février, un ultimatum à la start-up d’intelligence artificielle (IA) Anthropic pour qu’elle lève toutes les restrictions à l’utilisation de son IA par le Pentagone. La jeune société californienne a jusqu’à vendredi à 23 h 01 (heure de Paris) pour s’exécuter, faute de quoi le ministre entend user d’une loi votée en 1950 qui permet de forcer une entreprise privée à produire des biens pour la défense nationale. M. Hegseth entend également, en cas de refus, faire inscrire Anthropic sur la liste des sociétés qui présentent « un risque pour les approvisionnements ».”

Source : Anthropic : aux Etats-Unis, le Pentagone adresse un ultimatum à la start-up pour lever les restrictions sur son IA

Amazon service was taken down by AI coding bot

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“Amazon’s cloud unit has suffered at least two outages due to errors involving its own AI tools, leading some employees to raise doubts about the US tech giant’s push to roll out these coding assistants. Amazon Web Services experienced a 13-hour interruption to one system used by its customers in mid-December after engineers allowed its Kiro AI coding tool to make certain changes, according to four people familiar with the matter. The people said the agentic tool, which can take autonomous actions on behalf of users, determined that the best course of action was to “delete and recreate the environment”. ”

Source : Amazon service was taken down by AI coding bot

« Harry Potter », « Le Petit Prince », Elton John ou Amel Bent : les multiples infractions au droit d’auteur de Mistral AI

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“Mediapart révèle que la start-up française a utilisé des œuvres protégées par le droit d’auteur pour entraîner son modèle d’intelligence artificielle. L’entreprise peut aussi piller, malgré les interdictions, des données disponibles en ligne. Par exemple celles de médias, dont Mediapart.”

Source : « Harry Potter », « Le Petit Prince », Elton John ou Amel Bent : les multiples infractions au droit d’auteur de Mistral AI | Mediapart

AI Impact Summit Declaration, New Delhi (February 18 – 19, 2026)

 

“ We, the participants from countries and international organizations, gathered in New Delhi on 19 February 2026 to hold the AI Impact Summit. The advent of AI marks an inflection point in the trajectory of technological evolution. The choices that we make today will shape the AI-enabled world that future generations will inherit.
This calls for further international cooperation and multistakeholder engagement across our countries along the seven Chakras (pillars) of the AI Impact Summit centred around the principles of :
– development of human capital;
– broadening access for social empowerment;
– trustworthiness of AI systems;
– energy efficiency of AI systems;
– use of AI in science;
– democratizing AI resources;
– use of AI for economic growth and social good”.

Source : AI Impact Summit Declaration, New Delhi (February 18 – 19, 2026)

Internet slams Sam Altman over his ‘reminder’ to everyone that humans use a lot of energy

 

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“ »One of the things that is always unfair in this comparison is people talk about how much energy it takes to train an AI model relative to how much it costs a human to do one inference query. But it also takes a lot of energy to train a human. It takes like 20 years of life and all of the food you eat during that time before you get smart, » Altman argued.
« And not only that, it took like the very widespread evolution of the hundred billion people that have ever lived and learned not to get eaten by predators and learned how to like figure out science and whatever to produce you and then you took whatever you you know you took. So the fair comparison is if you ask ChatGPT a question, how much energy does it take once its model is trained to answer that question versus a human? And probably AI has already caught up on an energy efficiency basis measured that way, » he added.”

Source : Internet slams Sam Altman over his ‘reminder’ to everyone that humans use a lot of … – The Times of India

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