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Hey fam 👋 Luis & Rui here with your Monday dose of AI.
Bernie Sanders is calling for a halt to all AI data center construction. Meanwhile, OpenAI is desperately hunting for someone to predict AI disasters before they happen, and they’re offering an amazing salary for the stress.
Grab your coffee, this one is heavy.
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The Big Story: 🛑 Bernie Sanders Wants to Hit Pause on AI Data Centers
What Happened: Senator Bernie Sanders is pushing for a nationwide moratorium on AI data center construction, warning that billionaires like Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos are racing ahead without considering the consequences for working families.
The Analysis:
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💰 The Dollar Value: Data centers are sprouting up across America, with some consuming as much electricity as entire cities, raising power bills for local communities while tech companies rake in profits.
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⚠️ The Threat: Sanders points to his October report showing AI could eliminate nearly 100 million US jobs in the next decade, hitting nurses, truck drivers, accountants, and teaching assistants especially hard.
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📢 The Quote: “This process is moving very quickly, and we need to slow it down,” Sanders said. “A moratorium will give democracy a chance to catch up.”
The Takeaway: Whether you agree with Sanders or not, he’s raising a critical question: who gets to decide how fast AI transforms society?
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The Best of the Rest 🌍
💀 Sam Altman is hiring someone with a huge salary to predict AI disasters, with the warning: “This will be a stressful job and you’ll jump into the deep end immediately.” (continue reading)
🗑️ YouTube is now 20% AI slop: A new study found that 20% of videos shown to new YouTube users are low-quality AI-generated content that has collectively generated $117 million in revenue. (continue reading)
🤝 Groq and Nvidia just became friends: Groq signed a non-exclusive licensing deal with Nvidia for its AI inference technology, with Groq’s founders joining Nvidia while the company continues operating independently. (continue reading)
🎻 Google AI ruined a musician’s career: Canadian fiddler Ashley MacIsaac had a concert canceled after Google’s AI falsely labeled him a sex offender by confusing him with someone else. (continue reading)
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Career & Capital 💼
AI Job Board
🏦 Granica: Research Engineer – Applied AI – $160,000 – $250,000 (view job)
🔵 Meta: AI Research Scientist – $147,000 – $208,000 (view job)
🧠 Google DeepMind: AI for Secure Code – $141,000 – $291,000 (view job)
Investments in AI
💰 The $84B AI Story: The top 10 U.S. AI funding rounds of 2025 collectively raised $84 billion, led by OpenAI’s $40B, Anthropic’s $13B, and xAI’s $10B. (link)
🇮🇳 India Startup Funding: Hit $11B in 2025 as investors grow more selective, focusing on quality over quantity in AI and tech ventures. (link)
🇸🇦 NewEra AI: Saudi startup raises $2.1M to scale its AI consulting platform across the Middle East. (link)
That’s a wrap for today’s AI Break 🙌
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