A new global map of the AI future

Vili Lehdonvirta , a Finnish researcher based at Oxford , has mapped the world’s largest cloud computing data centers.

The map is poised to take on outsized importance as AI becomes a focal point of global economic and geopolitical competition.

The future is in capital-intensive industries, not knowledge-intensive.

Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin are urging policymakers to force social media companies to change their business models.

The Center for Humane Technology is proposing to slow down on the use of artificial intelligence.

Harris: The faster they go, the more jobs they’re going to displace, and the more intellectual property issues will come up.

The U.K. ’s Competition and Markets Authority is sounding the alarm this morning about industry consolidation.

With weak competition “people and businesses could be harmed, both immediately, and over the longer term” The report presents a list of guiding principles to encourage competition, and its authors say they plan to consult with civil society groups.