The AI Divide: A Growing Reckoning for Tech's Biggest Names The recent G20 gathering in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, highlighted a stark disconnect between the tech industry's self image as a benevolent force and the growing public unease with its impact.
As CEOs like OpenAI's Sam Altman and Nvidia's Jensen Huang touted AI's benefits and infrastructure needs, hundreds of protesters gathered outside to voice their concerns about data centers, pollution, and job displacement.
Protests against data centers have become increasingly common nationwide.