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Democracy blindsides Silicon Valley’s power players looking to transform the world with AI

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‘The push against datacenters speaks to the frustration of people who don’t feel they are making the choices in their lives’ The Stanford ethicist Rob Reich was once invited to a dinner organized by a Silicon Valley mogul to discuss what a state desi…

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  • Reported by The Guardian and published Sun, 27 Sep 2026 11:00:03 UTC.

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