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A new poll from the New York Times and Siena University puts a number on something politicians have been dancing around — sixty-one percent of likely voters oppose building new data centers to power artificial intelligence. That's a striking majority, yet neither party has staked out a clear position, leaving a real political vacuum around one of the fastest-growing industries in the country.
Turning to a different kind of technology story, Britain's advertising watchdog has banned ads for AI apps it says promoted the objectification of women, declaring zero tolerance for tools that sexualize or demean. It's a rare moment of regulatory clarity in a space that has largely outpaced the rule-makers, and it signals that AI's social costs are increasingly becoming a matter of public enforcement, not just private concern.
And from Poland, defense manufacturer WB Group has unveiled a new loitering munition called Gladius Two, carrying a thirty-kilogram warhead and a flattened wing shape that deliberately echoes the American B-two stealth bomber. The design isn't aesthetic — it's functional, borrowing decades of stealth aviation geometry to reduce radar visibility on the modern battlefield.
Those are today's signals worth watching. Keep surfing. Tech Beat out.
