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Scotland is drawing a hard line on data centers, and the resistance is unlike anything planners say they've seen before. Communities across the country are pushing back against proposals citing energy consumption, water use, and the strain on local infrastructure — raising serious questions about where the physical backbone of AI actually gets built, and who pays the price.
Meanwhile, in the United States, a quieter but equally significant story is unfolding around AI and law enforcement. A teardown of the FBI's Terrorist Screening Center sources-sought document reveals just how demanding the government's requirements for traceable AI lineage really are — every training decision, every data source, every model version expected to be documented and defensible. That is a high bar, and it signals where federal AI accountability standards may be heading.
And on the consumer side, new research suggests screen time at ages one and six shapes child development in ways parents may be significantly underestimating. The findings point to specific developmental windows where exposure patterns appear to have lasting effects — a reminder that the devices we design for adults are living inside very young lives.
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