Amala Ekpunobi

We'll also dive into some recent controversies regarding data centers.

As national and local backlash against data center construction increases, some electricians are even refusing to work on them.

And they're not alone.

A group of Amazon workers claim they are being investigated for speaking out in favor of regulation.

And later in the show, we'll get an update on how the talks between Anthropic and the government seem to be improving now that CEO Dario Amadai isn't in the room.

I have so many thoughts immediately.

One, Andrew Garfield.

We knew that.

We knew it was always going to be him.

Like, playing whiny tech bros is absolutely in his wheelhouse.

Yeah, but like the thing is, is I kind of hate A24.

Like it's already like so programmatic anyway.

I'm like, ah, yes, another film in this exact like sepia tone that has like these exact actors playing these exact roles.

The minute that I saw that it was A24 getting into bed with Google DeepMind, I was like, perfect.

This was like already an algorithm waiting to happen.

Of course, they're going to give it to the bots.

Film industry trying to cozy up to AI.

There are other people that hate it for all sorts of different reasons, too, beyond creativity concerns.

There is an ongoing pattern that we've been keeping an eye on, the sustained and increasing backlash against data centers across the country.

Today, more than 40% of homes in the U.S.