by Isaac Cubillos | Jul 7, 2026 | AI
If you only read the headlines, you’d think America has decided artificial intelligence is the next great menace. That’s not what the numbers say. A new national survey conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago for Athena Insights found that about...
by Isaac Cubillos | Jul 4, 2026 | AI
Every few days another meme makes the rounds claiming to expose the “truth” about artificial intelligence. This week’s version goes something like this: India has three times as many internet users as the United States but only about 153 data...
by Isaac Cubillos | Jul 3, 2026 | AI
If you’d wandered into the Marietta, Ga., planning meeting without knowing the agenda, you might have thought someone was proposing to build the Death Star. People spoke of “the data center” the way previous generations whispered about nuclear...
by Isaac Cubillos | Jul 2, 2026 | AI
A journalist develops an annoying habit after enough years in the business. We don’t stop reading when everyone else does. We follow the footnotes. This week someone posted an infographic titled “Water and Data Centers: The Least Understood Risk.” It...
by Isaac Cubillos | Jun 30, 2026 | Journal
Last year, I found myself in several debates with Trump supporters over birthright citizenship. I kept coming back to the same two words. All persons. Not “all citizens.” Not “all legal residents.” Not “all persons whose parents entered...
