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AI and data centres: what now?

Martin Geissler hears about a Holyrood vote on blocking the construction of new AI data centres - and the latest warning about artificial intelligence.

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Jacob Coxon (pictured), who quit AI giant Anthropic, has said people working on artifical intelligence are鈥済enuinely frightened鈥� by its advances.

As MSPs prepare to vote on a Scottish Greeen motion to block the construction of new AI data centres, we talk to the the 麻豆社鈥檚 Graham Fraser and Joe Tidy.

Scotcast is the 麻豆社鈥檚 Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by Martin Geissler.

Get in touch: scotcast@bbc.co.uk

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