OpenAI’s George Osborne states datacentre nimbys holding back Britain
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The Guardian — World has reported on “OpenAI’s George Osborne states datacentre nimbys holding back Britain,” presenting it as the central development in the source material available for this brief.
Former chancellor, now senior figure at OpenAI, states UK needs datacentres to maintain ‘sovereignty’ over AI tech UK politics live – latest updates Datacentre nimbys are holding Britain back, George Osborne has stated in reaction to nationwide protests about the giant water- and energy-guzzling structures. The report also notes that The former Tory chancellor is now the head of AI for countries at OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT. His job is to represent the company to governments around the world and he also has a role in enabling the building of datacentres and other infrastructure.
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