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Brian Merchant

@bcmerchant

author: BLOOD IN THE MACHINE and THE ONE DEVICE editor: TERRAFORM formerly: LA Times tech columnist, Motherboard, etc

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Los Angeles, CA bloodinthemachine.com Joined August 2008
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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant
The timing of this announcement turned out to be comically bad for Google. At the moment when populist rage at big tech has never been clearer, Google decides to openly threaten schools if they don’t use their AI.

Which new elected wants an out-of-the-box, winning-issue crusade?
Dana Goldstein @DanaGoldstein 4d
Breaking: Google will turn off web search for schools that opt out of A.I. for kids.

nytimes.com/2026/11/03/us/…
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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant
If the election results have shown us anything so far, it's that embracing a big tech-led framework for "responsible data center development" would be a great way to immediately torch all of your freshly acquired goodwill and political capital
jae holzman @jaeporeon 4d
crazy wild scoop from @RachelFrazin amidst election night news: big tech (microsoft, google, amazon) and major environmental nonprofits (sierra club, lcv, nrdc) are apparently in talks for a framework on responsible data center development

thehill.com/policy/energy-…
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