An 82-year-old woman in Kentucky turned down a $26 million proposal from an AI company planning to establish a data center on her land. Although the same company may seek to rezone 2,000 acres nearby, as AI infrastructure continues to integrate into everyday life, the world is beginning to push back.

This week’s tension is omnipresent, from OpenAI discontinuing its Sora application to courts finally taking action against social media platforms like Meta. In this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Sean O’Kane investigate how the AI hype phase collides with reality.

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