By Quentin Young | editor
“I think generative AI is completely useless and discourages critical thought, research, and learning in general in every age group.”
– Survey respondent from Boulder
Construction on a data center expansion at the QTS site in Aurora is pictured last month. (Photo by Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline)
By Sara Wilson
Two-thirds of Coloradans have an unfavorable opinion of artificial intelligence, with younger people the most strongly opposed to it, as global AI leaders call for a development slowdown and push for safety controls. A newly-released survey found that 81% of people between 18 and 44 years old do not like AI, compared to 55% of people between 45 and 64 years old and 49% of people over the age of 65. Sixty percent said they had used AI tools in the previous year. Release of the survey immediately follows a shakeup in attitudes of global leaders on AI.
Georgia Power’s Plant Bowen, a coal-fired power station in Bartow County, Georgia, on July 28,2026. (Photo by Alander Rocha/Georgia Recorder)
By Jacob Fischler
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will revoke limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants that run on coal and natural gas, according to regulatory documents Administrator Lee Zeldin signed Monday. The administration framed the action to repeal 2024 limits on greenhouse gas emissions from virtually all power plants other than wind, solar or hydro-powered as lowering energy costs, which the war with Iran has driven up, as energy producers will save at least $310 million on compliance. The move could produce a tenfold increase in coal power, the agency said.
Missouri Republican state Rep. Cecelie Williams, flanked by Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe and Democratic state Rep. Raychel Proudie, speaks in April about legislation that clarifies the right to divorce while pregnant. In recent decades, most of the states that have tweaked their divorce laws have made it easier, not harder, to get one. But that may be changing. (Photo by Steph Quinn/Missouri Independent)
By Anna Claire Vollers
National attention has returned to state divorce laws, which have remained mostly static since 2010, when New York became the last state to allow no-fault divorce. In the years since, most of the states that have tweaked their divorce laws have made it easier, not harder, to get one. Now that could be changing. In recent years, more conservatives have turned to divorce as a “family values” talking point, with some pushing to make it harder for couples to divorce. By doing so, they’ve relaunched a national conversation that would have been nearly unthinkable just a few years ago.
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