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Chicago has long been one of the top markets for data centers, but it's losing ground because of fears that BIPA could leave AI companies vulnerable to costly class-action lawsuits If they gather or use biometric information without consent in operating or training their software. The shift threatens Chicago's status and could cost it thousands of jobs and billions in investment at a time when construction activity is weakening.
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
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The plaintiffs’ lawyers in Illinois will never let their Democrat lapdogs eliminate the right of individuals to enforce the law — and therefore the right of said plaintiffs’ lawyers to collect fees. The data centers can decide whether this litigation tax is worth it.
This is a pathetic attempt by Crain’s to encourage IL to grab personal data. Crain’s should instead be holding Pritzker accountable to enact real education reform and build factories for all the ones that left. Instead they tout the easy buck to sell information and pillage local resources (like power and water) to support these centers – they don’t even suggest someone should worry about the ramifications. Crain’s needs new editors.
Discouraging business is what Illinois does best.