Amazon comes out swinging against data center moratoriums, warning the 'consequences would last generations'

Pope Leo XIV utilized X/Twitter to criticize the hollowness of AI art, urging the public to support human artists. Simultaneously, Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman spoke against data center moratoriums in the US. Garman warned that the consequences of such restrictions would last for generations, suggesting that the United States could be writing its own losing ticket in the current race, while drawing parallels to strategic learnings from World War II to emphasize the urgency.