The Download: a bid to scrap the virtual wall and AI hits Climate Week

Congressional representative Delia Ramirez has introduced legislation to terminate the U.S. border surveillance tower program, citing an MIT Technology Review investigation that found 1,100 deaths within the towers’ advertised range between 2015 and 2026. The report, titled “Dying on Camera,” documents that nearly one-in-four deaths in the study area occurred within tower coverage. Meanwhile, AI remains a central, contentious topic at this year’s New York Climate Week, with debates over its environmental impact and cost.