US tech companies are offering community investments, guaranteed jobs, and hosting open houses to address concerns and win public support for AI data centers (Wall Street Journal)

US tech firms are holding listening sessions, pledging community investments, guaranteeing local jobs and organizing open-house tours to secure public backing for new AI data centers. OpenAI is simultaneously testing a Private Safety Processing method that detects misuse patterns while retaining zero data-retention safeguards for its most advanced models.