AI
Is There Momentum to Ban AI, Screens Inside Minnesota Schools?
The largest school districts in New York and California just enacted AI moratoriums and screen restrictions for younger learners. Local parent groups say it's time to do the same.
MN Restaurants Are Addicted to AI Slop Advertising—Is It Even Legal?
We asked a lawyer all about it.
RacketCast, Ep. 53: Fighting Google’s Data Center Feat. Pine Island Residents Aubree Derksen & Nicole Mills
Google pissed off Pine Island, and now the rural Minnesota community is punching back hard.
AI, Journalism, and Human Thought/Expression: The Racket Editorial Take
TL;DR: Racket will always remain a proudly AI-free shop. Here's why.
‘It’s David vs. Goliath’: Inside the Fight to Kill Google’s Secrecy-Shrouded Hermantown Data Center
After local officials nuked public trust by signing NDAs, a grassroots movement emerged to stop the tech giant’s sprawling, $650 million hyperscale complex in suburban Duluth.
My Strange Morning at MN’s Buggy ‘AI-Driven Networking’ Experiment
United We Transform bills itself as 'an unconventional gathering of Minnesotans shaping and accelerating a new economy,' and promises attendees will make '10 meaningful connections.' Here's our reporter's journey into the glitchy future of corporate schmoozing.








