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Hundreds of people attended a pro-AI party in DC on September 26, in what the organizers called a counterprogram to the "bipartisan psychosis" over data centers

The Loudoun County Iced Tea, an homage to Virginia's "data center alley," was peach-forward and watery, with a flat finish.

Hundreds of people attended a pro-AI party in DC on September 26, in what the organizers called a counterprogram to the "bipartisan psychosis" over data centers

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The Washington Sun — Hundreds of people attended a pro-AI party in DC on September 26, in what the organizers called a counterprogram to the "bipartisan psychosis" over data centers ↗

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