AI Side Notes with Sharon Goldman

A Michigan farm town voted against an AI data center. Two days later, a zoning lawsuit changed everything

In my latest deep-dive for Fortune, a battle in Saline Township shows how quickly local land-use fights are becoming front lines in the global race to…

May 7 • Sharon Goldman

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Tech has been killing my jobs for decades. I'm still here.

Somehow, I ended up covering the thing that's supposed to kick most of us to the curb.

May 2 • Sharon Goldman

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April 2026

My sister’s anatomy test reveals what AI image models still don’t understand

The latest AI image systems, like OpenAI's Images-2, can generate beautiful visuals. But when it comes to structured knowledge like the human body, they…

Apr 27 • Sharon Goldman

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After the attack on Sam Altman, anti-AI groups took center stage. I took a closer look at two of them

Pause AI and Stop AI say they reject violence—but the full picture is more complicated.

Apr 19 • Sharon Goldman

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Anthropic's Claude Code isn't ready for the rest of us. Not even close.

Developers told me I could get going in just a few minutes. They were right — but only with my developer husband by my side.

Apr 12 • Sharon Goldman

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Preparing for AI conference overload in SF

Or should I just get on that plane to Fiji?

Apr 6 • Sharon Goldman

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March 2026

What 4000 words on a Meta AI data center says about journalism right now

In an era of AI-generated everything, the value of being there in person is only increasing

Mar 28 • Sharon Goldman

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AI is bigger than the companies building it

The further AI moves into the real world—into infrastructure, security, work, and politics—the more complicated the story becomes

Mar 21 • Sharon Goldman

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On the road again, following the AI data center trail

From Michigan to Texas, two more rural communities grappling with mega AI data centers planned for their farmland

Mar 14 • Sharon Goldman

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AI Side Chat Vol 4: Data Center Richness' Rich Miller on the AI data center boom

For my fourth AI Side Chat, I chatted with Rich Miller about what to expect in 2026

Mar 11 • Sharon Goldman

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February 2026

Oops, I missed it again

Being immersed in AI still hasn’t made its turning points any easier to predict

Feb 26 • Sharon Goldman

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The messy reality of running AI agents

AI agents that work while you sleep? For now, it's more like a toddler who needs supervision

Feb 23 • Sharon Goldman

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