AI’s reality check has finally arrived

# AI's Reality Check Has Arrived AI companies like OpenAI are backtracking on dire predictions about job losses, with executives now admitting they overstated how quickly AI would replace workers—a shift that's partly motivated by public backlash threatening to block new data center projects. Communities that were tempted by tax incentives to host massive AI facilities are now pushing back, with lawmakers in places like Pennsylvania moving to halt or restrict these projects due to concerns about job displacement and energy use. After years of hype about AI's transformative power, the industry is discovering that public resistance to the technology is real enough to slow its expansion.