NEW YORK (AP) – No large data centers can be built in New York for up to a year as the state creates rules to protect the environment and its energy grid from the power-hungry facilities fueling artificial intelligence.

BRUSSELS (AP) – A top European Union official on Monday called for limits to be placed on children using social media as a special EU panel looking into the challenge recommended forbidding access for those under 13 until tech companies can prove their platforms are safe.

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad:

NEW YORK (AP) – Twelve states challenged Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery on Monday, filing a lawsuit that argues the $81 billion mega merger would “extinguish competition” in Hollywood and threaten jobs across the industry.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Hundreds of economists say in an open letter that institutions “must act now” to address how artificial intelligence could transform the economy and could put many people out of work.

WASHINGTON (AP) – Judge says Trump lawsuit against IRS was filed for ‘improper purpose’ and refers attorneys for disciplinary action. The ruling from U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams amounts to a stinging rebuke of the Republican president’s lawsuit, characterizing it as an exercise in self-dealing in which he sued an entity that is effectively under his control.

WASHINGTON (AP) – American consumers – and the Federal Reserve – are being hit with another high-cost headache. The gusher of investment in data centers – likely topping $700 billion this year – to power artificial intelligence has made memory chips, computer processors and other equipment, as well as electricity, more expensive.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that Iranian ships will no longer be able to travel through the Strait of Hormuz and America would charge a 20% toll on other countries’ eligible cargo, escalating tensions after weekend of attacks by both nations to assert control of the critical waterway.