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As America marks the 250th anniversary of a group of revolutionaries deciding to shape their country’s future, new technology is raising questions ([link removed]) about how much control people will have over making a living during the next 250 years.

Recent data shows that AI isn’t currently erasing Pittsburgh job sectors, but experts warn there could eventually be greater acceptance of “bad jobs,” or work without stable pay, hours or security.

Read the latest ([link removed]) in our Pittsburgh250 series.

✍️ Newsletter written by Charlie Wolfson ([link removed]) ,

Public Source local government reporter & newsletter editor


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** Pittsburgh’s AI future depends on who controls the changing nature of work ([link removed])
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Local experts say automation may ease burnout and dangerous tasks, but its gains depend on training, labor power and employer choices.
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Data centers could brown the landscape, or green the power sector ([link removed]) — A Western Pennsylvania environment shaped by 150 years of heavy industry now braces for the data center revolution. Rightsizing and the realities of the energy and water markets may change the AI industry’s plans.

UPMC’s profits return and executive pay increases as expansion efforts continue ([link removed]) — Looming federal cuts and recent layoffs point to challenges ahead, even as Pittsburgh’s biggest healthcare network expands into Ohio.


** IN OTHER NEWS
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→ Kroger to purchase Giant Eagle for $1.65 billion ([link removed]) (TribLIVE)

→ Pittsburgh's historic Black opera house gets big restoration grant ([link removed]) (WESA)

→ Pa. budget negotiations to drag past deadline, Independence Day holiday ([link removed]) (Pennsylvania Capital-Star)


** TODAY IN HISTORY 📅
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Today is July 2.

89 years ago, 1937: Aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first round-the-world flight along the equator. (AP)

115 years ago, 1911: Pittsburgh saw its hottest day in 10 years as temperatures reportedly reached 100 degrees, causing a day “of death and prostration in Pittsburgh and vicinity.” (Post-Gazette)

145 years ago, 1881: President James A. Garfield was shot by Charles J. Guiteau at the Washington, D.C. railroad station; Garfield died the following September. (Guiteau was hanged in June 1882.) (AP)


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🎇 Pittsburgh Independence Day celebration ([link removed]) and fireworks 4 p.m. Saturday | North Shore, Point State Park and Grandview Park | Fireworks at 9:35 p.m. | Free

⚽ Riverhounds soccer game ([link removed]) 7 p.m. Saturday | FNB Stadium, South Shore | Includes view of city fireworks |

🏆 World Cup Fan Zone ([link removed]) July 4, 5, 9, 19 | Acrisure Stadium, North Shore | Free

🎻 Patriotic orchestra performance and drone show ([link removed]) 7:30 Sunday | Hartwood Acres Park Amphitheater | Free

🎸 Free retro rock concert ([link removed]) 7:30 p.m. July 10 | South Park Amphitheater | The Heavy Heavy

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