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US tech firms pledge at White House to bear costs of energy for datacenters

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Re: US tech firms pledge at White House to bear costs of energy for datacenters

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Post by AdieuToLogic »

techblueberry wrote: post #2

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Using Claude to provide a legal definition of "pledge" is unconvincing at best.

> What are the legal protections of a “pledge”?

To answer that question is to first agree upon the legal definition of "pledge":

  pledge
  
  v. to deposit personal property as security for a personal 
  loan of money. If the loan is not repaid when due, the 
  personal property pledged shall be forfeit to the lender. 
  The property is known as collateral. To pledge is the same 
  as to pawn. 2) to promise to do something.[0]
Without careful review of the document signed, it is impossible to verify which form of the above is applicable in this case.

> A pledge is a public commitment or statement of intent, not a binding legal contract.

This very well may be incorrect in this context and serves an exemplar as to why relying upon statistical document generation is not a recommended legal strategy.

0 - https://dictionary.law.com/Default.aspx?selected=1544

Re: US tech firms pledge at White House to bear costs of energy for datacenters

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Post by SpicyLemonZest »

techblueberry wrote: post #2

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I don't think there's any mechanism in US law for anyone to make a binding promise about terms they plan to include in contracts they might sign with unspecified local governments in the future.

Congress could pass a new law requiring it, of course, but I think we all understand that this would not accomplish the administration's real goal of letting Trump prove he's the specialest boy and everyone has to give him what he wants.

Re: US tech firms pledge at White House to bear costs of energy for datacenters

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Post by techblueberry »

AdieuToLogic wrote: post #5
techblueberry wrote: post #2

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Using Claude to provide a legal definition of "pledge" is unconvincing at best. > What are the legal protections of a “pledge”? To answer that question is to first agree upon the legal definition of "pledge": pledge v. to deposit personal property as security for a personal loan of money. If the loan is not repaid when due, the personal property pledged shall be forfeit to the lender. The property is known as collate…

Wait, we know it’s not your definition, because it’s inapplicable.

Re: US tech firms pledge at White House to bear costs of energy for datacenters

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Post by glaucon »

SpicyLemonZest wrote: post #6
techblueberry wrote: post #2

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I don't think there's any mechanism in US law for anyone to make a binding promise about terms they plan to include in contracts they might sign with unspecified local governments in the future. Congress could pass a new law requiring it, of course, but I think we all understand that this would not accomplish the administration's real goal of letting Trump prove he's the specialest boy and everyone has to give him wh…

| Congress could pass a new law requiring it, of course, but I think we all understand that this would not accomplish the administration's real goal of letting Trump prove he's the specialest boy and everyone has to give him what he wants.

... plus it would require "tech firms" to actually modify their behaviour and that would never do.

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