There’s also a populist backlash, with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) recently laying down a marker by proposing a total moratorium on the construction of the data centers powering the AI boom. AI companies and researchers aligned with this view have launched their own nonprofit groups and super PACs, and are expected to spend $50 million on the midterms. AdvertisementBut it’s not just the tech industry that could view opposition to data centers as a red flag. The assemblyman also has AI industry supporters of his own ― some of whom helped raise money for Hochul while she was considering the RAISE Act ― and he could soon see support from Public First. AdvertisementThe AI industry’s ads attacking Bores allude to this split, linking supporters of regulation to a particularly infamous adherent of effective altruism.

Source: Huffington Post December 31, 2025 15:13 UTC