The Verge AI reporting · 16h ago · 2/5
AI backlash is coming for elections ↗
Americans express widespread concerns about AI, with communities blocking data center projects and social media anger at AI companies intensifying. Polling shows over 60 percent of both Republicans and Democrats support government regulation of AI for economic stability and public safety, with majorities favoring slower development. However, AI remains a peripheral issue in most political campaigns despite this public sentiment.
when you just ask folks, 'what's on your mind?' AI and data centers aren't rising to the top of the list — at least not yet
they've never seen an issue rise up those ranks faster than AI