Big Tech braces for a bluer Washington
More than 130 Democratic candidates have run anti-tech ads this cycle, according to data shared first with Semafor. More than 130 Democratic candidates have run anti-tech ads this cycle, according to data shared first with Semafor, as the party capitalizes on growing public resentment against AI and the White House’s light-touch approach. Tech firms have rushed to staff up with Democrats in preparation for the shifting balance of power, which could portend a regulatory sea change: Silicon Valley-aligned groups have spent tens of millions of dollars against a Democrat opposed to data centers in an Ohio race that even Asian tech suppliers are closely watching. Meanwhile, OpenAI recently hired the president’s former Army secretary, “a good reminder that [Donald] Trump remains president for another two years,” Semafor’s Ashley Gold wrote: “ An eternity in AI time.”
More than 130 Democratic candidates have run anti-tech ads this cycle, according to data shared first with Semafor. More than 130 Democratic candidates have run anti-tech ads this cycle, according to data shared first with Semafor, as the party capitalizes on growing public resentment against AI and the White House’s light-touch approach. Tech firms have rushed to staff up with Democrats in preparation for the shifting balance of power, which could portend a regulatory sea change: Silicon Valley-aligned groups have spent tens of millions of dollars against a Democrat opposed to data centers in an Ohio race that even Asian tech suppliers are closely watching.
Meanwhile, OpenAI recently hired the president’s former Army secretary, “a good reminder that [Donald] Trump remains president for another two years,” Semafor’s Ashley Gold wrote: “ An eternity in AI time.”