2026 election breakdown: Americans vote down data centers, AI and oligarchy

A very special roundtable on the 2026 midterms, aka the anti-AI elections, featuring Molly White, Dave Karpf, and Sophie Song.

To discuss what the election means for AI, the tech lobby, data centers and beyond, for the podcast this week Brian Merchant gathered a panel of journalists, academics, and tech critics, including Molly White of Citation Needed and Tech Influence Watch, Dave Karpf, a professor at the School of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University (and author of the forthcoming book Vaporware, Inc), and Sophie Song, a Data Center Policy Fellow at the AI Now Institute.

Listen to the full podcast episode here.

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