AI on the ballot? Voters in US midterms revolt against data centres
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Issued on: 21/10/2026 - 00:45Modified: 21/10/2026 - 10:31
Play (43:36 min) From the show
Two weeks out from the US midterm elections, there's bipartisan pushback against data centres that suck the water and power out of communities. Just two years ago, ChatGPT was still a brand-new thing, and AI was admired with awe by most voters. Like in 2024, the hot-button issue in swing constituencies remains inflation, or "the price of eggs". But anxiety over the end of the month is now coupled with anxiety over the end of the world.
In 2026, AI bots and large language models write papers and churn out campaign ads. We ask about calls for regulation despite fierce resistance from tech billionaires and whether the latest wobbles from the stock market signal that the race to corner the market and scale up at warp speed may be running out of road.
Produced by Rebecca Gnignati, Elisa Amiri, Ilayda Habip.
OUR GUESTS
Issued on: 21/10/2026 - 00:45Modified: 21/10/2026 - 10:31
Play (43:36 min) From the show
Two weeks out from the US midterm elections, there's bipartisan pushback against data centres that suck the water and power out of communities. Just two years ago, ChatGPT was still a brand-new thing, and AI was admired with awe by most voters. Like in 2024, the hot-button issue in swing constituencies remains inflation, or "the price of eggs". But anxiety over the end of the month is now coupled with anxiety over the end of the world.
In 2026, AI bots and large language models write papers and churn out campaign ads. We ask about calls for regulation despite fierce resistance from tech billionaires and whether the latest wobbles from the stock market signal that the race to corner the market and scale up at warp speed may be running out of road.
Produced by Rebecca Gnignati, Elisa Amiri, Ilayda Habip.
OUR GUESTS
Dan HAZELWOOD Republican Strategist, President of Targeted Creative Communications
Antonio CASILLI Professor of Sociology, Institut polytechnique de Paris
Dejan GLAVAS Professor at ESSCA, Head of AI for Sustainability Institute
Valerie WIRTSCHAFTER Fellow in Foreign policy, AI and Emerging Tech Initiative, Brookings Institution
Fraser JACKSON FRANCE 24 Washington correspondent
Antonio CASILLI Professor of Sociology, Institut polytechnique de Paris
Dejan GLAVAS Professor at ESSCA, Head of AI for Sustainability Institute
Valerie WIRTSCHAFTER Fellow in Foreign policy, AI and Emerging Tech Initiative, Brookings Institution
Fraser JACKSON FRANCE 24 Washington correspondent
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