What does a midterm power shift mean for AI policy?
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After years of a light-touch tech policy environment and rapid growth in the AI industry, an incoming Congress may change the status quo.
Political power shifted heavily toward Democrats on Tuesday, a stunning blowback against President Donald Trump in an election in which AI, data centers and tech industry overreach became issues of consequence.
Although Trump introduced an executive order for a voluntary review of frontier AI models by the federal government earlier this year, the industry remains unregulated. Currently, enterprises deploy AI largely on their own terms and governance.
A Democrat-controlled Congress might eventually change that, Shay Boloor, chief market strategist at Futurum Equities, told CIO Dive in an email.
Data centers could see slower growth or more regulation under Democrats, passing more of the cost and pressure to build AI infrastructure to companies. And shifts...
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