The Who's Who of AI

“Crypto and AI super PACs spent $250 million on the midterms. In competitive races, their candidates got clobbered: nine losses out of 12 called so far, including Ohio, where crypto spent $64 million and still couldn’t beat Sherrod Brown. www.citationneeded.…”

“The midterm elections were a major win . But there will inevitably be a response: not just in mad tweets, but in actions aimed at winning over newly elected politicians with claims data centers can be better neighbors — and the industry a source of campaign…”

“This is the kind of reporting and needed perspective and context we will lose when/if @restofworld.org shuts down: AI models cost more when you don’t use English restofworld.org/2026/ai-toke...”

““Mainstream corporate America is pulling back and starting to view token spending not as a source of growth but as a cost center that weighs on margins.” Beyond the tech giants, other companies in the S&P500 haven’t seen a boost in profit margins or revenue…”

“Apollo Global Management Chief Economist Torsten Slok said artificial intelligence has delivered "zero financial payoff" to corporate America outside the technology sector. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...”

“Thoughts and prayers. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open...”

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““We have historically allowed the debate over technology to be defined by the worst thing a product might do, with remarkably little discussion of the insidious damage it does every day.””

“This thread is long enough so I am not going to refute proponents' evidence, you can read that here if you would like:”

““A handful of executives and officials are making high-stakes decisions” about AI “in backroom meetings and without any form of political accountability,” writes Mackenzie Austin, tech counsel in the AI for Democracy Action Lab at Protect Democracy. The win…”

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“A debate in the European Parliament on global AI governance exposed divisions over how far governments should go in regulating AI and how much responsibility should fall on the companies developing it, Joana Soares reports.”

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