AI Regulation Becomes a 2028 Campaign Issue for Democratic Hopefuls

Debates over AI development, its regulation, and the construction of datacenters to power it have become buzzy topics for potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidates, according to The Guardian. The outlet reports environmental and energy concerns over datacenters were already mounting because the facilities consume vast resources to power AI. Worries about rapid AI development came to a head in mid-September, per The Guardian, when tech executives issued a flurry of dire warnings that the technology could harm humans.