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Progressive Democrats taking hardline positions against AI are getting louder
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Five influential progressives are shaping a confrontational Democratic message on AI, distinguishing themselves from party centrists by openly challenging data centers and AI-linked political money.
Key facts
- Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has been key in shaping the Democratic playbook for 2028 and is now wading deeper into AI messaging
- Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner shared the stage with Sanders over Memorial Day weekend, where Sanders called out Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and other tech giants
- Progressive Democrats taking hardline positions against AI are getting louder
- Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), who is co-sponsoring that bill in the House to take super PAC money out of politics, caught the ire of Silicon Valley when he came out in favor of a wealth tax
Summary
Sanders is also making AI a flashpoint in his long-held objection to money in politics, calling on Democrats not to take super PAC money, especially from AI-linked groups. He recently introduced the Abolish Super PACs Act and warned at a press conference unveiling the bill about the growing influence of AI super PACs. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is going all in on the data center moratorium push, holding up jars of brown, polluted water during a recent congressional hearing. The water came from Morgan County, Georgia, where a Meta data center was built, Ocasio-Cortez said in an exchange that went viral with Environmental Protection Agency official Jessica Kramer.