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BumRushDaShow

(167,834 posts) Sat Feb 14, 2026, 03:34 PM Feb 14

Senators Sound Alarm As AI Companies Pour Millions Into U.S. Elections

Source: Huff Post

Feb 14, 2026, 06:00 AM EST

WASHINGTON – Prominent critics of artificial intelligence warned that the industry’s plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on this year’s midterm elections are aimed at blocking Congress from regulating a rapidly advancing technology that poses serious risks to society, including jobs, energy prices, and privacy, along with more existential dangers.

“The big money interests, the billionaires who control our economy and our political system, are going to do everything to elect people to give them a green light to go forward,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who is planning to introduce legislation prohibiting the construction of data centers that power AI, said in an interview with HuffPost. “I happen to believe that Congress and the American people are totally unprepared for the transformational and radical impact it’s going to have on our society.”

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), another leading advocate of regulating AI, said the industry is trying “to make sure that they can continue doing whatever they want.”

“It’s a problem,” she added.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/open-ai-midterm-elections-democrats_n_698fa63fe4b0b886fd324c6f?origin=home-latest-news-unit

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Senators Sound Alarm As AI Companies Pour Millions Into U.S. Elections (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Feb 14 OP

They can create a whole new reality running up to the election. underpants Feb 14 #1

They can create a whole new reality running up to the election? FredGarvin Feb 14 #4

both worse cynical_idealist Feb 14 #7

K&R for visibility. 2naSalit Feb 14 #2

I would easily vote for an AI politician FredGarvin Feb 14 #3

🥱🙄 QueerDuck Sunday #10

... orangecrush Sunday #11

I've started watching which primary candidates in my area have the most signs. BComplex Feb 14 #5

K&R jfz9580m Feb 14 #6

IMO the big money they are spending is on ways for AI to "manage" the election results. Both by cooking the information Ford_Prefect Feb 14 #8

I don't think they will limit the way they use AI to manipulate the election blue_jay Sunday #9

It's more than 'a problem', Senator. OldBaldy1701E Sunday #12

underpants

(195,787 posts)

1. They can create a whole new reality running up to the election.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Feb 14, 2026, 03:38 PM

Feb 14

This is spine chilling. From the SAVE Act probably passing to the use of ICE at polls or just effectively shutting down key parts of cities to this.

FredGarvin

(833 posts)

4. They can create a whole new reality running up to the election?

Reply to underpants (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 14, 2026, 04:28 PM

Feb 14

They did and always do.

Whats worse?

Fox News
or Ai?

cynical_idealist

(528 posts)

7. both worse

Reply to FredGarvin (Reply #4)

Sat Feb 14, 2026, 07:06 PM

Feb 14

reality hackers wrecking our world

2naSalit

(101,475 posts)

2. K&R for visibility.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Feb 14, 2026, 03:49 PM

Feb 14

FredGarvin

(833 posts)

3. I would easily vote for an AI politician

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Feb 14, 2026, 04:23 PM

Feb 14

If it didnt cave to Republicans, and fought for universal healthcare.

QueerDuck

(1,341 posts)

10. 🥱🙄

Reply to FredGarvin (Reply #3)

Sun Feb 15, 2026, 10:39 AM

Sunday

orangecrush

(29,589 posts)

11. ...

Reply to FredGarvin (Reply #3)

Sun Feb 15, 2026, 10:56 AM

Sunday

BComplex

(9,831 posts)

5. I've started watching which primary candidates in my area have the most signs.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Feb 14, 2026, 04:46 PM

Feb 14

All that money being poured into these races has that republican smell to it. Some races are not labeled Dem or Rep, so we have to do our homework.

Also, it's important to research nowadays on which candidates are stealth republicans running for democratic seats.

jfz9580m

(16,761 posts)

6. K&R

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Feb 14, 2026, 06:32 PM

Feb 14

I recommend Ed Zitron’s site to any fellow AI skeptics..
Most of it is such junk..

Ford_Prefect

(8,556 posts)

8. IMO the big money they are spending is on ways for AI to "manage" the election results. Both by cooking the information

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Feb 14, 2026, 07:42 PM

Feb 14

streams, and by editing the outcomes.

blue_jay

(221 posts)

9. I don't think they will limit the way they use AI to manipulate the election

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun Feb 15, 2026, 03:28 AM

Sunday

could be all the ways people suggest, overt and covert.

OldBaldy1701E

(10,818 posts)

12. It's more than 'a problem', Senator.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun Feb 15, 2026, 03:47 PM

Sunday

And, just as other businesses have manipulated our governing bodies with money and other 'perks', these guys will get their way.

Because money talks louder than anything else here. And, their money is loud.

Because we say it is. (That is what burns me the most. The 'power' of money is that we say it has power. That's it.)

Good luck stopping them, Senator. The first thing would be to make sure that these tech bros don't start corrupting local elections. That is how they set up roadblocks to regulation.

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