AI Election Roundtable: A data-centered breakdown of the 2026 election

Blood in the Machine
11/05/2026 at 10:00AM

To discuss what the election means for AI, the tech lobby, data centers and beyond in greater detail, Brian Merchant, Blood in the Machine, will be joined by Molly White of Citation Needed and Tech Influence Watch, Dave Karpf, a professor at the School of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University, (and author of the forthcoming book Vaporware, Inc), and Sophie Song, a Data Center Policy Fellow at the AI Now Institute. We’ll have a roundtable chat about what did and didn’t go down during this historic election, and what we should be looking out for moving forward.

Speakers:

  • Molly White, Citation Needed and Tech Influence Watch
  • Dave Karpf, a professor at the School of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University
  • Sophie Song, a Data Center Policy Fellow at the AI Now Institute

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