{"slug": "americas-ai-election", "title": "America’s AI election", "summary": "Historian Jill Lepore argues in the Financial Times that opposition to data centres is reshaping American politics ahead of the 2024 election, drawing on historical parallels to suggest that regulating new technologies like AI requires public engagement and institutional adaptation.", "body_md": "# America’s AI election\n\nSource:\n\n[Financial Times Technology](https://www.ft.com/technology)Jill Lepore on how opposition to data centres is reshaping politics — and what history tells us about regulating new technologies\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/americas-ai-election", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/americas-ai-election-khc9", "published_at": "2026-08-15 04:00:14+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-15 10:10:56.357213+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["Jill Lepore", "Financial Times"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/americas-ai-election", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/americas-ai-election.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/americas-ai-election.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/americas-ai-election.jsonld"}}