Trump’s AI push fuels revolt in Maga heartlands

Financial Times: Trump’s advisers — plucked from Silicon Valley and led by AI tsar David Sacks, an investor with close ties to the industry — have warned Republican state legislatures not to pass AI safety bills and challenged claims AI tools will cause widespread job losses or environmental damage. The president has emphasised that American AI dominance is a “national security imperative”.

But across the US, citizens, clergy and elected officials in conservative communities are leading a grassroots rebellion against the rapid rollout of the technology. Political strategists fear this could wreck Republicans’ chance of maintaining their majority in Congress this November and become a defining issue in the 2028 presidential race…