WASHINGTON — As companies develop artificial intelligence at breakneck speed, pouring in vast amounts of money to achieve tech supremacy, there’s a parallel race underway — the race to stake out political positions and appeal to voters concerned about AI’s impact.
A stream of increasingly alarming headlines has vaulted the promise and pitfalls of AI into the center of the national conversation. Now politicians — who have varying levels of tech understanding — are scrambling to articulate policies on everything from the pace of AI progress to the proliferation of data centers drawing opposition around the country.
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