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For the past year, a faction of the AI industry bent on unfettered development looked poised to use its wealth to tip the 2026 midterms in its favor. But on Nov. 3, the opposite happened. This election served as the stunning capstone in a year of mounting anti-AI populism, during which Donald Trump has spurred on the industry and said that opponents of data centers “want to end up being backwards and poor.” TIME reporter Harry Booth dives into the major AI backlash that bent the midterms for AI, Explained by Humans. Read more here: time-magazine.visitlink.me/GOrWu2