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REGULATION · 1 SOURCE · TechCrunch AI

OpenAI hires Jessica Schumer as Big Tech pivots toward Democrats amid looming AI oversight

Ahead of the US midterms, OpenAI hired Jessica Schumer (daughter of Sen. Chuck Schumer) and said it would start calling its data centers “compute campuses,” part of broader Big Tech efforts to repair ties with Democrats as politicians promise tougher AI and data‑center oversight at federal and state levels. The article frames these moves as PR and partnership strategies by companies including OpenAI, Meta and Anthropic as they prepare for potential regulation and local resistance to AI infrastructure.

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COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · TechCrunch AI

Meta warns election-driven data-center backlash could make AI expansion harder

Meta President Dina Powell McCormick told the WSJ Tech Conference that Democratic midterm wins and a backlash against local data centers are likely to make it harder for companies to build the infrastructure needed for AI. She said negative sentiment about data centers reflects broader feelings about AI, highlighted Meta’s 20 years building centers (in 23 states with five 1+ GW projects including one in Texas), and pointed to consumer AI agent Muse (about 10 million users) and leasing excess compute as paths to value.

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