Columnist: Trump's AI stance is a GOP liability

Ahead of the midterm elections, Trump opposes stricter federal AI guardrails and calls criticism of the technology a "hoax," clashing with rising voter concern over AI's pace and data-center expansion. Conservative columnist Peggy Noonan called his stance "a blunder for the ages" in the Wall Street Journal, and some Republican allies are urging a slower AI rollout.

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