Candidates Are Signing a Pact Promising Action on Data Centers and AI Safety

More than 15 politicians running for office have signed the AI Pact, a pledge committing them to regulate both data centers and artificial intelligence through five specific promises. The promises include advocating for mandatory safety reviews of AI models, supporting policies that would create an AI dividend for workers, and ensuring consumers and companies can sue over harms caused by AI models. The pledge comes as voters have increasingly expressed concerns about data centers, including their environmental impacts, the secrecy of their construction, and the corporate power behind them. The pact is intended to provide baseline protections described as ensuring "a humanity-first future," though it uses measured language to appeal to candidates with labor ties, calling to ban tax breaks and excessive energy usage for data centers rather than explicitly calling for a moratorium.