“As populist pushback builds against the AI industry and data centers that power it, Republicans who have cheered the AI boom are scrambling to find a new identity as middle-ground pragmatists,” Semafor reports.“Instead of a moratorium on building new facilities, a growing number of GOP candidates have called for ‘guardrails’ to protect skeptical communities from unchecked AI growth, as well as the rollback of industry tax breaks. These Republicans’ rebrand also involves a bid for the high ground by attacking Democrats with more nuanced positions on data centers.”New Yorker: Bernie Sanders takes on data centers.