Silicon Valley claims to know the future. So why did it get the midterms so wrong?

Summary

Tech leaders including Sam Altman, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg attended a White House event about five weeks before the midterm elections and endorsed President Trump's "Super Intelligence" agenda. The author argues this was a poor political bet, given polling showing anti-Trump sentiment and bipartisan rejection of AI and data centers, and says it has left the industry exposed to a Democratic Washington.

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