Plouffe: Vance will break from Trump and Sacks on AI by 2027
David Plouffe · How AI Changes Society, And Society Changes AI — With Obama Campaign Manager David Plouffe · May 22, 2026 · at 12:09
Former Obama campaign manager David Plouffe discusses growing anti-AI sentiment among Republican base voters with host Alex Kantrowitz.
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“I believe that J.D. Vance will separate from Sachs and Trump on AI by, you know, first or second quarter of twenty-twenty-seven. Not all the way, but he's gonna have to.”
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