Coming this week: The AI & Election Tech Forecast Series
How platforms handle the collision of AI, polarization, and political pressure
Last month, OpenAI buried a section in one of their newsletters that caught my eye. They mentioned the 2026 elections and how, as their tools and technology evolve, their election policies might have to as well. They promised to share more over the coming weeks about how they were preparing. It was a subtle reminder that tech platforms are making their 2026 election decisions right now—even if they won’t announce them for months.
While November’s midterms might seem far away, Texas and other primaries start in March. Right now, trust and safety teams need to set policies, build escalation paths, and make trade-offs that will shape how hundreds of millions of people experience political information this year. I can tell you: the tradeoffs are harder, the stakes are higher, and the playbook from 2020 won’t work.
Starting tomorrow, I’m bringing you inside those conversations. Each day this week, you’ll get focused intelligence on how a major platform—Meta, Google, X, TikTok, Substack, and others—is navigating the collision of AI, elections, and content moderation. These briefings will help you understand both the public signals and the internal pressures shaping their decisions.
The forecast starts tomorrow. I’ll update this post with links as each piece publishes.
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