Though politicians are quiet about how they use AI, the book Rewiring Democracy examines how AI is starting to influence American politics

Though politicians are quiet about how they use AI, the book Rewiring Democracy examines how AI is starting to influence American politics

Though politicians are quiet about how they use AI, the book Rewiring Democracy examines how AI is starting to influence American politics

Though politicians are quiet about how they use AI, the book Rewiring Democracy examines how AI is starting to influence American politics

Though politicians are quiet about how they use AI, the book Rewiring Democracy examines how AI is starting to influence American politics

Solar United Neighbors (SUN) and Rewiring America will host an energy focused event on Tuesday, September 29, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Montclair

New campaign finance disclosure data shines a light on which US political campaigns are using AI tools and how much they are spending on them. Candidates’, parties’, and committees’ spending reveals that AI is fast becoming an essential tool of politics. The candidates themselves are quiet about how they are using the technology in their own campaigns. It’s a sensitive issue that we have been tracking closely since we started writing our book, Rewiring Democracy, which examined how AI is beginning to influence politics. A September 2025 Pew survey of Americans found that more than 70% would think less of a candidate if they used AI to help write a speech. Itemized expenditure disclosure data from the US Federal Election Commission, dating back to 2020, reveals at least $17m in disclosed spending on AI technology vendors across 523 federal candidates and campaigns. Data from four states, California, Colorado, Massachusetts, and Washington, provides a more localized picture going back to 2022. Beginning with the AI behemoths, at least 80 federal campaigns and committees have reported spending with OpenAI since 2024. The total spending is not huge: only about $50,000 reported, skewing slightly more Republican than Democratic. The Republican National Committee is...

Though politicians are quiet about how they use AI, the book Rewiring Democracy examines how AI is starting to influence American politics

Though politicians are quiet about how they use AI, the book Rewiring Democracy examines how AI is starting to influence American politics

Rewiring the state means handing over real power.

CD8+ T cells eliminate infected and malignant cells through coordinated proliferation and effector differentiation, processes supported by metabolic reprogramming that together form an interconnected, cross-regulated network. Emerging evidence indicates, however, that cell cycle progression and effector programming can be transiently uncoupled, with implications for T cell function and fate. Short-term modulation of cell cycle dynamics creates a window for metabolic rewiring, reshaping nutrient utilization, cytokine responsiveness, and bioenergetic capacity. This uncoupling can enhance T cell expansion, effector function, and antitumor activity. Collectively, these findings indicate that the cell cycle functions as an instructive checkpoint integrating metabolic and differentiation programs, not merely supporting proliferation. Understanding this interplay provides a conceptual framework to optimize T cell-based immunotherapies and rationally design chemoimmunotherapy combinations.

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