If Donald Trump wins the US presidential election in November, the guardrails could come off of artificial intelligence development, even as the dangers of defective AI models grow increasingly serious. Trump's election to a second term would dramatically reshape--and possibly cripple--efforts to protect Americans from the many dangers of poorly designed artificial intelligence, including misinformation, discrimination, and the poisoning of algorithms used in technology like autonomous vehicles. The federal government has begun overseeing and advising AI companies under an executive order that President Joe Biden issued in October 2023. But Trump has vowed to repeal that order, with the Republican Party platform saying it "hinders AI innovation" and "imposes Radical Leftwing ideas" on AI development. Trump's promise has thrilled critics of the executive order who see it as illegal, dangerous, and an impediment to America's digital arms race with China.

The results of Tuesday's US election shocked many--including pollsters and campaign insiders. As a result, many have begun questioning the data and methods behind predictions, wondering what went wrong. But not everyone got it wrong: An AI tool created by an Indian startup in Mumbai in 2004 has correctly predicted the last three US elections, including this one. By collecting and analyzing 20 million social media data points, MogIA, developed by Sanjiv Rai, has used sentiment to determine political outcomes. And social media has proven to have a powerful impact on candidates' popularity.

MogIA, an artificial intelligence system and election predictor, has successfully predicted its fourth election in a row. The system, which learns in real-time by examining data on the internet, placed its bets on Donald Trump to win the 2016 US Presidential Election in October after also successfully predicting both the Democratic and Republican party primaries. "If Trump loses, it will defy the data trend for the first time in the last 12 years since Internet engagement began in full earnest," said MogIA's developer Sanjiv Rai in October, who then was still unaware of the certainty of a Trump win. "If you look at the primaries, in the primaries, there were immense amount of negative conversations that happen with regards to Trump," he continued. "However, when these conversations started picking up pace, in the final days, it meant a huge game opening for Trump and he won the Primaries with a good margin."