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What the US election will mean for AI, climate action and abortion

The upcoming US presidential election will determine how the country regulates tech, combats the climate crisis and decides on access to abortion

By Grace Wade, James Dinneen and Jeremy Hsu

21 October 2024

The two US presidential candidates have some similar policies despite being drastically different

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Ears perked up across the tech sector as US vice president Kamala Harris spoke the words “quantum computing” during a presidential debate in September – the first mention of the term by any US presidential candidate. It was brief but signalled that science and technology are playing a key role in the contest for the presidency. Harris and her opponent, Donald Trump, are both relatively known quantities, each having spent four recent years in the White House. Their approaches differ drastically on…

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