Macron warns of 'Dark Enlightenment'

France’s president publicly labels a perceived alliance of autocrats and Silicon Valley AI accelerationists a 'Dark Enlightenment' that would replace democratic deliberation with CEO‑style rule and algorithms. He links democratic backsliding to platform control of public discourse and calls for a European response. — A head of state legitimizing this frame elevates AI governance and platform power from tech policy to a constitutional challenge for liberal democracies.