When Artificial Intelligence Enters the Core of Political Decision-Making

Source: Il Sole 24 Ore – “When Artificial Intelligence Dictates Political Choices”, 14 December 2025

AI as an infrastructure of public power

The Il Sole 24 Ore article describes a crucial shift: artificial intelligence is no longer merely a support tool for politics, but is becoming an integral part of state decision-making processes. From the U.S. Department of Defense to government agencies, platforms such as Google’s Gemini and systems developed by Palantir are assuming a central role in setting priorities, analysing risks and shaping operational choices.

The issue is not technical efficiency, but a transformation of power: when evaluation processes are mediated by proprietary models, those who control the cognitive infrastructure indirectly influence political decisions.

From democratic sovereignty to algorithmic sovereignty

The large-scale adoption of AI within governments introduces a new fracture. Decisions are no longer made solely by elected representatives or public administrations, but by systems trained on data, models and criteria defined by private actors. Politics risks becoming a layer of ratification for algorithmic outputs: what appears “objective,” “rational” and “optimised” comes to be perceived as inevitable.

In this scenario, the neutrality of AI is an illusion: every model embeds worldviews, implicit priorities and hierarchies of values.

Big Tech as geopolitical actors

The article shows how major technology platforms are no longer simple suppliers, but structural partners of state power. This shift redraws the boundary between public and private: technological innovation becomes a geopolitical lever, while dependence on Big Tech systems reduces states’ autonomous capacity.

The risk is evident: if the decision-making infrastructure is private, democratic sovereignty becomes fragile.

What is at stake for citizens

When AI steers political decisions, the issue is not merely technological, but democratic. Transparency, accountability and public oversight become minimum conditions to prevent governance from turning into an opaque automatism.

Algopolio closely monitors this transition: defending digital rights also means defending citizens’ right to understand who decides, how decisions are made, and with which tools. Because algorithm-driven politics, without human and public control, is not progress—it is a delegation of power.