AI and tech are trying to influence the midterm elections

Photo caption: OpenAI president Greg Brockman has helped fund the Leading the Future super PAC, which is opposed to stricter regulations on AI companies. Photo credit: Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch via Flickr. CC BY 2.0. Article by Shannon Bond and Eric McDaniel. NPR – June 22, 2026.

Groups tied to the artificial intelligence industry are flooding money into the midterms in hopes of shaping future AI regulation. Around the country, groups associated with AI and tech are trying to influence elections from Senate races to local offices, even as Americans register increasing discomfort with the technology’s ramifications for jobs, energy bills and society. AI-focused super PACs have already spent $43.3 million on congressional races this cycle, according to OpenSecrets, a nonprofit that tracks campaign spending. […]

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