AI industry election spending $517M

    yazan Huda Thomas: CNBC

    AI companies have poured more money into rigging a single election than any industry in history. They've built super PACs that have already raised over $200 million for the 2026 midterms. Additionally, corporations have contributed $517 million to this election so far, which is nearly triple the amount spent at the same point in previous cycles.

    Metin dökümü (en)

    What Leading the Future supports is a broad, national, consistent framework for regulation governing AI. The best policy for the country would be one that is consistent across all 50 states. Regulation is not going to be the reason we win or lose this race versus China. We can invest in AI that's meant to help doctors diagnose disease without encouraging the AI that's helping healthcare deny claims. We can get the best of both worlds. world. Leading the future's attacks on BORES prompted Public First Action, a super PAC partially backed by Anthropic, to spend over 13 million supporting BORES. Public First is a unique super PAC. It's an innovation of sorts in that we exist really to stymie another super PAC.