The National Republican Senatorial Committee issued a memo warning that Democratic attacks on AI data centers are hurting Republican candidate Jon Husted in Ohio, where Sen. Sherrod Brown has spent mi…
Two rival AI industry super PACs, Leading the Future and Public First Action, have each spent more than $2 million on ads backing U.S. Representative Byron Donalds in Florida's Republican gubernatoria…
Silicon Valley is pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into Super Pacs to elect candidates who oppose AI regulation, mirroring the crypto industry's 2024 playbook. Groups like Leading the Future ha…
The AI industry has already spent over $65 million ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, with super PACs backed by figures such as OpenAI President Greg Brockman and venture firms Andreessen Horowitz a…
Leading the Future, a pro-AI super PAC backed by tech executives, closed the second quarter with $31.5 million ready for midterm spending, according to Federal Election Commission filings. The group t…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei personally donated $1 million to Public First, a super PAC focused on AI regulation, in May 2026, with five employees pushing the total past $2 million, according to FEC fil…
Current and former OpenAI employees donated more than $245,000 to the Guardrails Alliance, a super PAC focused on AI safety, countering Leading the Future (LTF), a committee backed by OpenAI co-founde…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei personally donated $1 million to the Public First super PAC, adding to Anthropic's $20 million corporate pledge to Public First Action on February 12, 2026, as AI-focused su…
OpenAI employees have donated more than $215,000 to a super PAC opposing Leading the Future, the political action committee backed by OpenAI president Greg Brockman, who personally contributed $25 mil…
OpenAI employees have collectively contributed more than $215,000 to oppose Leading the Future, a political group backed by OpenAI president Greg Brockman, signaling a significant rift between the com…
Seven current and one former OpenAI employee have donated more than $215,000 to Guardrails Alliance, a super PAC pushing for stricter AI regulations, as a counterweight to Leading the Future, a pro-AI…
AI companies and their backers are pouring hundreds of millions into the 2026 US midterms through super PACs, led by Leading the Future and Innovation Council Action, to push for a single national AI …
Public First Action, a bipartisan nonprofit founded by former Representatives Brad Carson and Chris Stewart, has raised approximately $80 million for AI advocacy, with Anthropic as its largest donor a…
About 40 activists gathered in New York's Sara D. Roosevelt Park to protest AI and OpenAI, calling for a boycott of ChatGPT and accusing AI companies of lobbying against regulation and attempting to b…
Micah Lasher won a Manhattan congressional primary despite $27 million in spending by AI-backed super PACs, defeating Alex Bores who was supported by Anthropic's Public First Action and opposed by Ope…
Pro-AI super PACs spent over $27 million in New York's 12th Congressional District primary, where Assemblymember Micah Lasher defeated AI-regulation sponsor Alex Bores. The race became the most expens…
The AI industry's super PAC, Leading the Future, spent heavily to defeat New York Assembly member Alex Bores in a congressional primary due to his support for AI safety regulations. Bores lost, but th…
The Democratic primary in New York's 12th Congressional District saw approximately $26.3 million in ad spending, making it the second-most expensive House primary on record, as opposing AI industry fa…
Roughly $27 million was spent in a proxy contest over Assemblyman Alex Bores in New York's 12th Congressional District, with AI-linked super PACs playing a decisive role. AI-centric super PACs tied to…
AI industry super PACs spent over $40 million in a New York congressional primary, defeating assemblymember Alex Bores, a proponent of strict AI regulation. The race became a proxy battle over federal…