AI influence network takes shape as cash piles up

AI super PACs are stockpiling cash ahead of the midterms and laying the groundwork for competitive races, according to new Federal Election Commission filings. AI players flush with cash are now a significant force in campaign finance, building a deep network to raise and deploy money as the technology becomes a key election issue. Candidates on both sides of the aisle are feeling the heat from both well-funded AI groups and voters who are increasingly concerned about AI risks. "Americans are worried about rising costs, harms to children, threats to jobs, the spread of deepfakes, and the concentration of power in a handful of technology companies," advocacy organizations wrote to a group of Democrats, urging them to reject support from Leading the Future—a pro-AI industry super PAC.