AI PACs spent millions on the midterms with mixed results, and are already eyeing 2028
The AI industry's political spending failed to deliver uniformly, and groups are pivoting toward the next election cycle.
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- The New York TimesVoters Rejected A.I. in the Midterms. Now Comes an Era of Scrutiny.
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- Mezha.netAI PACs spent millions to influence the midterms, with mixed results
- Time MagazineThe Winners and Losers of AI's First Big Election
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- PoliticoAI and crypto groups were among the biggest players in this year’s primaries. Here’s how they did.
- The HillMusk jokes about GOP losses after spending big in midterms
- The GuardianNew York City House primary emerges as key battleground in ‘AI civil war’