AI groups divided after US midterms
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on TechCrunch
Political groups supporting or opposing the artificial intelligence industry spent millions of dollars during the US midterms to influence future regulation. Results were mixed, with several heavily backed candidates defeated, according to TechCrunch.
Political groups supporting or opposing the artificial intelligence industry produced mixed results after spending millions of dollars in the US midterm elections, reports TechCrunch. The American Mission and Building the Future committees together spent $4.8 million on Republican Senate candidate Darlene Graham in South Carolina, but she lost.
American Mission also spent more than $500,000 to support each of Republican candidates Aaron Flint in Montana and Laurie Buckhout in North Carolina, both of whom were defeated. The Democratic group Think Big, a branch of Leading the Future, contributed instead to the re-election of Florida representative Jared Moskowitz. Organisations supporting stronger AI regulation also had mixed fortunes: Public First backed defeated Republicans, while Guardrails Alliance spent more than $1 million against Jimmy Gomez and Aaron Flint, and $300,000 for Angela Gonzales-Torres, who defeated Gomez.
Leading the Future had said before the election that primaries were a more effective use of its funds than the general election. The group spent $27.38 million on them, including $8 million against a member of the New York State Assembly.
