Dueling PACs take center stage in midterm elections over AI regulation

Political action committees (PACs, organizations that raise money to support political candidates) backed by AI companies are spending millions of dollars to influence elections on AI regulation policy. Jobs and Democracy PAC, supported by Anthropic, is running ads for candidates who favor stronger AI regulation like New York's RAISE Act (which requires large AI developers to publish safety protocols and report serious misuse), while competing PACs backed by venture capitalists and other AI companies are running ads against these candidates.