AI heavyweights are waging a multifront political war with super-PACs. Populist backlash — and China — could swallow them all.
Industry heavyweights are battling against one another. Populist backlash could swallow them all.
By
John Herrman,
a tech columnist at Intelligencer
Formerly, he was a reporter and critic at the New York Times and co-editor of The Awl.
AI and Big Tech firms spent $109 million lobbying Washington in 2025, with Anthropic, OpenAI, and Meta leading a record-breaking…
AI super PACs will be a major force in midterm elections as national and state debates over artificial intelligence regulation,…
One is allied with Anthropic. The other is tied to OpenAI. They’re both spending millions to influence the midterms, and they’re…
AI companies haven’t been shy about converting their economic heft into political influence.
The tech industry is loaded and ready to influence elections.
The elections will be a test for the industry’s ability to translate money into political power.
