TechCrunch reviews the impact of millions in AI-related PAC spending on the midterm elections.

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Political groups supporting and opposing the AI industry spent millions to influence the US midterm elections, with mixed results. Pro-AI groups American Mission and Building the Future spent $4.8 million backing South Carolina Senator candidate Darlene Graham, but she lost; Anthropic-backed Public First and Guardrails Alliance also had mixed outcomes.

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