A new pro-AI group that has the support of Donald Trump adviser David Sacks plans to spend at least $100mn on backing candidates in November’s US midterm elections, as the industry tries to head off calls for stricter regulation of the technology.
The planned spending by the group, Innovation Council Action, comes on top of the almost $200mn raised by other pro-AI organisations and will ensure that policy on the technology is a key battleground in the race for control of Congress.
Last year, Leading the Future — a political action committee backed by donors to the US president including OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman, venture capital titans Andreessen Horowitz and Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale — raised $125mn to spend on pro-AI candidates.