Where AI money worked in the midterms

AI-funded super PACs saw mixed effectiveness in Tuesday’s midterm elections. AI-funded super PACs saw mixed effectiveness in Tuesday’s midterm elections, while the newly launched Guardrails Alliance PAC, which promotes AI rules, went 5-0 in its spending. Leading the Future, an AI advocacy group, spent $4.8 million supporting Republican Darline Graham’s bid to replace her late brother in the Senate. Graham lost; Democratic winner Annie Andrews dubbed her “Data Center Darline” during the campaign. Leading the Future’s other spending in the general helped propel Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., to victory despite redistricting, but Republican House candidates the super PAC supported lost, per Wired. The other major AI-related and Anthropic-affiliated super PAC, Public First Action, spent $20 million in the general election, somewhat successfully. It backed winners Rep. Valerie Foushee, D-N.C., Rep.-elect Brian Poindexter in Ohio, Rep.-elect Manny Rutinel in Colorado, and Rep.-elect Scott Wiener in California. The Republicans backed by Public First’s network lost. Guardrails Alliance spent more than $3.1 million total opposing five candidates who lost, the group announced. But money could