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AI PACs Have Dumped Nearly $1 Million Into an Obscure Senate Race
Major super PACs associated with AI labs and investors have poured close to $1 million into incumbent Republican Mike Rounds’s South Dakota senate race, seeking to shape the outcome of a noncompetitive race amid a critical national debate…
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Super PACs tied to AI labs and investors have contributed nearly $1 million to incumbent Republican Mike Rounds’s Senate campaign in South Dakota, aiming to influence a race that is not expected to be competitive. Rounds has already received about $600,000 from outside groups this election cycle, with most of that money coming from the super PAC Defend American Jobs. Defend American Jobs is funded by a super PAC backed by venture‑capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. The spending reflects efforts to shape the outcome of a race amid a national debate over AI regulation.
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