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AI PACs Have Dumped Nearly $1 Million Into an Obscure Senate Race
The reliably Republican South Dakota senate seat has an incumbent on the ballot. But PACs associated with AI labs and investors have already spent more money on the race than actual residents have.
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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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