AI billionaires flood US politics with cash, but it's backfiring

Elon Musk has poured over $445 million into Republican campaigns ahead of the midterms, while the Leading The Future Super PAC, backed by OpenAI and Palantir cofounders, has raised $140 million for pro-AI candidates. A Guardrails Action survey of 3,000 likely voters in Iowa, Michigan and Ohio found 75% would be less likely to back a candidate who took money from an AI Super PAC.

• Musk has put more than $445 million into Republican campaigns ahead of the midterms
• Leading The Future Super PAC raised $140 million for pro-AI candidates
• 75% of 3,000 polled voters would be less likely to back an AI PAC-funded candidate
• A quarter would switch parties to back a candidate strongly opposed to AI companies