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New York City House primary emerges as key battleground in ‘AI civil war’
AI-focused Super Pacs are spending heavily in midterms, and nearly half has gone to a single Manhattan district race The artificial intelligence industry is spending heavily in the 2026 midterms, hoping to secure influence over the technology’s first generation of legislation – and New York City’s primary has emerged as the key battleground. AI-focused Super Pacs have raised roughly $100m this cycle, of which $44m has been spent so far, in dozens of congressional races across the country. Nearly half of all spending has converged on a single Manhattan race: Tuesday’s Democratic primary in the district of NY-12. Will Craft and Andrew Witherspoon contributed reporting Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, New York City House primary emerges as key battleground in ‘AI civil war’, AI-focused Super Pacs are spending heavily in midterms, and nearly half has gone to a single Manhattan district race The artificial intelligence industry is spending heavily in the 2026 midterms, hoping to secure influence over the technology’s first generation of legislation – and New York City’s primary has emerged as the key battleground. AI-focused Super Pacs have raised roughly $100m this cycle, of which $44m has been spent so far, in dozens of congressional races across the country. Nearly half of all spending has converged on a single Manhattan race: Tuesday’s Democratic primary in the district of NY-12. Will Craft and Andrew Witherspoon contributed reporting Continue reading…
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- New York City House primary emerges as key battleground in ‘AI civil war’The Guardian - 2026-06-22T13:00:25+00:00
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