Buying Democracy: AI Corporations Sponsor Congressional Elections via Super PACs

Tech giants are moving towards direct political lobbying. On May 23, 2026, media exposed the AI industry's massive intervention in the US congressional elections. Political action committees (Super PACs) affiliated with OpenAI and Anthropic began pouring giant budgets into supporting "convenient" candidates.

This move explains the recent cancellation of Trump's executive order on AI regulation (events of May 21). Silicon Valley realized: it’s cheaper to finance lobbyists and necessary congressmen than to adapt to strict European standards like the AI Act. Committees like `Leading the Future` (OpenAI) and `Public First` (Anthropic) are technically buying influence on Capitol Hill to guarantee the absence of compliance barriers for their frontier models. AGI developers are shaping the US political landscape, ensuring absolute freedom for monetization at the expense of any public safety.

Source: Washington Post / Axios / Reuters