人工智能行业在竞争激烈的普选中最大的一笔押注于周二落空。与“引领未来”相关的两个超级政治行动委员会投入480万美元，支持共和党人达琳·格雷厄姆角逐南卡罗来纳州参议员席位。她输给了民主党人安妮·安德鲁斯，后者曾称她为“数据中心达琳”。
The AI industry’s biggest bet on a competitive general election race lost on Tuesday. Two super PACs linked to Leading the Future spent $4.8M backing Republican Darline Graham in South Carolina’s Senate race. She lost to Democrat Annie Andrews, who had called her “Data Center Darline”.
《财富》杂志在统计最接近的选战时发现，人工智能行业支出之争中任何一方支持的共和党候选人大多落败。同一晚，选民在41项投票措施中否决了40项涉及人工智能数据中心的提案。据作家莫莉·怀特运营的追踪机构“科技影响力观察”统计，本轮选举周期内，人工智能超级政治行动委员会在68个众议院和参议院席位的竞选中花费了7900万美元。
Most Republicans backed by either side of the AI industry’s spending fight lost, Fortune found in its tally of the closest races. It was the same night voters rejected AI data centres in 40 of 41 ballot measures. AI super PACs spent $79M across 68 House and Senate seats this cycle, according to Tech Influence Watch, a tracker run by writer Molly White.
两方阵营。资金来自两个网络。“引领未来”希望实行宽松监管，并制定一部凌驾于各州法律之上的全国统一人工智能规则手册。据《财富》杂志审阅的文件，安德森·霍洛维茨联合创始人马克·安德森和本·霍洛维茨各向其捐赠2500万美元。OpenAI总裁格雷格·布罗克曼及其妻子安娜也是其最大的捐赠者之一。
Two camps The money comes from two networks. Leading the Future wants light regulation and a single national AI rulebook that overrides state laws. Andreessen Horowitz co-founders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz gave it $25M each, according to filings reviewed by Fortune. OpenAI president Greg Brockman and his wife, Anna, are also among its biggest donors.
获得Anthropic大力支持的“公众第一”则希望加强安全保护。这两个网络各为两党分别设立了一个分支。
Public First, which has significant backing from Anthropic, wants stronger safeguards. Both networks run one arm for each party.
据《连线》杂志报道，“引领未来”于2025年8月启动，拥有约1亿美元的资金储备。本轮周期结束时，其银行账户仅剩略高于2000万美元。10月，OpenAI首席执行官萨姆·奥尔特曼表示，人工智能资金进入政治显然没有起作用。
Leading the Future launched in August 2025 with a war chest of around $100M, WIRED reported. It ends the cycle with just over $20M in the bank. In October, OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman said AI money in politics was clearly not working.
资金去向。最大的一仗发生在6月，纽约第12选区的民主党初选。“引领未来”花费超过810万美元，反对州众议员亚历克斯·博雷斯，后者是该州《RAISE法案》的共同起草人。“公众第一”则花费约1500万美元支持他。博雷斯最终落败，名列第二，输给了同样以人工智能安全为竞选纲领的迈卡·拉舍尔。
Where the money went The biggest fight came in June, in the Democratic primary for New York’s 12th District. Leading the Future spent more than $8.1M against Assemblymember Alex Bores, a co-author of the state’s RAISE Act. Public First spent about $15M backing him. Bores lost, finishing second to Micah Lasher, who also campaigned on AI safety.
Leading the Future 随后在大选中花费了约 1000 万美元，主要用于安全选区，据《连线》报道。其共和党分支 American Mission 花费 59 万 0428 美元支持蒙大拿州第 1 选区的 Aaron Flint，以及 50 万 9067 美元支持北卡罗来纳州第 1 选区的 Laurie Buckhout。两人均已认输。其民主党分支 Think Big 支持佛罗里达州众议员 Jared Moskowitz，后者获胜。
Leading the Future then spent about $10M in the general election, mostly on safe seats, WIRED reported. Its Republican arm, American Mission, spent $590,428 backing Aaron Flint in Montana’s 1st District and $509,067 behind Laurie Buckhout in North Carolina’s 1st. Both conceded. Its Democratic arm, Think Big, backed Florida Rep. Jared Moskowitz, who won.
Public First 的共和党分支也经历了类似的夜晚。Defending Our Values 花费 149 万美元支持德克萨斯州第 35 选区的 Carlos De La Cruz，以及 97 万 4908 美元支持阿拉巴马州第 2 选区的 Rhett Marques。两人均落败。该组织还花费 85 万 7426 美元支持 Scott Singer 对阵 Moskowitz。其民主党分支 Jobs and Democracy 支持了俄亥俄州和宾夕法尼亚州的两位获胜者。
Public First’s Republican arm had a similar night. Defending Our Values spent $1.49M backing Carlos De La Cruz in Texas’s 35th District and $974,908 behind Rhett Marques in Alabama’s 2nd. Both lost. It also spent $857,426 backing Scott Singer against Moskowitz. Its Democratic arm, Jobs and Democracy, backed two winners in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
一个保守派 AI 组织 Alliance for a Better Future 花费略超 100 万美元支持密歇根州的 Mike Rogers，以及 81 万美元支持缅因州的 Susan Collins，Molly White 撰文报道。两人均落败。
A conservative AI group, Alliance for a Better Future, spent just over $1M backing Mike Rogers in Michigan and $810,000 behind Susan Collins in Maine, Molly White wrote. Both lost.
一个主张更严格规则的科技工作者团体 Guardrails Alliance，据 TechCrunch 报道，分别花费超 100 万美元对抗 Flint 和加利福尼亚州众议员 Jimmy Gomez。Gomez 败给了 Angela Gonzales-Torres。双方解读选举之夜 推动更严格规则的团体宣称取得了胜利。
Guardrails Alliance, a tech worker group pushing for stricter rules, spent more than $1M each against Flint and California Rep. Jimmy Gomez, TechCrunch reported. Gomez lost to Angela Gonzales-Torres.
“两党选民今晚给出了相同的裁决。这是对 AI 行业反监管努力、试图买通一个睁一只眼闭一只眼的国会的沉重打击。” Public First Action 的 Brad Carson 对《连线》表示“与 AI 行业最糟糕的部分结盟，对竞选来说简直是氪石，今晚的结果更是加倍印证了这一点。” Alex Bores 对《Politico》表示Guardrails Alliance 的政治总监 Charlie Blaettler 告诉 TechCrunch，Leading the Future 在胶着竞争中按兵不动，是因为其资金会成为其候选人的累赘。
Both sides read the night Groups pushing for stronger rules claimed the result.
“我们的目标是让AI资金在政治上变得有毒。” 护栏联盟的查理·布莱特勒对《科技博客》表示。
“Voters in both parties delivered the same verdict tonight. This is a crushing blow to the AI industry’s anti-regulatory efforts to buy a Congress that would look the other way.”Brad Carson, Public First Action, to WIRED“Allying with the worst parts of the AI industry is just kryptonite for a campaign, and the results tonight double down on that.”Alex Bores, to Politico Charlie Blaettler, Guardrails Alliance’s political director, told TechCrunch that Leading the Future held back in close races because its money would have become a liability for its candidates.
在投票前，“引领未来”对《科技博客》表示，初选是其资金更好的用途，因为在那里花钱能建立知名度，并帮助候选人确立AI议程。它表示将在2028年继续投入资金。《连线》杂志指出，它还以数十名来自两党的获胜候选人结束了这个周期，其中大多数处于安全选区。一位共和党游说人士指出了该党在AI问题上的信息传递。
“Our goal is to make AI money politically toxic.”Charlie Blaettler, Guardrails Alliance, to TechCrunch Before the vote, Leading the Future told TechCrunch that primaries are a better use of its money, because spending there builds name recognition and helps candidates set AI agendas. It said it would keep spending in 2028. It also leaves the cycle with dozens of winning candidates from both parties, WIRED noted, most of them in safe seats.
“这已被证明极其不受欢迎，‘击败中国’在真正需要产生共鸣的地方完全没有引起共鸣。” 布朗斯坦·海亚特·法伯·施雷克律师事务所的格蕾塔·乔伊恩斯对《政治客》表示。
A Republican lobbyist pointed to the party’s message on AI.
博雷斯已经在为下一轮做准备。据《财富》杂志报道，他的新非营利组织“谁来决定”旨在在2028年前筹集3000万美元。
“It’s proven to be incredibly unpopular, and ‘beat China’ did not resonate at all in places that it really needed to.”Greta Joynes, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, to Politico Bores is already preparing for the next round. His new nonprofit, Who Decides, aims to raise $30M before 2028, Fortune reported.