The AI Industry Is Spending Big on the US Midterms w/ Molly White

Last time it was the crypto industry; now the AI industry is stepping up to join it. Molly White joins Paris Marx to discuss how the tech sector is spending big to buy influence in the US midterm elections to ensure new laws serve its interests over those of the public.

Molly White is the creator of Tech Influence Watch and Web3 is Going Just Great. She writes the Citation Needed newsletter.

The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation. Production is by Kyla Hewson. Support the show on Patreon.

Also mentioned in this episode:

• You can now pre-order Paris’s new book Hyperscale.
• Molly just wrote about Trump’s $1.4 billion crypto disclosure.
• Molly wrote about the crypto industry’s recent election spending.
• Molly also wrote about how the Citizens United decision is affecting elections today.

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