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Amanpour and Company

AI Companies Are Spending $100 Million to Influence the Midterms

Season 2027 Episode 9018 | 17m 45s

$100 million: This is the reported amount that AI firms Anthropic and OpenAI have poured into the upcoming elections. The Christian Scientist Monitor's Aaron Glantz and Sophie Hills have been investigating where these companies' political donations are going, and what they hope to achieve. They discuss the patterns they have identified and what all this could mean for the future of democracy.

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