Why Silicon Valley’s AI super PACs aren’t talking about AI

Welcome to AI Decoded, Fast Company‘s weekly newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of AI. I’m Mark Sullivan, a senior writer at Fast Company, covering emerging tech, AI, and tech policy. Sign up to receive this newsletter every week via email here. And if you have comments on this issue and/or ideas for future ones, drop me a line at sullivan@fastcompany.com, and follow me on X @thesullivan. AI Super PACs are paying millions for midterms ads, which almost never mention AI Political action committees backed by artificial intelligence developers, Silicon Valley executives, and venture capital firms have poured tens of millions of dollars into competitive 2026 midterm elections. But across the thousands of television, streaming, and digital ads bought with that money, the words “artificial intelligence,” “algorithms,” and “tech policy” appear in almost none of them, a New York Times investigation found. Silicon Valley donors and corporate super PACs want to elect members of Congress who are likely to support industry-friendly AI regulation, or no regulation at all. But they must do so without further elevating AI as a campaign issue. The technology, and the…

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