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The Biggest Pro-AI Super PAC Network Has Poured Millions Into Nevada Shell Companies

WIRED

Backed by Silicon Valley titans, Leading the Future has raised huge sums to promote pro-AI candidates on both side of the aisle. The Spanish Springs shopping center in Sparks, Nevada, hosts many businesses, including a Spirit Halloween, a hearing aid supplier, and a Vietnamese restaurant. It's also home to a consulting agency that's received millions of dollars from one of the biggest pro-AI super PAC networks ahead of November's midterm elections . The problem is that the company--Lantern Production Consultants LLC--doesn't seem to exist anywhere beyond a post office box in the Spanish Springs shopping complex. Lantern Production Consultants has been paid around $20 million since last year by Think Big, part of a network of pro-AI super PACs funded by the Leading the Future PAC, for a wide array of services, including polling, digital advertising, research, and strategy, according to federal campaign finance records reviewed by WIRED.