"The donor class is now getting involved: A super PAC called Leading the Future backed by OpenAI executive Greg Brockman and Andreessen Horowitz plans to spend as much as $100 million in the midterms to support its preferred candidates. Another bipartisan super PAC, focused on pushing for a national framework on regulating AI, formed earlier this week. These fights come as the Trump administration pushes to limit the ability of states to regulate the technology."
""It's a badge of honor," he says, comparing the effort to an F rating from the National Rifle Association. "This is not tech versus everyone else," he tells Fast Company. "This is one small subset of the tech ecosystem that, instead of engaging in collaborative discussions on bills and how we can work for all, has decided they want to drown out the voices of anyone who isn't them by spending hundreds of millions.""
Midterm election primaries are elevating AI regulation as a campaign focus across the political spectrum. Populist Republicans warn that the AI industry could threaten the Make America Great Again movement, while the left worries about the sector's growing political and social influence. Near-universal concern exists about AI's impact on children. Major donors have mobilized: a super PAC backed by an OpenAI executive and Andreessen Horowitz may spend up to $100 million, and a bipartisan PAC is pushing for a national regulatory framework. The Trump administration is seeking to limit state-level regulation. New York AI legislation author Alex Bores has been targeted by donor spending and criticized concentrated tech donor influence.
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