AI tried to bury this politician — now people have actually heard of him

OpenAI and other AI companies have spent millions through a political action committee to oppose Alex Bores, a New York state assemblyman who wrote AI safety regulations, inadvertently making him more famous and turning him into a prominent figure in the AI regulation debate. The article suggests this corporate spending against Bores has backfired by drawing public attention to him and the issue of who should regulate AI technology.