AI companies are spending millions to thwart this former tech exec’s congressional bid

AI companies and billionaires are funding a super PAC called Leading the Future that has spent at least $10 million in ads attacking New York politician Alex Bores, who is running for Congress and has sponsored AI regulation laws like the RAISE Act (which requires large AI labs to publicly disclose safety plans). The PAC, backed by Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale, OpenAI President Greg Brockman, and others, is targeting Bores and other candidates who support state-level AI regulation, viewing them as threats to the industry's preferred light-touch approach.