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              OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario 
Amodei
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              What was meant to be a photo-op demonstrating unity with hands held high ended with two of the most powerful chief executives in Big Tech clenching their fists 
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              OpenAI and Anthropic are raising enormous sums of campaign cash and mobilizing to leave a mark on the November midterm elections. Super PACs with ties to AI firms began
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              What’s emerging lately is the AI industry’s first true Washington spending war: rival labs, their investors, and aligned advocacy groups are beginning to treat AI regulation not just as a fight over policy but as an electoral battleground — one where campaign dollars could shape which party controls Congress and how aggressively lawmakers move to police the technology.
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              On Monday, Anthropic’s latest political move was putting
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              a moderate Democrat known for pro-business ties: Rep. Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey, a co-chair of the House Democratic Commission on AI.
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              Like many Democratic lawmakers, Gottheimer has been curious but not overbearing towards AI regulation. He
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              he wanted “appropriate carveouts” for states to enact AI policies while not closing the door for Congress to act.
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              The endorsement offers an early glimpse of how that spending war may play out at the Congressional district level.
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              “He can make sure A.I. 
serves us, not the other way around,” the new 30-second
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              from Public First Action, a political nonprofit running the super PAC operation, said. It urged New Jersey voters to contact Gottheimer to oppose legislation that would bar states from drafting rules protecting against AI scams.
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              Anthropic is following OpenAI’s path in deepening its political footprint. It
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              it was donating $20 million to support candidates who favor AI guardrails through Public First Action. “We don’t want to sit on the sidelines while these policies are developed,” Anthropic said.
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              It’s not strictly a pro-Democratic group either: Public First Action is led by Brad Carson and Chris Stewart, a 
former Democratic and Republican lawmaker, respectively. It’s already backing Republicans as well. The organization has been running ads for GOP Sens. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee and Pete Ricketts of Nebraska.
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              Anthropic’s New Jersey push is only one front in a broader contest for 
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              OpenAI and Anthropic are facing off through their super PACs in New York’s 12th Congressional District in what’s fast becoming an early battleground between AI giants.
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              New York Assembly member Alex Bores is caught in the middle of a contested primary to replace Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler. Bores has been a
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              for more guardrails on AI. He was also chief architect of a set of state AI regulatory laws.
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              Public First Action’s Democratic arm jumped into the race last week with $450,000 to back up Bores. Leading the Future has spent $1.1 million in TV ads and other messages attempting to defeat him so far.
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              “I think these Trump mega-donors who are attacking me are terrified of having someone in Congress that's already beaten them,” Bores said last week in a CNN 
interview.
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              Leading the Future — a pro-AI super PAC backed by OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman and investment firm Andreessen Horowitz — has committed to spending more than $100 million in this year’s federal races.
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              Brockman
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              last month he and his wife Anna wanted to ensure a “constructive dialogue” between the federal government and the tech sector. “Being pro-AI does not mean being anti-regulation. It means being thoughtful,” Brockman said.
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