A look at the nasty fight between Anthropic-backed super PAC Public First and OpenAI-backed Leading the Future to sway midterms, especially Democratic primaries
One super PAC is allied with Anthropic. The other is tied to OpenAI. They're both spending millions to influence this year's elections.
“The groups are two of the biggest spenders in this year's midterm elections, laying out nearly $24 million and promising that over $100 million more” https://www.nytimes.com/...
It's Godzilla v Mothra as AI billionaires throw their weight around in our democracy. Gift link. ‘This Is a War’: How Powerful A.I. Super PACs Are Dueling Over the Midterms https://www.nytimes.com/...
AI super PACs are at war over the midterms. Public First (Anthropic-aligned) appears to exist solely to thwart Leading the Future (OpenAI-aligned). Nearly $24M spent, $100M+ coming.