Anthropic-backed super PAC Public First Action begins running ads urging AI regulations in New Jersey; the PAC raised nearly $50M and now aims to raise $75M
The ads by Public First Action, which started airing on Monday, are part of an escalating political war over artificial intelligence before the midterm elections.
How US citizens, clergy, and elected officials in conservative communities like Missouri are leading a grassroots rebellion against the Trump-backed AI boom
Republicans fear backlash against White House agenda could undermine support in this year's midterm elections
Anthropic donates $20M to Public First, a super PAC pushing for AI guardrails and transparency in opposition to OpenAI-backed PACs, ahead of the US midterms
Anthropic and OpenAI now have their own well-funded political groups that will square off in the midterm elections over artificial intelligence safety and regulation.
A look at the rift in the Democratic party over AI and data centers, as pro-business Democrats oppose the fiery, anti-AI politics of the progressive wing
www.politico.com/news/magazin... Brendan Nyhan / @brendannyhan : See also: social media. In both cases, lots of people promising quick fixes with no tradeoffs. [embedded post] Max Berger / @maxberge...
Denmark says Russia was behind “destructive and disruptive” cyberattacks on a water utility in 2024 and DDoS attacks in the lead-up to local November elections
Intelligence service says attacks were work of groups connected to Russian state in ‘clear evidence’ of hybrid war
Sources: a new network of super PACs plans to raise ~$50M to counter the Leading the Future super PAC and back candidates who prioritize AI regulations
As artificial intelligence companies prepare to pour money into the midterm elections, some in the A.I. world are hatching plans of their own to curb the industry's influence.
X's location tool shows revenue sharing incentivizes US political content from international sock puppet and bot accounts, making polarization a side hustle
www.404media.co/americas-pol... @casuallylucid : “The only thing revealed by this transparency is that social media companies do not give a f*ck about this.” — Our attention is the product — There...
CISA changes left some US states without election cybersecurity help; California says CISA gave little support during the November 4 vote on redistricting
Today's notice: What we'll remember about the last three days. Bluesky: Kev / @57kev : Yes everyone should be very worried but not surprised as he did tell us this was the plan... @cotol17 : This is c...
Data Center Watch: local opposition blocked or delayed 17 US data center projects worth $98B in Q2 2025, vs. 16 projects worth $64B from May 2024 to March 2025
So here: Ketan Joshi / @ketanjoshi.co : This @mollytaft.com piece is the closest I've seen to an interrogation of who 10a Labs are and why they're doing this - but note how 10a Labs frame the conseque...
Truth Social launches Truth Predict, a prediction market platform in partnership with Crypto.com to let users trade on major current events like elections
US president's social media platform enters prediction market sector — Donald Trump's Truth Social platform is to offer users …