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AI Super PACs Pour $27M Into Local Race to Shape Tech Policy
Corporate AI super PACs spent $27 million on a New York congressional primary, backing candidate Alex Bores. The spending aims to influence local tech regulation and AI safety policies. This marks one of the largest single-race investments by AI-focused political groups.
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The massive spending underscores how AI companies are trying to shape policy from the ground up, but raises questions about whether local races are becoming proxies for national tech battles.
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