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U.S. AI Politics
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Technology companies, investors, advocacy groups, candidates, and elected officials participate in U.
S. debates over how AI should be governed. Their political activity includes campaign spending and lobbying, as well as contests over federal authority, state-level rules, and industry responsibilities. New York’s RAISE Act, which sets requirements for AI safety disclosures and incident reporting, has featured in election-related debate; other political discussions connect AI to data-center development, resource use, jobs, and public trust. Together, these issues show how decisions about AI are shaped not only through legislation but also through electoral contests and organized political advocacy.
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Leading the Future spending targeted New York Assembly member Alex Bores over the RAISE Act, but victory by Micah Lasher left AI regulation momentum intact.
6/25/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
During the 2026 US congressional election cycle, AI-linked political networks spent more than $300 million on races as lawmakers debated AI oversight and the FTC investigated OpenAI and Anthropic.
10/9/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
Micah Lasher won New Yorks NY-12 Democratic nomination after spending-heavy campaigning over the Responsible AI Safety and Education Act signed in December 2025.
6/25/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
Donald Trump proposed a U.S. government partnership with AI firms next week as a separate executive order already requested voluntary frontier model testing before public release.
6/6/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
Super PACs spent heavily in the 2026 NY-12 Democratic primary, targeting Alex Bores over the Raise Act and competing approaches to federal AI regulation.
6/22/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
Colorado's 8th Congressional District primary on June 30 featured tech-linked donor spending favoring Manny Rutinel, whose AI consumer protection legislation contrasted with Shannon Bird's opposition.
7/1/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
OpenAI and Anthropic-aligned groups funded super PAC messaging in New York and other states as Congress remains stalled on federal AI legislation.
6/22/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
GoLaxy, OpenAI, and U.S. authorities documented increasingly adaptive foreign AI influence operations targeting American political opinion, while federal law remains fragmented in the United States.
8/27/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
Campaigns and political groups used disclosed AI-generated advertisements in 2020s U.S. federal and state races, particularly across social media, amid uneven state disclosure requirements.
9/21/2026 • Rights, Labor & Societal Impacts • General
During Wisconsin's 2026 gubernatorial campaign, David Crowley proposed local control and strict conditions for data centers while Tom Tiffany faced criticism over supporting a federal state-law moratorium.
8/19/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
Anthropic announced a $20 million donation to Public First Action in the United States to support stronger AI safeguards policies.
7/23/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
Leading the Future and Public First Action spent heavily in 2026 primaries to shape US AI law, clashing on AI safety versus regulation limits and state safeguards.
7/23/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI president Greg Brockman-backed US super PACs advocate different AI governance and export-control priorities amid growing industry lobbying.
7/21/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
Leading the Future spent $8 million to target Alex Bores as pro-regulation groups and White House frontier model review plans reshaped US AI governance.
6/26/2026 • Model Oversight & Frontier Governance • General
Super PAC spending linked to OpenAI and Anthropic shaped a Manhattan Democratic primary as Alex Bores promoted New York RAISE Act AI safety penalties.
6/23/2026 • Competition • General
AI-linked super PACs spent heavily in U.S. elections in 2025, centering the New York Responsible AI Safety and Education Act debate in the New Yorks 12th District primary.
6/22/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
In a June 23 New York House primary in Manhattan, AI safety legislation centered on Alex Bores and the RAISE Act amid OpenAI- and Anthropic-linked political spending.
6/17/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
Chris Stewart-backed Public First and related super PAC spending shaped Utah congressional primaries in 2025 by tying AI governance stances to model safeguards, child safety, and data center policy.
6/10/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
TechNet lobbyists opposed New Yorks AI Act and other state measures, while supporting federal deepfake and consumer-safety proposals and arguing for national AI standards.
5/19/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
AI-aligned super PACs spent millions in New York's 2026 congressional primary, following California's advanced-AI bill veto and ongoing state regulation battles.
6/26/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
OpenAI- and Anthropic-linked political spending contested New York primary messaging around Alex Bores and the RAISE Act AI safeguards requirement.
6/17/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
US candidates and governors are challenging AI data-center projects during the current election cycle across states including Ohio, Wisconsin, New York, Texas, and Pennsylvania over utility costs, environmental effects, and local control.
8/31/2026 • Export Controls, Chips & Compute Governance • General
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New York Assemblyman Alex Bores’s congressional bid drew over $20 million in OpenAI- and Anthropic-linked political spending over state AI regulation and the RAISE Act.
6/17/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
Anthropic- and OpenAI-linked super PACs spent over $37 million in 2026 congressional primaries while using New York's RAISE Act to advance competing AI regulation positions.
6/21/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
Sam Altman met Sen. Bernie Sanders in Washington as Congress and the Trump administration advanced federal AI oversight and states confronted data center backlash.
6/6/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
Alex Bores and Anna Myers are launching Who Decides in the United States ahead of the 2028 elections to promote Democratic support for frontier-model safety and AI regulation.
9/22/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
AI political groups funded by industry executives and companies backed competing candidates and regulatory agendas during the 2026 US midterm cycle.
9/11/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
AI-safety groups and industry-backed political networks funded advocacy campaigns in the United States during the 2020s to influence federal and state AI regulation.
9/6/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
Six Anthropic employees and other AI safety workers donated hundreds of thousands of dollars in Alaska to gubernatorial candidate Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, who supports stronger AI regulation.
8/31/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
AI-focused super PACs have raised and spent tens of millions of dollars in 2026 federal and state races across the United States to influence AI regulation.
8/16/2026 • Rights, Labor & Societal Impacts • General
Minnesota Democratic candidates are contesting AI safeguards, federal regulatory preemption, and data center cost protections during the state's 2026 primary.
8/11/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
OpenAI disclosures under California SB 53 were evaluated alongside election spending by Leading the Future and pending federal reporting and kill-switch proposals.
7/27/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
Anthropic announced a $20 million increase to Public First Action in 2026, bringing total funding to $40 million ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
7/22/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and other major AI employees gave over $3 million to Public First ahead of New York’s 12th district primary.
7/17/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
FEC disclosures in July 2026 show Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Anthropic employees donating to Public First ahead of the New York primary, supporting mandatory testing and deployment-block authority for frontier AI.
7/16/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
In U.S. elections, AI-generated ads and deepfakes are accelerating while state rules expand and New York enacts a one-year data-center pause.
7/6/2026 • Rights, Labor & Societal Impacts • General
Safety advocates seek disclosures and third party audits as AI deepfakes and synthetic media appear in 2026 midterm campaigning across multiple U.S. states.
7/6/2026 • Rights, Labor & Societal Impacts • General
Tech donors funded AI-enabled election advertising in multiple US states during midterms, while voters pushed for deeper AI deepfake and safety restrictions.
7/4/2026 • Rights, Labor & Societal Impacts • General
Alex Bores and Micah Lasher compete in New York's 12th district primary, with spending and endorsements centered on a state AI model regulation approach.
6/23/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
OpenAI- and Anthropic-linked super PAC spending influenced midterm races nationwide as Congress remained stalled on AI regulation.
6/22/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
Anthropic- and OpenAI-linked super PACs spent over $37 million in 2026 midterm congressional races, tying campaign influence to AI safety requirements including New York's RAISE Act.
6/22/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
Democratic lawmakers and AI political groups are contesting frontier model safeguards and federal preemption in the United States as campaigns approach the next Congress.
9/11/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
Leading the Future, Public First, and Meta-backed state efforts reported large fundraising and spending ahead of the 2026 US midterms to influence AI regulation.
7/26/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
American Innovation Policy Forum founder Alex Roark will use nationwide listening sessions and fall lawmaker briefings to develop a national AI policy framework.
7/17/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
In New York's NY-12 Democratic primary, Super PAC spending around Alex Bores and the Raise Act reflects broader battles over federal versus state AI regulation.
6/22/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
Utah primary campaigns in June use AI-linked political spending to debate federal limits on state AI rulemaking, model safeguards, and AI data center governance.
6/10/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
Sam Altman met Bernie Sanders at a Senate office as Congress advanced a federal AI framework and the Trump administration issued a national security pre-release review order for advanced AI.
6/6/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman met US lawmakers on Capitol Hill after President Trump signed an advanced AI executive order that proposes a 30-day federal model review.
6/3/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman planned Washington, D.C. meetings with congressional leaders and Trump administration officials after a new executive order requested up to 30-day prelaunch federal model review.
6/3/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
United States candidates and governors escalated opposition to AI data centers in 2024 through campaign advertising, moratoriums, and electricity reviews across multiple states.
8/31/2026 • Export Controls, Chips & Compute Governance • General
A critique argues that proposed US federal equity or sovereign wealth fund approaches to AI governance risk state control, competition distortion, and speech and privacy problems.
6/10/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
In New York's Manhattan 12th district Democratic primary, super PAC spending targeted Alex Bores after RAISE Act-backed federal AI regulation proposals.
6/24/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
Bernie Sanders proposes an AI company stock tax and sovereign wealth fund managed by an independent commission to fund dividends and public programs in the USA.
6/17/2026 • Competition • General
Alex Bores faced heavy super PAC spending in Manhattan over the RAISE Act as OpenAI- and Anthropic-linked groups funded competing campaigns ahead of a June 23 primary.
6/16/2026 • Rights • General
AI labs, investors, and technology companies spent nearly $1 million supporting Mike Rounds in South Dakota before elections amid disputes over data-center regulation.
9/18/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
Think Big PAC spent $309,574 supporting Representative Jared Moskowitz in Florida's August 18 Democratic primary, targeting a candidate serving on Congress's artificial intelligence oversight subcommittee.
8/15/2026 • Corporate AI Governance • General
Chamber of Progress and former Obama and Biden officials launched the Blue Horizon Project on September 9, 2025 to shape Democratic AI and digital-asset policy with innovation-friendly regulation.
7/18/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
American Innovation Policy Forum will hold listening sessions across the United States starting ahead of fall to develop Democratic AI policy recommendations for federal lawmakers.
7/17/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei donated 1 million dollars to Public First, an AI regulation advocacy group, disclosed through late-week Federal Election Commission filings.
7/16/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
Tom Wheeler links United States data center opposition to AI governance questions as super PAC spending and employee oversight advocacy increase ahead of the 2026 election.
7/7/2026 • Competition, Markets & Industry Structure • General
American Mission spent at least 500,000 on Florida TV ads for Byron Donalds in March-April, while FEC scrutiny alleges vendor identity obfuscation.
7/2/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
Alex Bores lost a New York Democratic primary as AI-industry super PACs spent tens of millions to push competing approaches to AI regulation.
6/25/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
OpenAI and Anthropic backed opposing spending in a New York City Democratic primary after Alex Bores promoted a national AI regulation framework and expanded state AI safety testing.
6/24/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
Silicon Valley donors and AI-linked super PACs used jobs and cost of living messaging in 2024 races to influence AI regulation debates in Washington and statehouses.
6/18/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
Guardrails Alliance, a tech-worker backed super PAC launched by Shaunna Thomas and Leah Hunt-Hendrix, plans pro-regulation candidate ads for the 2026 election cycle.
6/18/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
Utah congressional primaries saw over $1.3 million in AI-focused PAC spending as Public First and Anthropic-aligned funding supported candidates for model safeguards.
6/13/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
John O'Farrell criticized Leading the Future PAC political spending in relation to President Donald Trump's voluntary AI executive order for federal capability assessments.
6/11/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
Demand Progress launched AI Money Watch in the 2020s to track Leading the Future super PAC midterm spending using Federal Election Commission filings.
6/10/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
Michigan Senate candidates debate public-utility AI governance, independent model safety review, data-center moratoriums, and AI chip export controls during the federal AI policy fight.
6/9/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
Sam Altman met Bernie Sanders as Congress advanced a federal AI regulation framework and the Trump administration built an executive order for national security review before advanced AI release.
6/6/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
Sam Altman met Bernie Sanders after a public-equity proposal for AI companies as Congress advanced federal AI preemption and a Trump national-security review executive order.
6/6/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
Sam Altman met with Sen. Bernie Sanders as Congress released a bipartisan federal AI regulatory framework and the Trump administration began national security pre-release oversight.
6/6/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
Sam Altman met Sen. Bernie Sanders in Vermont-related political outreach while Washington drafted a federal AI regulation framework and an executive order for national security review before advanced AI release.
6/6/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
Sam Altman met Bernie Sanders in Washington while the Trump administration built a process to review national security risks before advanced AI release.
6/6/2026 • Competition • General
Multiple U.S. primaries and state contests featured AI safety regulation and data center moratorium themes amid super PAC spending linked to major AI industry figures.
6/4/2026 • Rights • General
Oxford Internet Institute and Hasso Plattner Institute research at ICML 2026 in Seoul reports AI rewriting of social posts can shift viewpoints and scale via network effects.
7/5/2026 • Rights, Labor & Societal Impacts • General
AI-related super PACs funded competing campaigns in a New York Democratic primary in 2026, helping determine the outcome between Alex Bores and Micah Lasher.
6/25/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
Tech-linked campaign finance supporting Manny Rutinel in Colorado's 8th District primary corresponds to prior votes for Colorado AI guardrails.
6/24/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
Leading the Future spending shaped New York and Utah elections by focusing voter attention on AI safety bills, AI transparency proposals, and data center buildout disputes.
6/24/2026 • Rights • General
Leading the Future and Public First Action spent millions supporting Byron Donalds in Florida during the 2026 gubernatorial campaign while competing to influence state and federal AI regulation.
8/17/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General
Leading the Future and Public First Action are spending millions on Byron Donalds in Florida to influence the state's future position on AI regulation.
8/17/2026 • Legislation & Regulatory Policy • General