The AI Lobby's Last Stand: Can Democracy Tame the Beast? The recent high stakes election in New York highlighted the significant influence of Silicon Valley megadonors on American politics.
Former Palantir engineer and Assemblymember Alex Bores, who championed the RAISE Act, a pioneering AI safety law, was targeted by $40 million in outside spending, largely from AI industry interests.
Despite this onslaught, Bores lost his bid for Congress. Bores' defeat has given rise to Who Decides, a nonprofit co founded with his former chief of staff Anna Myers.