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AI Industry Groups Spend Millions in New York House Primary
Democratic primary voters in a Manhattan congressional district will decide between a candidate backed by one faction of the artificial intelligence industry and another supported by a rival faction. The contest has drawn more than $17 million in outside spending from groups tied to OpenAI investors and Anthropic.
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A crowded Democratic primary for a Manhattan congressional seat has become a test of influence between two factions of the artificial intelligence industry. New York Assemblyman Alex Bores, a former Palantir employee, advanced legislation imposing state-level AI rules before entering the race to succeed retiring Rep.
Jerry Nadler. A political group funded by OpenAI investors spent more than $7 million on ads opposing Bores. Groups partly funded by Anthropic, co-founded by former OpenAI employee Dario Amodei, spent more than $10 million supporting Bores.
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