Odaily Planet Daily report: The political struggle surrounding New York State Representative Alex Bores’ campaign for Congress has escalated into a direct confrontation between two factions in the AI industry, with OpenAI and Anthropic each channeling millions to tens of millions of dollars through related political action committees to support candidates with opposing positions.
The RAISE Act, previously championed by Alex Bores, is considered one of the strictest AI safety regulatory attempts in the U.S., requiring AI companies to report potential "catastrophic risks," and has become the focal point of this controversy.
A group backed by OpenAI-related investors and Silicon Valley capital, "Leading the Future," has invested over $7.6 million in advertising to oppose Alex Bores’s election, while Anthropic-related political networks and their investors have contributed over $10 million in support of his campaign.
This incident has elevated the issue of AI regulation from policy debate to a focal point of real-world political conflict, with the core disagreement centered on whether AI should be governed by corporate self-regulation or government enforcement. Meanwhile, both supporters and opponents have accused each other of representing corporate interests rather than public regulatory concerns, turning this electoral district into a proxy war between two competing governance models for the AI industry. Analysts note that this event marks a shift in AI industry competition from the technological and product levels to the political and regulatory structural levels, serving as a key case study in the convergence of technology and policy. (Fortune)