The tech giants have supported rival political influence non-profits ahead of the US midterm elections
Anthropic has injected $20 million into a political advocacy group that backs candidates favoring artificial intelligence regulation, thrusting the safety-focused company into the center of a high-stakes election spending war with its archrival OpenAI.
The donation to Public First Action – a “dark money” nonprofit that does not disclose its donors – marks the first known political intervention by the San Francisco-based AI lab. The group was launched in November by former Republican Rep. Chris Stewart of Utah and former Democratic Rep. Brad Carson of Oklahoma to counter a competing super PAC network backed by OpenAI’s leadership and investors.
“The companies building AI have a responsibility to help ensure the technology serves the public good, not just their own interests,” Anthropic said in a statement Thursday. “We don’t want to sit on the sidelines while these policies are developed.”
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