Anthropic-backed PAC spends $450K to counter rival AI super PAC in New York race

Public First Action, funded by a $20M Anthropic donation, is spending $450K to boost a New York Assembly member in his congressional bid. A rival super PAC, Leading the Future, attacked the candidate with more than $100M in funding from Andreessen Horowitz, OpenAI's Greg Brockman, and Palantir's Joe Lonsdale. The clash pits two visions of AI policy against each other. Leading the Future opposed the candidate's sponsorship of New York's RAISE Act requiring AI safety disclosures, while Anthropic's PAC pushes transparency, safety standards, and public oversight.

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