politics
Scoop: Pro-AI super PAC Leading the Future endorses three Dems
The super PAC is spending big on candidates it thinks will support AI regulation.
TL;DR
- Leading the Future, a pro-AI super PAC, is endorsing three Democrats: Val Hoyle (OR-4), Rob Menendez (NJ-8), and Richie Torres (NY-15).
- The super PAC aims to elect candidates who support federal AI policy to avoid a fragmented, state-by-state approach.
- Endorsed candidates believe AI needs regulation for reasons such as privacy, security, jobs, and the environment.
- Backers of the super PAC include OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman, Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale, and VC Ron Conway.
- The involvement of pro- and anti-AI super PACs is growing as AI regulation conversations intensify and public concern increases.