Silicon Valley Dumps $150 Million Into Congress to Tame AI Apocalypse

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•OpenAI CEO Greg Brockman and his wife donated $25 million each to the 'Leading the Future' super PAC.
•Meta launched two super PACs focused on California and other states, contributing $65 million combined last year.
•Former congressmen Chris Stewart and Brad Carson formed Public First, aiming to raise $50 million for AI regulation advocacy.

In a stunning corporate kumbaya, AI giants led by OpenAI CEO Greg Brockman and his wife Anna have personally contributed a tidy $25 million each to 'Leading the Future,' a $50 million super PAC aiming to grease the political wheels for light-touch AI laws in 2026. Andreessen Horowitz played Santa with another $25 million, while poor Perplexity bravely threw in a mere $100,000 — adorable, really. Meanwhile, Ron Conway and Joe Lonsdale are busy buying influence for Democrats and Republicans, dropping $500K and $250K respectively to flex bipartisan AI muscle. Meta’s own dystopian dream of regulating California generated $20 million in PAC cash in August, with an extra $45 million earmarked for other states from their American Technology Excellence Project. Even former reps Chris Stewart and Brad Carson feel the sting, raising a modest $50 million for Public First, championing AI regulation because the public adores saying 'yes' to rules it actually trusts. With Trump-era friendliness paving the way for AI to stroll unchecked, we're hurtling toward a future where tech billionaires run more campaigns than sad state politicians.

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Tech billionaires buying politicians like discounted cars, because who else will protect us from AI if not the nerds who made it start sending us weird pictures of cats?

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