AI COMPANIES TRIED TO BURY THIS POLITICIAN — NOW PEOPLE HAVE ACTUALLY HEARD OF HIM

When Dem primary for #NY12 wraps up, #Anthropic & #OpenAI will've spent millions on battling the political future of AI: who gets to regulate it, or who will be punished for trying to regulate it. The real winner of their feud is the guy they’re currently fighting: a once-obscure NY state assemblyman, who they’ve Streisand-effected into becoming the poster child for AI safety regulation

https://www.theverge.com/policy/937650/ai-alex-bores-openai-anthropic-ny12

AI tried to bury this politician — now people have actually heard of him

When all is said and done, Anthropic and OpenAI will have spent millions in their political proxy war. But the real winner may be the guy they’re currently fighting over.

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