Big Tech-backed candidates suffer losses in California primary elections
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Matthew Rozsa
Summary
The article reports that several candidates backed by Silicon Valley billionaires with ties to President Trump suffered significant losses in recent primary elections, particularly in California. This is framed as a setback for Big Tech executives who have been spending heavily to influence policy on issues like AI, cryptocurrency, and military action against Iran. The losses are seen as reflecting growing public concern about the negative impacts of new technologies.
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· 2 pulledMultiple candidates backed heavily by Big Tech executives floundered in Tuesday's primary elections, as concerns about the corrosive effects of new technologies such as artificial intelligence tools continue to mount.
The clearest examples came in California, where tech executives spent ungodly amounts of money attempting...
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