New Super PAC Guardrails Alliance Raises $5 Million to Push for A.I. Regulation
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Mike Isaac, Theodore Schleifer
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The Guardrails Alliance, a new super PAC founded by Shaunna Thomas, has raised $5 million to counter pro-A.I. interests influencing elections. The group positions itself as a populist effort advocating for stronger regulation of artificial intelligence, pushing back against well-funded entities like Leading the Future, a super PAC that favors lighter A.I. regulation. The article highlights internal tensions at OpenAI, where employees pressed executives about donations made by a company founder to the pro-deregulation super PAC.
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bskyNew Super PAC Guardrails Alliance Raises $5 Million to Push for A.I. Regulationnytimes.comKey quotes
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At an internal OpenAI policy meeting last month, employees pressed executives on donations that one of the company's founders had made to Leading the Future, a super PAC that favors lighter regulation of A.I.
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