Billionaire Chris Larsen Plans to Spend $3.5 Million in NY House Race Amid Midterm Clash Over A.I.
The New York Times • • nation
Key Points:
- Tech billionaire Chris Larsen plans to spend $3.5 million to support Alex Bores, a New York state assemblyman and co-author of A.I. regulation legislation, in a contentious congressional primary race.
- Bores is facing a barrage of attack ads from a super PAC linked to OpenAI, which opposes state-level A.I. regulations like those Bores helped enact.
- Larsen criticized OpenAI's aligned super PAC for attempting to intimidate and "crush" proponents of clear A.I. guardrails, calling their tactics "despicable."
- The primary race has become one of the most expensive Democratic contests and a proxy battle over the future regulation and control of the artificial intelligence industry.
- Larsen aims to counterbalance industry-aligned forces by financially backing candidates who support stricter A.I. regulations, emphasizing the need for clear guardrails.
