US Media: AI Safety Advocacy Group Sees Midterms as a Major Victory

November 9 — According to US financial news outlet Semafor, a memo shows that Anthropic-linked Public First Action and its affiliated super PAC believe AI safety advocates have scored a major victory in the US midterm elections and are drawing up the next phase of their action plan. Public First, which receives substantial funding from Anthropic and advocates regulatory guardrails for artificial intelligence, said Leading the Future, the top super PAC supporting AI development, has "suffered a crushing defeat." But the group also warned: "It would be a mistake to interpret this election cycle and the decline of Leading the Future as the end of Big Tech's AI political efforts."

The group's goals for 2027 include: pushing Congress to pass AI legislation that would not preempt states' own lawmaking authority, backing candidates who support AI safety regulation, and using the $30 million it currently holds in its accounts to counter the messaging put out by the pro-AI development camp.