New York Assemblyman Alex Bores is at the center of a debate over AI regulation, with Big Tech billionaires funding ads against him. Bores, a former Palantir employee, left the company due to its work with ICE. Now running for Congress, he faces attacks funded by a super PAC called Leading the Future, which includes Silicon Valley figures like Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale and others opposing AI regulation. Bores sponsored the RAISE Act, a pioneering AI safety law in New York, aiming to balance transparency and oversight. Despite opposition, Bores argues that effective AI governance should benefit everyone. He proposes a detailed national AI governance blueprint and seeks to legislate transparency in training data. Leading the Future opposes state AI regulations, preferring federal oversight, while another PAC, Public First Action, supports Bores with a transparency-focused approach. Bores highlights the divide between those fearing unregulated AI progress and those who deny AI’s existence, asserting that most Americans fall in between, recognizing AI’s potential but wary of its rapid advancement. He emphasizes the need for government action to ensure AI benefits the broader population.
AI companies are spending millions to block this former tech executive’s congressional bid.
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