Late last year, New York Assemblyman Alex Borres became the target of a pro-AI super PAC’s campaign to derail his congressional bid. Group, future leadershipAndreessen Horowitz is armed with more than $100 million from backers including OpenAI president Greg Brockman, AI search startup Perplexity and Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale.
Bourse’s response was simple: bring it on. Now, he has the strength to support that challenge.
Public First Action, supported by a PAC $20 million donation from AnthropicIs spending $450,000 to promote Borsch in the race for New York’s 12th congressional district, according to reports bloomberg. Like its rival, the committee is pro-AI, but it is offering a different approach, focused on transparency, security standards and public oversight.
Meanwhile, the industry-backed PAC, future leadershiphas already poured $1.1 million into ads attacking Bourse, largely because it sponsored New York’s Rage Act, Which requires major AI developers to disclose security protocols and report serious misuse of their systems.
