A massive pile of money aimed at stopping AI regulation was already set to reshape U.S. electoral politics in the coming cycle, and now a massive pile of money aimed at spurring AI regulation is coming to cancel it out. None of this is business as usual, and it’s going to get weird.

According to the New York Times , a brand new 501(c)(4) group has just been born to counter pro-AI PAC money with anti-AI PAC money, and the plan, according to the Times’ sources, is to raise $50 million. This entity calls itself Public First, and it’s about to start funneling money from undisclosed donors into a Democratic anti-AI super PAC called Jobs and Democracy PAC, and a Republican twin called Defending Our Values PAC.

Personalities that seem to be involved in Public First, according to the Times, are

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