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AI safety groups aren’t buying OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s shifting stance on political spending in the midterms.

They’re wary of his concession that campaign cash from industry-aligned groups, like the OpenAI-aligned Leading the Future super PAC, may have inadvertently backfired. Instead, they’re pushing for stronger commitments to downsize the flood of money — and for candidates to reject any support from pro-AI groups.

“I won’t believe that they are actually changing their strategy, or their goals I should say, unless and until they do,” said Democratic New York assemblymember Alex Bores, who emerged as a key voice among AI regulation advocates after

Author: By Jacob Wendler, Jason Beeferman and Alec Hernandez