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RAISE Act: New York AI Safety Bill Faces Opposition from Trump-Aligned AI Industry Super PAC
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This article covers political opposition to New York's RAISE Act, an AI safety bill requiring large AI companies to publish safety protocols and disclose incidents, highlighting the tension between AI industry interests and state-level AI safety regulation.
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A bipartisan super PAC called Leading the Future, backed by OpenAI, Andreessen Horowitz, and Palantir figures, is targeting congressional candidate Alex Bores for co-sponsoring New York's RAISE Act. The RAISE Act would require large AI companies (those spending over $100M on compute) to publish safety protocols and disclose serious safety incidents. The super PAC argues such state-level regulation stifles innovation and cedes AI leadership to China.
Key Points
- •The RAISE Act requires AI companies spending >$100M on compute to publish safety/risk protocols and disclose serious safety incidents.
- •Super PAC 'Leading the Future' raised $100M+ and is spending millions to defeat congressional candidate Alex Bores for supporting the bill.
- •Backers include OpenAI President Greg Brockman, Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale, Andreessen Horowitz, and Perplexity.
- •The group aligns with Trump administration's position that federal AI law should preempt state-level AI regulations.
- •The RAISE Act passed NY's Assembly and Senate; Gov. Hochul must decide whether to sign it before the 2026 session.
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Key Points A bipartisan super PAC is targeting the congressional campaign of Alex Bores, who co-sponsored the RAISE Act.
The RAISE Act would require large AI companies to publish safety and risk protocols and disclose serious safety incidents.
It applies to companies that have spent more than $100 million in computational resources to train advanced models.
watch now VIDEO 5:24 05:24 NY Assemblyman Alex Bores: The AI super PAC doesn't want there to be any regulation whatsoever Squawk Box New York is 3,000 miles away from the tech hub of Silicon Valley, but in recent weeks, the state has inserted itself into the center of a fierce debate around artificial intelligence regulation.
A bipartisan super PAC called Leading the Future announced last week that it will target Alex Bores, a Democratic congressional candidate who has openly championed AI safety legislation in New York by promoting the the Responsible AI Safety and Education, or RAISE , Act. The bill would require large AI companies to publish safety and risk protocols and disclose serious safety incidents.
"They don't want there to be any regulation whatsoever," Bores told CNBC's "Squawk Box" on Monday. "What they're saying is the fact that you dared step up and push back on us at all means we need to bury you with millions and millions of dollars."
Leading the Future, or LTF, launched in August with more than $100 million in funding, and aims to elevate "candidates who support a bold, forward-looking approach to AI," according to a release. The group largely represents the view of the Trump administration, that federal AI laws should preempt regulations implemented by specific states, an effort mostly meant to undermine big blue states like California and New York.
The super PAC is backed by high-profile names in tech, including OpenAI President Greg Brockman, Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale, venture firm Andreessen Horowitz and AI startup Perplexity.
"LTF and its affiliated organizations will oppose policies that stifle innovation, enable China to gain global AI superiority, or make it harder to bring AI's benefits into the world, and those who support that agenda," the group said in the release.
Bores has served as a New York State Assembly member since 2023, and previously worked at several tech companies, including Palantir. He launched his congressional campaign for New York's 12th District in October after sitting Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler announced he would not run for reelection.
As an assemblyman, Bores co-sponsored the RAISE Act.
"I'm very bullish on the power of AI, I take the tech companies seriously for what they think this could do in the future," Bores said Monday. "But the same pathways that will allow it to potentially cure disease
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