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AI safety groups outline their plans for a new Washington

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Gold, A. (2026, November 9). AI safety groups outline their plans for a new Washington. Semafor. https://www.semafor.com/article/11/09/2026/ai-safety-groups-outline-their-plans-for-a-new-washington

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Semafor · collected 2026-11-09 · by Ashley Gold

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AI safety advocates are planning their next moves following recent political successes. A memo from Public First Action, which receives funding from Anthropic and supports AI regulations, outlines plans to counter industry-backed opposition through 2027. Their goals include influencing federal legislation on AI, backing pro-safety candidates, and ensuring AI remains a prominent issue in upcoming elections with their $30 million budget.
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AI safety advocates are planning their next moves after what they see as a significant win in the midterms. A memo from Public First Action, an organization linked to Anthropic and funded by it, outlines plans for 2027 that include lobbying Congress to pass AI laws without preempting state legislation, supporting pro-AI safety candidates, and countering messaging from industry-backed groups with their $30 million budget. The memo also warns against interpreting the decline of the top pro-AI super PAC, Leading the Future, as the end of Big Tech's political influence in AI policy debates. Public First Action aims to ensure that AI becomes a key issue in upcoming presidential, congressional, and state elections.

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Public First, which gets significant funding from Anthropic and backs AI guardrails, wrote that Leading the Future — the top pro-AI super PAC — had a “crash out,” but warned: “It would be a mistake to read this cycle and Leading the Future’s decline as the end of Big Tech’s AI political project.
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Its 2027 goals include getting Congress to pass AI laws that don’t preempt state legislation, supporting pro-AI safety candidates, and rebutting pro-AI messaging with its $30 million currently in the bank: “Between now and 2028, we will make sure that AI is a top-tier issue in the presidential race, in every House and Senate race, and in gubernatorial, attorney general, and state legislative races.”
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Public First, which gets significant funding from Anthropic and backs AI guardrails, wrote that Leading the Future — the top pro-AI super PAC — had a “crash out,” but warned: “It would be a mistake to read this cycle and Leading the Future’s decline as the end of Big Tech’s AI political project.
2026-11-09 · Semafor
AI safety groups outline their plans for a new Washington · mixed framing

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AI safety advocates are counting the midterms as a major win while sketching out their plans for the fight ahead, according to a memo from Anthropic-linked Public First Action and its affiliated super PACs that was shared first with Semafor. uncertain
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Public First, which gets significant funding from Anthropic and backs AI guardrails, wrote that Leading the Future — the top pro-AI super PAC — had a “crash out,” but warned: “It would be a mistake to read this cycle and Leading the Future’s decline as the end of Big Tech’s AI political project. asserted
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It is paramount that a pro-safety organization be prepared to counter, toxify, and ultimately overcome such an industry-backed opposition campaign. asserted
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Its 2027 goals include getting Congress to pass AI laws that don’t preempt state legislation, supporting pro-AI safety candidates, and rebutting pro-AI messaging with its $30 million currently in the bank: “Between now and 2028, we will make sure that AI is a top-tier issue in the presidential race, in every House and Senate race, and in gubernatorial, attorney general, and state legislative races.” asserted
AI → include → races
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