Author of New York AI ‘safety’ bill highlights industry super PAC opposition in congressional run

Alex Bores, the New York Assembly member who wrote the Responsible AI Safety and Education Act, or RAISE Act, opposed by several tech-industry trade associations, almost welcomed being targeted by a new, high-profile industry super PAC in his campaign for an open U.S. House seat.

The Leading the Future super PAC was launched by investment firm a16z, OpenAI president and co-founder Greg Brockman and his wife Anna Brockman, Perplexity and others with upwards of $100 million in funding committed to...