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Late last year, New York Assembly member Alex Bores became the target of a campaign by a pro-AI super PAC to thwart his congressional bid. The group, Leading the Future<\/a>, is armed with more than $100 million from backers including Andreessen Horowitz, OpenAI President Greg Brockman, AI search startup Perplexity, and Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale. <\/p>\n Bores\u2019 response was simple: bring it on.<\/a>\u00a0Now, he\u2019s got the muscle to back that challenge up.<\/p>\n Public First Action, a PAC backed by a $20 million donation from Anthropic<\/a>, is spending $450,000 to boost Bores in the race for New York\u2019s 12th congressional district, reports Bloomberg<\/a>. Like its rival, the committee is pro-AI, but it\u2019s pitching a different vision, one centered on transparency, safety standards, and public oversight.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the industry-backed PAC, Leading the Future<\/a>, has already poured $1.1 million into ads attacking Bores, largely because he sponsored New York\u2019s RAISE Act,<\/a> which requires major AI developers to disclose safety protocols and report serious misuse of their systems.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n